What Is Your Project Management Approach Under These Circumstances?

PM blogger Pawel Brodzinski asked me, and other PM bloggers, a great question: “What would be your Project Management approach under the following circumstances?” He provided three different scenario’s, ranging from running projects in big organizations to small start up teams. I recommend reading the entire series. It is interesting to read different perspectives from …

The Rules For The Rules Of Engagement

If you want to have a self-managed team (and you really want that), you need to agree on the means of the project, the rules of engagement. One set of rules for everyone. Everyone should know the same set of rules… Humans … have “rules” about how we do things “around here”. It is not …

You Decide How You Communicate: Rules Of Engagement

Ants don’t need central control to get the work coordinated. They use a simple and effective way to communicate and make individual decisions based upon the information. Ants are hardwired to work like this. Nature provided them all with the same set of rules in their body. Every leg has a natural tattoo describing how …