Holy cow. Last year I wrote about 4 trends I see in the project ecosystem. And I totally missed this press release from 2010 by Gartner. How could I? It talks about the future of work. Trends. Changes. “Work will become less routine, characterized by increased volatility, hyperconnectedness, ‘swarming’ and more,” said Tom Austin, vice …
Times are hectic. It seems that old laws are not valid anymore. Things. Have. Changed. If the “old ways” have brought us into trouble, perhaps we should step outside of our little boxes, and have a fresh perspective on our projects. I hope to spark some creative ideas by pointing you to these past articles …
“Planning and implementing organizational systems and practices to manage people so that the potential advantages of diversity are maximized while its potential disadvantages are minimized” (Cultural Diversity in Organization by Taylor H. Cox)
Why should people want to work on your project? You know about globalization, you know this makes employees competing with people from all over the world. Have you considered The Other Consequence? That you have to compete with other GLOBAL companies and Project Managers to get good people to staff your projects? If developers, testers …
This is a slideshow called Shift Happens. It sums up the “Western” naivety about the rise of India, China and other countries. I am from Europe, and I thought that I was quite aware… but if you read those numbers! WOW! Simply WOW! Just click through the slideshow. I am actually curious how people from …