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The Tension Between; Finding your Truth in the Method
Instead of saying one truth is the only truth, we learn to say, there are two truths, both with pros and cons, and we must manage the space between, depending on the variables in the project.
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Move over Process, It's the Human that Matters
So I’ve been in learning mode for a while, hence not a lot of posting. And all these new fangled ideas are leading me to question and doubt the models that I so dearly love. I’ve been on low-process...
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Certified Agile-An Oxymoron
I am inspired by James Turner’s post on O’Reilly Process Kills Developer Passion. James Turner wrote: “A project where you decide before you start a product cycle the features that must be in the...
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Influence Not Control; The New Project Manager Role
I believe that in a few years time, the Project Manager as we know it, will go away. There will be hold outs in slowly changing industries (defense for example), but on the front edge of the economy,...
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Speed it Up: Release the Ownership of Making Changes
Looking for ways to speed up operations on your project? Think about Releasing the Ownership of Making Changes. On many processes, there is a Process Owner and the definition of ownership for that...
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Help I’ve Lost My Measurable Benefits (and I Can’t Get Up)
I had to get myself unstuck recently and I thought I’d share with you what I’ve learned. My problem is that pre-project measurement and analysis time is a virtual luxury for small and medium sized...
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One Small Thing
Today I’m inspired by Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Airways. In providing his best tips for starting a successful business his number 2 is, “Keep it Simple”. He says “You have to do something...
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A Project Visualized
Just a quick note to say… I LOVE THIS!!! click to see it in its full glory Created by Simple Square. Portfolio website design specialists. Thank you Dave Garrett, Gantthead and the creatives at...
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Prepping our Human Project Manager Selves for Crisis
A while back I wrote about the Project Management Institute’s 2011 Journal Paper of the Year by Manfred Saynisch. “Here’s the deal – what Saynisch et. al. are proposing is a fundamental shift if the...
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One way to bridge the gap from raw requirements to user stories
I’ve been on two Agile projects now where the following has worked. Not perfect but it helps to solve a problem that I’m seeing a lot at the beginning of projects. That is, how do you get from raw...
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