by Ali Anani and Bas de Baar
Times are changing. The world is getting smaller. World orders are shifting. The ocean is turning into a pond. That is the whole idea behind the Fish Pond Metaphor. In this posting we will have a more detailed look about the globalization, into people interacting on a global scale. [...]
The Big Pond: Global Village
Why Are PMs Such A Miserable Lot?
This is a guest post by Craig Brown. He usually writes in a more serious tone about project management, requirements management and business analysts at www.betterprojects.net.
Are they really? Probably not everywhere and probably not all the time but there are force at work that keep our project mangers scowling.
Other peoples money: Dealing with [...]
Fish Pond Videocast 1
First attempt I will be starting with a few short videocasts like this one to accompany the creation of “The Fish Pond Metaphor“.
The Fish Pond Metaphor
by Ali Anani and Bas de Baar
As a Project Manager you are now more than ever faced with the fact that part of your team is at the other end of the world. Different cultures, different time zones, different languages, different customs. You hardly see them, let alone know them. A part of the team [...]
Project Shrink Links 23-01-2008
Is Project Management Passe?
“Gartner isn’t saying that PM is going the way of the Dodo Bird as a discipline or skill set; to the contrary, they are saying it has/will essentially become commoditized as a common element of the general management repertoire ” think more along the lines of gulls and starlings. I have to [...]

