You know: a project is just a bunch of people working together to achieve a certain goal. It is the result of many different interactions. Interactions between individuals, but also between project and employees, project and company, company and market. Yeah, we don’t use the term “complexity” for nothing.
It isn’t easy to make sense of [...]
Resilience Explained By Buzz Holling
Why You Need A Project Management Dictionary
When I got a PR notice last week telling me that the “Dictionary of Project Management Terms” currently is in its third edition, I went blank… Why do I need a dictionary? Why not just use “simple” language? So, I asked the author, J. LeRoy Ward …
[Project Shrink]: “Why should one learn the specific [...]
Proud Postings: Project Smart
In this post I have three postings from Duncan Haughey. He writes great stuff on his site Project Smart. This is of course a new addition to my series “Proud Postings” in which I ask bloggers in the Project Management arena one question: “What are the 3 postings you are most proud of?”
Successful Projects: [...]
The Four Dharmas Of Project Management
This post is intended as my Grande Finale of 2008. That year, I learned that you cannot jump from the PMBoK directly to topics like “mental flexibility” and “emotional intelligence”. A path to “project enlightenment” has to be defined. With this article I am outlining a training route, using the Buddhist “Turnings of The Wheel Of Dharma” as a metaphor.
Relationship Between Creative Thinking And Play
Designer Tim Brown talks in a new Ted.com presentation about the powerful relationship between creative thinking and play. This 30 minute presentation is very interesting for Project Managers:
In the opening minutes he demonstrates that we fear the judgment of our peers, and therefor are embarrassed to show our ideas (perhaps, that is why every PM [...]
