Now is a good time for reflection. 2007 was an exciting year for me and SoftwareProjects.org. This year I started searching for a proper whole for PM. I am looking for a true Project Management Body Of Knowledge, one that is based on psychology, sociology, organizational behavior, complex adaptive systems, and whatever might help us out. This quest started in February with the first draft of "How Project Management Will Get Its Groove Back". This paper created so many responses that I spent the remainder of the first half of this year reading up on sociology and adapative systems. My head still spins from all those great discussions

During the summer of 2007 I switched jobs. After working for over a decade in the publishing industry, I decided to give financial institutions a try. Because of this I had two months holiday this year (June and July) in between jobs in which I picked up blogging again and experimented with some formats.

Stuff I tried and liked:

• Asking questions as basis for an essay. This resulted in my favorites for this year: How Male Machismo Shaped Project Management, Why Agile Popped Up on the Radar When it Did and Why do Developers contribute to Open Source?
• Using the SIMS for animations
• Using the webcam for videocasts
• Trying to give some new spins to existing views of the profession

Next year will be more intense. I will boost up production. Aim for higher quality. And if you read to previous bullet list, you will get an idea of what I will be doing. Heck, I will start right now… So, see you in the next year!

And I really hope you will stay tuned to my blog!

Cheers
Bas

PS Check out "Software development trends in 2008: Outsourcing, agile development". Of course I am also in it