- Thu, 17 May 2012 08:55:16 +0000: Lost. How To Choose Who To Vote For? - The Project Shrink
I am lost. Or confused. Or at least something non-expert-like. In September we have new elections in The Netherlands. Our current ruling parties cannot work together anymore. I always vote. I think it’s important. As years go by I find it harder to choose which party to vote for. And we have a lot of …Lost. How To Choose Who To Vote For? is a post from: Project Shrink.
- Sat, 12 May 2012 12:36:05 +0000: Orange. - The Project Shrink
I don’t like football. I am talking about the real one. The one Americans call “soccer”. And still. The European Championship is starting in Poland and Ukraine in less than a month and I am becoming chauvinistic. I am emphasizing to myself I’m Dutch and what that means. In this case it means 1) I …Orange. is a post from: Project Shrink.
- Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:29:33 +0000: The Set Designer And The Storyteller. Yes. You Need Them. - The Project Shrink
If we are really serious about the importance of the environment we work in and the stories we tell, we should have a Set Designer and a Storyteller on our projects. Yes, I am totally serious. So is Daphne Depassé, an Amsterdam based solution designer. As I live 20km from Amsterdam, you could say we …The Set Designer And The Storyteller. Yes. You Need Them. is a post from: Project Shrink.
- Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:12:07 +0000: An Ice Skating Track And Opportunities To Start Conversations. - The Project Shrink
Yes, we have snow. Like almost everybody else. The neighbors created an ice-skating track by flooding a small field. The ice is not perfect. But … it’s just perfect. People get together. The field of frozen water is just a good excuse to get out and have some fun. It’s not that if there isn’t …An Ice Skating Track And Opportunities To Start Conversations. is a post from: Project Shrink.
- Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:49:55 +0000: The Project Story Circle. Talking About Transitions. - The Project Shrink
“Once a photograph of the earth, taken from the outside is available, a new idea as powerful as any in history will be let loose.” – Sir Fred Hoyle in 1948. What do you draw when you are visualizing a project on a whiteboard? I draw an arrow from left to right that represents a …The Project Story Circle. Talking About Transitions. is a post from: Project Shrink.
- Wed, 16 May 2012 06:09:56 +0000: 4 ways to use blogs on your project - A Girl's Guide to Project Management
Communication is always a problem on large projects: making sure everyone on the outside has a similar view of what is going on and that everyone on the project team knows how their role affects the others. You already have meetings with detailed minutes, phone calls with each team member, maybe even a dedicated intranet [...] Related posts:- Blogs and budgets So the ITtoolbox blog awards for 2006 have been announced, and none of the winners are from their project management category. Perhaps I shouldn’t be...
- Keeping up: New ways of working This mini-series is looking at how project management is facing the challenges of 21st century business practices. Missed last week’s article on how project management...
- Mon, 14 May 2012 06:28:58 +0000: Is your project team a sales force in disguise? - A Girl's Guide to Project Management
This is a guest post by Jon Swain, President of Ten Six Consulting. Strong project sponsorship is critical to ensuring that your project is a success. One of the roles of a sponsor is to champion the project and the project team. This includes making sure the project gets the recognition and resources it requires. [...] Related posts:- Book review: Team Management Skills for Project and Programme Managers When I met Melanie Franklin earlier this year she asked me what I blogged about. “At the moment it’s mainly about my holiday and handbags,”...
- Sales pitch or useful research? Wellingtone have just produced an ‘executive summary’ that’s called ‘Avoiding Project Failure and the Importance of the Skilled Project Manager‘. I’ve read the document, and...
- Book review: Managing Projects: A team-based approach I have read a lot of project management books over the last 5 years, and I’m pleased to say that this is my 65th book...
- Wed, 09 May 2012 06:08:03 +0000: Happiness is a ticked list - A Girl's Guide to Project Management
This is a photo I took of a poster at Reading train station. It’s advertising a hardware store, but I thought it was relevant to project managers. I think “Happiness is a ticked list” is going to be my new motto! Related posts: Cross-border reading list Enjoyed the series on managing international projects? Here is [...] Related posts:- Cross-border reading list Enjoyed the series on managing international projects? Here is some further reading that you might like: Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers, Anthony Mersino (Amacom, 2007)...
- The Z-list It’s incredible that you can get onto lists without actually knowing what they are. The Z-list is a share-the-link-love list started by Mack Collier over...
- Elizabeth is on holiday… So there’s no post this week. Normal service will resume after the 14 July bank holiday. In the meantime, have a look at this article...
- Mon, 07 May 2012 06:28:00 +0000: The challenges of IT Project Management, with Dave Gordon - A Girl's Guide to Project Management
I was in Las Vegas earlier this year for the Pink Elephant ITSM conference. I took some time out of the conference to meet Dave Gordon, The Practicing IT Project Manager. We discussed IT project management, the challenges for project managers working on Software as a Service projects and the cartoon laws of physics. This [...] Related posts:- Making projects work: is project management too complicated? This is the third part in the Making Projects Work video debate series. It’s a really short video, and it looks at whether or not...
- Challenges for the project manager This is part 2 of a 3-part series about managing cross-cultural and international teams. Missed part 1? Read it here. Project managers taking on international...
- Keeping up: Responding to business challenges Last week I wrote about the challenges facing project management as a result of evolving business practices. So, how is project management responding to these...
- Wed, 02 May 2012 06:54:56 +0000: 4 Steps to becoming a better project leader: Book Review: The Shift from One to Many - A Girl's Guide to Project Management
According to Chrismon Nofsinger, there are 4 steps on the journey to being a great leader, but most people only get halfway. “Leadership is about facilitating the output of others and giving them recognition,” he writes in his new book, The Shift from One to Many: A Practical Guide to Leadership. This is a great [...] Related posts:- How to be a PMO Leader: Book Review of Leading Successful PMOs Project managers have to be project leaders as well, at least some of the time. But what happens when you want to take the next...
- Book Review: Get-It-Done Guy’s 9 Steps to Work Less and Do More “When you’re in content focus, you load a project into your brain and do everything related to that project,” says Stever Robbins, in his book...
- 3 Steps to Presence: Book Review of The Power of Presence Presence. It’s that thing all successful project and programme managers have. It’s when you walk into a room and the team subtly acknowledges you’ve arrived....
