Important People Doing Important Stuff That No-one Else Could Possibly Understand? No, I Don’t Think So. By Mark A. Tipping Hmmm … see the similarity here? So, Dear Reader, what do skyscrapers, space shuttles...
How Much Power We Actually Have As Project Managers? By Eric Veal Being the boss is fun. But it’s rare. Sometimes we might think we’re the boss but very frequently we are not. Being...
What Do Abbott and Costello Have To Do with Good Project Management? By Ralph Dopping When you were a teenager were you afraid to ask someone to dance? I was. Self-confidence was a scarce...
Project Management – Technosterone Wars By Terry Rankin “Never argue with idiots. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.” Scott Adams (in Dilbert) After years in the trenches...
Project Perspectives – The Classical One By Svein Minde The classical perspective as to projects is based on the idea that principles and logic from classic scientific or mechanistic research can be used to...
The 9 Warning Signs of Bad Project Management By Preben Ormen Some time ago, I started reading Henry Mintzberg’s book Managing (Berrett Kohler, San Francisco, CA, 2009). It was laid aside due to various...
Project Management – Really? By Terry Rankin I’m not sure if I heard or read this elsewhere or came up with it on my own, but it has become a favorite aspersion of mine...
Can Too Much Project Planning Be Bad For Your Project? By Michelle Symonds Planning a project is vital to its success but some restraint is necessary during the planning stage. If the planning phase...
The Ineffective Executive By Simon Jackson “It is the duty of the executive to remove ruthlessly anyone – and especially any manager – who consistently fails to perform with high distinction. To let such...
Avoid Voice Guided Project Navigation By The Grumpy Project Manager Planned projects are problematic in relation to happiness In planned projects with prioritized task lists it is easy for corporate PMs to lose friends...
