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Can you use adventure maps to analyze the function of comments on blogs? Ali suggested I give it a try. Great idea! We are studying the effects of comments. I am experimenting with adventure mapping, the highly playful, interactive and intuitive way of communicating complex elements in your project. Why not combine them? Why not? [...]

The Project Shrink is three years old this week. July 15th 2007 I created this blog and called it “Project Shrink”, because I wanted to emphasize “human behavior” in projects and I have difficulty pronouncing “Project Sociologist”. In 3 years I wrote 468 blog posts. Although perhaps not always obvious, all posts are based upon [...]

Having a voice as a professional online might become a skill we all have to master, sooner or later. That is why I am starting a series of interviews with professionals that are active in social media to learn from those who do. We start with Josh Nankivel from PMStudent.com, where he helps new project [...]

Darren Rowse is an Internet celebrity. He is a full time blogger. He is making a good living from his blog ProBlogger.net. This Australian new media role model is writing about “how to make money from a blog”. He is talking about a dream some people have. Not necessarily a vision of spending your days [...]

In this episode of the Project Shrink podcast I explain a great exercise to help you improve your feedback skills. The exercise is free and can be done from the comfort of your own home! Awesome. For more details about the podcast, like subscribing with iTunes, please visit ProjectShrink.com. Other people who liked this article [...]

I have said it before: every Project Manager should start a blog. It creates the right skill set for virtual and global project management and it helps your personal marketing. In this episode of The Project Shrink I have the pleasure of talking to Stephane Grenier, author of “Blog Blazers”, a fabulous book for every [...]

If you show up for a meeting in the office, people will notice because they will see you. Online, if you just “show up” nobody will notice. On the internet the fast majority of people is just lurking around, reading and watching stuff other people create. Just a small percentage is contributing by creating. Who [...]

This is the second episode of many video chats I will be having this year. A brief but intense conversation with experts from around the world. In this episode I am talking with Cornelius Fichtner of the PM Podcast. We talk about Project Management, social media and his latest site Project Management Lectures. He Knows [...]