Project Shrink

Last week I wrote a post called “Be The Change You Wish To See“. This week I cover the same topic in a 2 minute video. Which one has more impact in delivering the message? Which one captures my emotions about this topic? Text or video? Be The Change You Wish To See – Project [...]

In episode 21 of The Project Shrink Podcast I am talking to Christine Hohlbaum. She is the author of “The Power of Slow: 101 Ways to Save Time in Our 24/7 World”. We are talking about personal productivity, time management, the art of delegation and expectation management. You can watch the episode below or follow [...]

In this episode of “The Project Shrink” I am talking to Jerry Manas. Jerry is an organizational architect and author of two books: “Napoleon on Project Management” and “Managing The Gray Areas”. We are talking about the “gray areas”. Managing projects is all about finding balances, finding the right touch for the right occasion. Jerry [...]

We all know that the key ingredient to successful outsourcing is frequent and fast feedback; keep your customer in the loop, let him know about your progress and problems and get him involved. Next to “communication” the keyword is “transparency”. What happens if you take this to the next level? What if the productivity of [...]

Within Project Management we use a lot of metrics. The metrics will provide some relatively objective “description” on how the project is doing. They are the Project Managers’ seismometer, they record if your project world is rocking, and how hard. Traditionally our metrics are focused on time and money. But how about that all important [...]

Most development projects spend effort in creating specifications: functional, technical, detailed, global. Putting the designs in writing takes a lot of work, and it will not be used in the end result; specifications are supporting artifacts. So, the question if specifications are worth the effort is legit. Jeff Sutherland quotes some research in this area [...]