Project Shrink

The digital and “real” world are integrating. We all have Googled someone. Put his name into the Google search box and hit enter. And the results you find, influence your perception of the person. And your perception determines your attitude and communication style. Image by FriskyTuna. This can be a good thing. This can be [...]

The only way I know to get such a complex task done in a short period of time under these circumstances is by means of culture.

Do you remember last years “The Four Dharmas Of Project Management“? “I learned that you cannot jump from the PMBoK directly to topics like “mental flexibility” and “emotional intelligence”. I am sorry to tell you, but most people cannot make that jump that fast. A path to “project enlightenment” has to be defined. Conveniently, I [...]

On “Project Shrink” a recurring theme is “knowing and promoting yourself“. The following postings are among my favorites within this topic: Marketing: Tech People Hate It. Boy Are They Going To Need It! “If your are into software project management, you are into marketing. If you are planning to keep on working on software projects [...]

Why isn’t a document on a shared workspace “social media”? Social media is all about having a “conversation”. An exchange of information between persons. You can write your question in a word document. Upload it. Send me a mail. I check the mail. Download the document. Answer the question. Well, you get the idea. Yes, [...]

We are working with people from all over the world. Globalization goes together together with an increase in transparency of reputations. The Internet introduced deadly transparency. The flattened and connected world makes sure reputations spread faster than you can say “Slartibartfast”. With an increase in geographical and cultural distance the aspect of “trust” becomes all [...]

Why should people want to work on your project? You know about globalization, you know this makes employees competing with people from all over the world. Have you considered The Other Consequence? That you have to compete with other GLOBAL companies and Project Managers to get good people to staff your projects? If developers, testers [...]