20. February 2019

Project management, in some books and associations, has taken on many strange words (technical jargon) and has left the field of normal words and normal understanding. This can cause serious misunderstandings in important projects when those reading or listening to such technical jargon/gobbledygook (Fachchiesisch) words do not know the definitions of these specialized words. The following list of a few specialized words (technical project management jargon) and what they mean expressed in...

21. December 2018

Producing the valuable final products, results, and services at a high quality within the teams skills, abilities and capacities is normally a large enough challenge in any important project. Why make manging your important projects, or programs more complicated than necessary? Keep the management of your important projects simple and effective!

20. December 2018

There are books, articles and organizations which recommend a standard, one-methodology-fits-all-projects approach to managing projects. Some companies have thick documents which explain a large number of project processes and actions which should be done; however, when talking to their project managers and teams, many of these processes and actions are not followed. Whether this practice is good or bad depends on the results of the projects and on other factors. But I believe that the project...

19. December 2018

This is the start of my blog. Its purpose is to share with readers some of my observations, experience and know-how I have gained while participating in and managing projects, programs and portfolios, and consulting managers. It comes as well as from lessons-learned from teaching management and project management, and from feedback received while I delivered project management courses, coaching, consulting for organizational improvement to persons, groups, companies and other organizations in...