Month: April 2014

Agile Project Management, Events, Games, Leadership, Lean, Metrics, Planning, Risk Management, Teams, Travel

PMI-NAC Conference

On May 5th I will be presenting at the PMI-NAC Conference on the following topics: 21st Century Risk Management: Supporting mathematical analysis with social influence PMO Evolution: Frameworks to Support a Mix of Traditional, Agile and Lean Project Approaches I am looking forward to the event and will share thoughts and feedback on the sessions here afterwards. Until then here are the presentation outlines: Presentation 1: ”21st Century Risk Management: Supporting mathematical analysis with social influence” Today’s complex projects need proactive risk management to stand any chance of executing successfully. Yet, all the steps of: identifying, classifying, analyzing and prioritizing are for nothing if the risks cannot be effectively avoided, transferred, or reduced. These risk avoidance and reduction steps are […]

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Agile Project Management, Leadership, Remote Work, Teams

Are Virtual Teams the Next Revolution of Work?

Virtual teams may well be the next step-change in the evolution of work. So it is interesting to ask if today’s management principles and processes are optimized to support them? To help answer this question let’s take an illustrated tour of work through the ages and also review how management has progressed along the way. Work patterns have evolved through revolutionary and evolutionary waves. Some have brought major, irreversible shifts; others step-changes and refinements. Tens of thousands of years ago population densities were generally low as people worked at farming, fishing and still some hunting and gathering. You needed space to do this and too much local human competition was not helpful. Then, as crafts, trading and specializations emerged towns […]

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