In a recent coment I wrote, “AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT has been a topic at the [PMI] conference. Indeed, I believe there were 2-3 presentations on this very topic. For example, Michele Sliger, co-author of the newly published and excellent book “The Software Project Manager’s Bridge to Agility (Agile Software Development Series)”, talked about Agile Project [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Agile Project Management: The Natural Way
Posted in PMI Congress Denver 10'08, Project Management on October 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Effective Leadership: 3+1=4 It is
Posted in Leadership on October 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In a previous post I was contemplating about whether DELIVERY becomes a part of my definition of effective leadership. It does as it has to. For, how can you be an effective leader without delivering results?! You can’t. At the end of the day you have to deliver.
Hence, delivering results is both a prerequisite and [...]
PMI Global Congress – Reflections, Part I
Posted in Leadership, PMI Congress Denver 10'08, Project Management on October 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Wow, what a conference! I cannot remember any conference or professional meeting I ever attended where there was such a wealth of knowledge, interesting people, inspiring ideas. It will take a time to digest all the information. All I can say is that I highly recommend this conference to anyone seriously interested in project management [...]
Effective Leadership = 3+1
Posted in Leadership, PMI Congress Denver 10'08 on October 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I met Robert Urwiler, CIO of Vail Resorts. We also talked about my definition of effective leadership. Robert pointed out that he would add a fourth dimension: DELIVERY.
This is true and has been a missing piece. Thank you, Robert, for pointing this out!
Whether it is a fourth pillar or a foundation of the first [...]
Leadership in a complex world
Posted in Leadership, PMI Congress Denver 10'08, Sociocybernetics on October 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today I have (re-)learned a lesson of complexity theory with respect to vision, the critical success factor of any effective leader according to my belief and experiences:
(1) “A vision without a system is as bad as a system without a vision.”
(2) “Simple rules can support a complex system. Build a “good enough” vision.”
What does this [...]
Denver in the making
Posted in PMI Congress Denver 10'08 on October 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just a few more days till the PMI Global Congress 2008 in Denver. Final preparations are ongoing. By now all white papers and presentations at the Congress have been made available by PMI to all Congress attendants. This facilitates preparation a great deal. Have a look at the sessions I plan to attend in Denver. [...]
Sessions in Denver
Posted in PMI Congress Denver 10'08 on October 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
At present I plan to attend and participate in the following sessions in Denver:
Date
Time
Description
10/19/2008
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Standards Program Working Session
10/20/2008
8.15 – 9.30
ADV10 • Project Management Center of Excellence: The Cornerstone of Business Transformation
10/20/2008
10:00 – 11:15
ADV23 • The Art of Project Management® and [...]
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