Projects, Leadership, Strategy
Projects are far more than simply predictive OR adaptive.
(and no, ‘hybrid’ isn’t the fallback or a ‘new’ approach)
(more…)Cobb’s Paradox: We know why projects fail, we know how to prevent their failure – so why do they still fail? I was never a fan of The Standish Group’s CHAOS report. Ignoring some of the more specific complaints about the methodology, definitions, audience, etc., my biggest challenge is that...
A thought on the psychology of project delivery –
I continue to marvel at, and be baffled by, the number of books and courses and posts published (seemingly every week) by those who purport to be an ‘expert’ in AI, or at least be an expert or have expertise in how AI will affect/impact project management.
Just because ‘you’ learned about it today doesn’t mean it’s never been done before. In a recent post on LinkedIn re: the James Webb Space Telescope I made the comment that it had been completed through “meticulously planning how the emergent practices would be applied.” This was in part to...
It seems ‘first principles’ is one of the newest corporate ‘buzzphrases’, popularized in large part by Elon Musk when he explained his approach with SpaceX and making privatized space travel affordable. And so because Elon said it, and we all want to sound like our ideas and approaches are ‘grounded...
There’s a popular narrative going around that Project Professionals should seek to ‘be more strategic’. That they should lobby for a ‘seat at the table’. While an understandable sentiment (everyone wants to be ‘heard’, and to be seen as important), I think that *at this time*, this is not only...