It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see.
By Winston Churchill. In Project Management this is a rule, and the consequence to this rule is that the further into the future we try to plan, the less reliable plans become.
However we still must plan! How can we solve this paradox? The answer lies in Agile Methodologies, particularly Lean Kanban. I will explore this subject in the near future.
Kanban Latte Blog
Mar
01
Do not confuse activity with accomplishment… [you must engage in] specific, clearly identifiable objectives, you gotta have goals!
You will never make it as a wondering generality, you must become a meaningful specific.
A goal properly set is halfway reached.
By Zig Ziglar.
All of us have experienced how time escapes from our hands, and literally disappears from sight. Why? Because when there is a lack of goals with their associated target dates, and action plans we live hour... + read more
Mar
01
The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say “I.” And that’s not because they have trained themselves not to say “I.” They don’t think “I.” They think “we”; they think “team.” They understand their job to be to make the team function. They accept responsibility and don’t sidestep it, but “we” gets the credit…. This is what creates trust, what enables you to get the task done... + read more
Mar
01
Visualizing Complexity. The Project Management Insitute has excelled in examining every single area of the life of a project. And althogh the emphasis has traditionally been Waterfall like projects, their description aids anyone in mapping out the steps of any project, including Agile or Kanban projects. Once we visualize complexity, it's easier to guide our actions.
I created this chart as an aid to see the interconnections of each of the 42 processes PMBOK 4th. edition... + read more
Mar
01
In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.
By Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Although he was referring for war, I have found that on any important human project, planning gets us ready to face the unexpected.
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