Underwater running on sand in deep water provides high resistance aerobic exercise. (No weights or other equipment required.) Here are a couple of videos showing the … [Continue reading]
Management – Reading
Posted on July 12, 2016 Written by
The effect of power on the manager, a brilliant paper. Very sobering. "Power and Perspectives Not Taken" by Galinsky et. al. … [Continue reading]
Unified Notation
Posted on May 12, 2016 Written by
Recently a fantastic Youtube video Triangle of Power by user 3Blue1Brown alerted me to a beautiful notation that unifies the power, root, and logarithm notations. This notation was proposed four years earlier by user alex.jordon in this answer to a … [Continue reading]
Lean – reading
Posted on March 19, 2016 Written by
I am convinced that Lean thinking and work patterns are crucial for IT-related change projects and the IT Service Management portfolio. When I am seeking inspiration I dive into: Lean Production Simplified, Third Edition: A Plain-Language Guide to … [Continue reading]
Personal Productivity – Reading
Posted on March 19, 2016 Written by
I have been reading zen habits for a while - but this is a gem: My most important productivity method. Here is the thesis: Pick something important to work on (a task from your most important project, perhaps). What you pick doesn't really … [Continue reading]
Keys for Agile Co-Evolution of the WBS and Schedule Network: The ‘Schedule Network 100 Percent’ Rule and the ‘Add and Prune Dependencies’ Algorithm
Posted on February 6, 2016 Written by
projectmanagement.com Knowledge Shelf just published an article of mine on "Keys for Agile Co-Evolution of the WBS and Schedule Network: The 'Schedule Network 100 Percent' Rule and the 'Add and Prune Dependencies' Algorithm" Abstract The 'schedule … [Continue reading]
Management of IT Reading
Posted on December 10, 2015 Written by
See also the post on IT Service Management Reading. I have found these resources provide key building blocks for leading IT. How completely messed up processes become normal (web article) by Dan Luu. Thought provoking. How technology is creating a … [Continue reading]
Starting a project late is worse that finishing it late
Posted on September 27, 2015 Written by
Over the last few years of reading Glen Alleman's "Herding Cats" blog, I have come across the refrain "Risk Management is how adults manage projects" many times. Today, I chased down the source of this quote to Tim Lister's 2004 "How Much Risk Is … [Continue reading]
Risk and Safety discussion
Posted on September 21, 2015 Written by
Having identified our risks we then proceed to characterise the source, the causal mechanisms, the consequences, identify controls and finally apply some sort of ranking to the risk. Sounds fairly straightforward and objective doesn't … [Continue reading]
IT Service Management Reading
Posted on May 20, 2015 Written by
Adopting IT Service Management disciplines is a journey for the service provider (and the customers). Here is a partial list of references which have guided me. Implementation Guidance The Visible Ops Handbook: Implementing ITIL in 4 Practical … [Continue reading]
PMQu: A Quality Tool for Project Information in MS Project
Posted on April 29, 2015 Written by
(Article published first in "The Critical Path", PMI Sydney, April 2015) The open source add-in for MS Project called œPMQu assists project managers to create, and maintain, quality-checked project information. Earlier in this series of articles, I … [Continue reading]
WBS and Schedule Network coherence at scale
Posted on January 26, 2015 Written by
(Article published first in "The Critical Path", PMI Sydney, February 2015) As argued in a previous article[1], common definitions of œdeliverable in the WBS and schedule network may be maintained by having œStart and œFinish milestones in the … [Continue reading]
Having a common definition of œdeliverable in both WBS and the schedule network.
Posted on December 20, 2014 Written by
(Article published first in "The Critical Path", PMI Sydney, December 2014) Having a common definition of œdeliverable in both WBS and the schedule network assists project managers to build a common understanding of the project scope and progress … [Continue reading]
“Ready for use” and “Ready to use”
Posted on November 7, 2014 Written by
I am prompted to write because of a useful paper: "Perspectives on the Formal Authority Between Project Managers and Change Managers" in the October/November 2014 Project Management Journal by Julien Pollack and Chivonne Algeo both of the University … [Continue reading]
Kazakh Notes now free download on Google Play
Posted on September 30, 2014 Written by
Back in 1991 in my first year in Kazakhstan, I wrote an introduction to Kazakh Language for English speakers called "Kazakh Notes". I have just uploaded it and made it free on Google Play: Kazakh Notes. While preparing the manuscript for upload - I … [Continue reading]