I’m frequently asked how to uncover whether a candidate for a project lead position is capable of his „craftwork“, or not. Well, you only really know after having worked with him/her. But in the course of the many years in project management I think I have recognized a few “patterns”
Ein Kanban Board ist ein probates Mittel, um die „Work in Progress“ in kleineren bis mittleren Initiativen vom Team selbstorganisiert zu steuern. Jeder sieht sofort die Aufgaben, die anstehen, die in Bearbeitung oder abgeschlossen sind. Ein wenig Disziplin ist zwar schon vonnöten, damit jeder seine Aufgabe auch entsprechend dem Bearbeitungsstatus
Management ist nur dann wirklich nötig, wenn Multitasking ermöglicht werden muss, z.B. um optimale Auslastung zu erzeugen. Man kann z.B. den Management-Aufwand reduzieren, wenn man einer Aufgabe einfach mehr Zeit (Puffer) einräumt. Finden Sie den Punkt in der gesamtheitlichen Optimierung, an dem das Herunterfahren von Management mittels mehr Zeit für
Meetings are time eaters, but often necessary to get a bunch of people on same information level and/or receive decisions. Daily team meetings, so called “Stand-ups”, are helpful to coordinate the just completed tasks and the ones ahead. If held standing (so that nobody may lean back comfortably) and lasting
Good communication is key to successful projects, bad one the most frequent cause for project distress. The more communication is direct, the more it is effective. That’s why: face to face talk => over video meeting => over telephone call => over email ! Particularly written communication
Sometimes it’s just (bad) habits that influence our effectivity or efficiency. For example at meetings: Are your colleagues always late at meetings? Just make the appointment at 9:28 or 9:33 instead of half past nine. You will achieve a completely different attention to your invitation. You will see ! If
It already improved a lot. Not long ago agile evangelists and classic project managers unconciliably faced each other: Agile as the new and only truth to execute projects was hip and we had it absolutely outdated with the pre-planned waterfall. Therefore a lot of companies proclaimed the hype “we’re agile
It is one of the favourite subjects in every PMI exam, since its introduction in the 1960s by the DoD it is mandatory for all projects with US authorities, in nearly each large company there is a PM software in use that is also fit to handle it: the Earned
