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Methodology

Methodology, training
First day of PMI training
10.10.09 | Permalink | Comment?

I started taking project management training courses that are part of a masters degree program at XIOS today. Part theorie, part workshops, overall a nicely balanced day. There are people from all kinds of industries in the group I’m in (IT, government, automotive, military, healthcare, construction, …), very interesting, looks like this will be a [...]
Interviews, Methodology, Project Management
Sound advice from Wim Lockefeer
09.14.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

I interviewed Wim Lockefeer, a senior project manager at Nascom. Wim has over 15 years of experience in project management and he’s fun to have on the team so I wanted to pick his brain. As usual this post is a summary of what I learned from the interview and my own interpretation. Here’s my [...]
Interviews, Methodology, Project Management
What I learned from Jan De Schepper
09.09.09 | Permalink | 2 Comments

A (long) while ago I had a talk about project management with Jan De Schepper. He is the former Telindus Chief executive and Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors at Nascom and runs the Business Solutions Unit. We get to see a lot more of him on the floor at Nascom HQ these days [...]
Methodology, Project Management
Creative Industry Project Management
05.01.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

Creativity in art and advertising requires a certain amount of chaos, after all creating ideas is an organic process. These are some actions I noticed that can make the difference under such conditions. Keeping a good risk log, thinking up correct mitigations. Having a stakeholder list and a communication plan. Practicing disciplined asset management. Putting [...]
Methodology, Project Closure
3 Reasons to do a Retrospective With Your Team
01.13.09 | Permalink | Comment?

One of the most important things you should do in the project closure phase is a retrospective meeting with the team. The best website about retrospectives on the entire internet ever is retrospectives.com, it just says it all. I send a link to retrospectives.com together with the invitation to the meeting to set the purpose [...]
Methodology
Doing What is Good For The Project.
01.07.09 | Permalink | 4 Comments

There are many management methodologies around, like ITIL, PRINCE2, the one I’m currently studying PMI, and many more but actually there is only one thing a PM has to do and that is doing what is good for the project. Just leave out all the processes that you don’t need. Whenever you can, do less [...]