I have just launched a new blog called Journeyman PM, a spot on the web where I will continue writing exclusively about Project Management. So head over there if you want to read my first post “What is a Project Manager?“. So what can you expect here instead of project management articles from now on? [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
There are 3 parameters everybody wants in any project. The project has to be: Cheap Fast Good The golden rule is you can only have 2. A fast & cheap project is rarely gonna be good. A fast & good project isn’t cheap. And a cheap good project won’t be fast. So please choose whether [...]
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 [...]
Chances are high that you and your team have a lot of things to do at the moment and a long list of tasks is currently on your plates. There’s a cool way to find out what’s the smartest thing to do first by putting each task in one of 4 group in terms of [...]