Categories: Business and Change, MBA Studies, Project Mgt. Tags: , b822, creativity, management, mba, oubs
I just finished my last MBA elective called B822 “Innovation, Creativity and Change” at the Open University Business School. (Part of the reason why it was a bit more quiet in my blog than usual). I’d highly recommend this course to anyone interested in bringing out creativity in themselves or their teams. During these studies [...]
Categories: Business and Change, Events, MBA Studies, Project Mgt. Tags: , creativity, facilitating, mba, oubs
Brainstorming?!! I have to admit that I lately wasn’t too excited about that any more. Luckily, I got a refresher and new impetus on how brainstorming can be done, and how powerful it can be. One of the many things I took away from my OUBS B822 Residential School Jan 7-9. Looking back, my appreciation [...]
Categories: Business and Change, Thoughts Tags: , gesellschaft, mba, oubs
I thought now would be a good time to have a brief look back at the year 2010, from my personal perspective. It was fairly interesting, as I started my own business! So far I haven’t regretted this step for one second. I really enjoy working with my customers, plus it allowed me to find [...]
Categories: Business and Change, Project Mgt. Tags: , agile pmo, pmo, project management
Particularly under tight economic conditions, companies’ project portfolios are under pressure: Projects need to be selected more carefully, and those projects who are being implemented need to be performed professionally, so that they actually help the business. PMOs (Project Management Offices) seemed to be somewhat of a hot topic in 2010. There were lots of [...]
Categories: Agile, Business and Change, MBA Studies Tags: , creativity, management, oubs
Since November, I am studying in the OUBS course ‘Creativity, Cognition and Development’ which so far is really enjoyable. Yes, there are tons of materials to read, listen to, and watch. They are well-prepared and intellectually stimulating. Rather than just consuming and trying to learn things they make me think, reflect about myself, organisations, and [...]
Categories: Agile, Business and Change, Project Mgt. Tags: , agile, experiences, prince2, scrum
Here we are, in week 2 of our Scrum project (see blog posts here and here), close to the end of the first sprint. I thought it’s about time to give a brief update how we’re doing. So far, it is going really well. Much better than expected, actually. Productivity of the team increased by [...]
Categories: Agile, Business and Change, Project Mgt. Tags: , agile, prince2, scrum
Agile approaches and Scrum in particular seem to mature more and more and become accepted also in non-software domains. There are also quite a few articles around about combining Scrum and Prince2, which I found quite interesting and encouraging. I might be able to contribute another example soon: With my current client, I am supporting [...]
Categories: Business and Change, MBA Studies Tags: , business case, enpv, npv, prince2, project appraisal
Surprisingly, my blog post NPV explained in simple words has been the most viewed page on my blog, so far. Wow! I have just resumed my MBA studies at the OUBS (will write more about that soon), with the Financial Strategy course, which takes a lot of these appraisal techniques to the next level. So [...]
Categories: Blog, Business and Change, Project Mgt., Thoughts Tags: , pm role
I had an interesting discussion last week again about the changing role of Project Managers. Quite timely, PMI posted a relevant article in their current PM Passport (‘The Next Generation of Project Managers’). So what are the distinguishing qualities of the New PM? I’d say: Collaborative/participative rather than autocratic leadership style Understanding and appreciation of [...]
Categories: Blog, Books & Papers, Business and Change, Thoughts Tags: , cebit, trends
As promised (better late than never), a few more thoughts from the presentation of the results of the ‘IT Studie 2010′ at the Cebit. The study involved about 280 mid-size (min of 200m EUR yearly turnover) to large companies from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. (see my first Cebit post here) I could not find the [...]
