There are quite a few bad projects out there I've seen quite a few projects in my career. Some were executed well, but most of them failed to achieve the initial objectives and were subject to course corrections along the way. Examining them more closely, I noticed that almost without exception, the projects that failed … Continue reading Constraints, consistency and vision in project definitions
Month: July 2013
Management challenges in implementing real risk management
Introduction Here's an often heard remark in organizations: we want risk management, but we cannot or will not yet make the full required effort. Well, if that is the starting position, the best thing the person charged with the project of implementing risk management can do is hand back that project to the project owner … Continue reading Management challenges in implementing real risk management
“GTD” block … is fight or flight really necessary?
I'm linking to an excellent article by Matthew Leitch, who is one of the key people I've been folllowing for years because he has excellent insights on risk management. The article here and the interactive assessment page here are wonderful examples on how to lose what I call GTD block: how can you hold on … Continue reading “GTD” block … is fight or flight really necessary?
Site design changes
A quick design change I had been looking for an even more sober design than "Black Box" had to date for a long time. I'm terrible at CSS, so I'm entirely dependent on the goodwill of the good people of SquareSpace. So when they launched the new Marquee template, I jumped at the opportunity to … Continue reading Site design changes
How clear are your next actions?
Another quick consideration: "how clear is your next action?" I believe it was Merlin Mann who first spoke about the idea of making sure your next action is a delegation to your future self. He made that statement as a comment on ways to ensure task clarity. Kourosh Dini refers to this as well in … Continue reading How clear are your next actions?
“Workflow” reviewed part V 1/2 – About good management
About the book review So I gathered you noticed I'm reading this book. It's called "Workflow: beyond productivity" and has been written by Kourosh Dini. Although what I have been doing with this book can barely be called reviewing. Rather, I have been picking some of these thoughts, these ideas, these concepts as presented in … Continue reading “Workflow” reviewed part V 1/2 – About good management
A question about reliable context triggering
There is a question that continues to haunt me ... how do I ensure that I "trigger" the correct behaviour when I am in a certain context? For my key contexts this is usually not an issue. My @work and @home contexts are properly geofenced and my iOS devices alert me through OmniFocus when I … Continue reading A question about reliable context triggering
Exploring The Black Box 