I wrote this article a couple of weeks ago for BTC's blog. It deals with the essential role project management, especially the PRINCE2 methodology, will play in the future development of BTC. I hope you enjoy!
The state of EWRM part I – EWRM’s broken promises
EWRM, the all encompassing solution In the late 1990's, EWRM or Enterprise Wide Risk Management held a promise for a lot of organizations. No longer would issues be dealt with in isolation. The same or comparable problems would no longer be solved multiple times in different manners, leading to inevitable incompatabilities between the solutions. And … Continue reading The state of EWRM part I – EWRM’s broken promises
The Leitch encounter
There has been one writer/blogger/consultant active in the risk management space I've been following and reading for years. His name is Matthew Leitch. You can find more information about him on his Linked-In page. Early risk management research I remember the early days of risk management, before COSO ERM even existed. In the late 1990's … Continue reading The Leitch encounter
About the new color scheme
I adapted the color scheme of the blog and the entire exploring the black box website. For those unfamiliar with this scheme, it comes courtesy of an amazing designer named Ethan Schoonover. His solarized scheme, of which I am using the light version, is beautiful. In addition, it makes sense in quite a few dimensions. … Continue reading About the new color scheme
The greater the contribution
Watching a TEDx talk I was watching this TEDx video a couple of months ago, when I suddenly was halted by a very profound statement by the presenter. Rodney Mullen talked about context shapes content. As a world champion skateboarder, he is in an excellent position to comment on that. After all, as he described … Continue reading The greater the contribution
Constraints, consistency and vision in project definitions
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
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?
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