The first steps towards a lean project portfolio
Since September 2015, I manage the project portfolio of all custom development at a large petrochemical site. When I coached other portfolio managers before, my vision was always to improve the end to end value stream, from the ideation until
The first steps towards a lean project portfolio
Since September 2015, I manage the project portfolio of all custom development at a large petrochemical site. When I coached other portfolio managers before, my vision was always to improve the end to end value stream, from the ideation until
The survival of project management
When an organization starts a new project or program, they also have to define the project management approach and governance structure (or at least adapt the company standard). This includes different kinds of meetings, tools, reports, roles & responsibilities, etc.
The survival of project management
When an organization starts a new project or program, they also have to define the project management approach and governance structure (or at least adapt the company standard). This includes different kinds of meetings, tools, reports, roles & responsibilities, etc.
The Agile PMO : organizing the project board
Many agile enthusiasts are completely sold to the idea of self-directing teams. In an agile team, there is a continuous search for process improvement and reduction of wasteful activities. It is logical that they see many of the old project
The Agile PMO : organizing the project board
Many agile enthusiasts are completely sold to the idea of self-directing teams. In an agile team, there is a continuous search for process improvement and reduction of wasteful activities. It is logical that they see many of the old project
What is the role of the PMO in an Agile organization?
Suddenly it’s 2015! If you’ve been in hibernation for the past few years, you will notice that suddenly everybody is doing Agile in corporate IT (Yes, I deliberately said doing and IT). Where we used to battle to get the
What is the role of the PMO in an Agile organization?
Suddenly it’s 2015! If you’ve been in hibernation for the past few years, you will notice that suddenly everybody is doing Agile in corporate IT (Yes, I deliberately said doing and IT). Where we used to battle to get the
Boring retrospectives – part 13 : Helping Hands
Working together is one of the most important success factors in an agile team. Individual work will not be enough to deliver all the user stories before the sprint is finished. Daily standups help to foster this communication, but it
Boring retrospectives – part 13 : Helping Hands
Working together is one of the most important success factors in an agile team. Individual work will not be enough to deliver all the user stories before the sprint is finished. Daily standups help to foster this communication, but it
Boring retrospectives – part 12 : Story Oscars
In this edition of Boring Retrospectives (and how to prevent them), I will explain the Story Oscars exercise. It’s an exercises I found on Corinna Baldauf’s great website on retrospective exercises. The exercise can be used in the data
Boring retrospectives – part 12 : Story Oscars
In this edition of Boring Retrospectives (and how to prevent them), I will explain the Story Oscars exercise. It’s an exercises I found on Corinna Baldauf’s great website on retrospective exercises. The exercise can be used in the data
Offering unlimited vacation days to your employees
When I read Atlassian offered their employees unlimited vacations days since January, it thought it made perfect sense in their case! A traditional manager would think this is the worse idea ever. Nobody would show up to work anymore. Why
Offering unlimited vacation days to your employees
When I read Atlassian offered their employees unlimited vacations days since January, it thought it made perfect sense in their case! A traditional manager would think this is the worse idea ever. Nobody would show up to work anymore. Why
Boring retrospectives – part 11 : 3 warm up exercises
How do you start a retrospective? Can you just ask your team what’s going wrong and what ideas they’re having to improve the current process? Of course not, you ‘ll receive a blank stare and if lucky an ironic “Euh,
Boring retrospectives – part 11 : 3 warm up exercises
How do you start a retrospective? Can you just ask your team what’s going wrong and what ideas they’re having to improve the current process? Of course not, you ‘ll receive a blank stare and if lucky an ironic “Euh,
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