Last week I saw a presentation from Bjarte Bogsnes of Statoil, at a meeting about Beyond Budgeting, which offers “a management model that is more empowered and adaptive [and] releasing … Continue reading Traffic lights, roundabouts and decision-making
I sometimes feel a small sense of wonder at how revealing complexity can actually help, rather than hinder, problem-solving. This complexity can be revealed by zooming out from a problem … Continue reading Complexity helps solve Olympian problems
[Update 20 Nov 2018: The very latest version of the Google Sheet for creating burn-up charts is available at Github. It also has detailed instructions. Please go there instead. Otherwise … Continue reading More functionality for burn-up charts with Google Sheets
Like all good project professionals, whenever I’m managing a project I find it’s essential to keep a track of intended and incidental Benefits, Lessons learned, key Actions, and of course … Continue reading Questioning the RAID log
A common distinction made between projects and programmes is that projects deliver outputs (things) whereas programmes deliver outcomes (benefits). I think this is a dangerous separation, particularly in digital projects … Continue reading Projects need to think beyond outputs
Where do you list your project risks? The more traditional project management approach tells us to use a risk register, and that’s certainly what happens in a lot of projects. … Continue reading The distorted lens of risk registers
It’s never nice being the people who tell stakeholders No, and we IT people certainly have a long history of that. But even with more collaborative ways of working we … Continue reading Deal with the showstoppers first
Frequent delivery throughout a project doesn’t only allow you to test your product and manage the uncertainty of a big bang launch. It also opens up the possibility of unexpected … Continue reading Frequent delivery generates opportunities
A test of whether we are getting the most out of agile is whether we can get partial value from partial delivery. Often I hear people in delivery teams say … Continue reading Getting partial value from partial delivery
Often when I talk about unhelpful entries in risk registers there is some disbelief from the people I’m talking to. I present some examples, and people’s first reaction is “but … Continue reading Is your risk register helpful?
