by Mike Edwards | Mar 14, 2013 | Agile, Behaviour, Lean, People, Project Management, Risk
Dictionary.com defines optimism as: “A disposition or tendency to look on the more favorable side of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.” Lately I’m finding optimism everywhere! I’m reading the book Leadership by...
by Mike Edwards | Mar 9, 2013 | Agile, Lean, Project Management, Scope
Early in my PM career if I was asked whether I had a failed project I would proudly say “No!”. When questioned I would tell them how I equated project success to no surprises for my customer. Then I would go on to talk about the good documentation I...
by Mike Edwards | Feb 13, 2013 | Behaviour, Lean, People, Project Management
In a couple weeks I’m heading over to Germany to speak at a conference. With any opportunity to visit a part of the world I take advantage to see the sights. In this case I will have a couple days to explore Berlin. I intend to visit many of the famous sites while...
by Mike Edwards | Jan 15, 2013 | Agile, Behaviour, Lean, LeanPMO Model, People, Project Management
An organization will not deliver value to their customers without the people. I’m of course referring to the people we have on our teams such as architects, developers, testers, etc. I’m also referring to our customers as they are the people we work hard to...
by Mike Edwards | Nov 25, 2012 | Behaviour, Compliance, Project Management, Responsibility
Holes can be uncomfortable. Not admitting you’re in one makes it difficult to get out. It doesn’t matter how big of a hole we’re talking about, if you don’t admit you’re in one you’re going to creating waste! Recently I was talking to a company who had completed...
by Mike Edwards | Nov 3, 2012 | Agile, Behaviour, Lean, People, Project Management
Words. Sometimes they have little meaning … like a job title. Other times they have deeper meanings as they’re an indication of behaviours. When someone first corrected me to say I shouldn’t be calling “people” “resources” I just thought he was being...
