by Mike Edwards | Mar 20, 2013 | Agile, Conferences, Lean, Project Management
Last week I returned home from Potsdam, Germany. I attended and spoke at Agile Dev Practices 2013. It was the first edition of this conference, and lets just say I look forward to attending again in the future! I took advantage of this opportunity with Rosie (my...
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 19, 2013 | Behaviour, People
I just ran over to the grocery store to pick up a couple things. While there I took part in one of my favourite activities … making people around me uncomfortable. I’ve found it’s actually not hard to do when you’re standing in the checkout...
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...
