Risk management is not part of our vocabulary. We want people who are optimistic, not trying to find reasons why something will fail.
IT does not understand that the change that they are introducing is very disruptive. Of course, neither does management. IT projects normally have a great affect on the way that business gets [...]
Entries from July 2003
July 25th, 2003 · No Comments
Tags: Project Management
July 24th, 2003 · No Comments
Right person, wrong job
We all too often ask people with little talent for managing projects and clients to do just that. We see those who have a great technical vision and expect them to also have the skills that we in management think are so easy. Unfortunately, just because a developer can be an architect [...]
Tags: Computers/IT · Project Management
July 23rd, 2003 · No Comments
In the end, you can’t know what you will need to have at the onset of your project. You can only get the optimized environment after you’ve lived with it and changed it. It follows that you can’t get an optimized environment for tomorrow’s needs until you change it for tomorrow. So, you’ll never be done; you will always need to make adjustments to your environment, or in response to your environment.
Tags: Computers/IT · Project Management · Reviews - Books
July 22nd, 2003 · No Comments
One of the secrets to a successful life is to have no idea what others think of you or to just not care, to speak confidently regardless of what people say.
Tags: Organizations · Reviews - Books
July 14th, 2003 · No Comments
The point is not to reduce fear but to increase hope.
Tags: Reviews - Books

