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3 scary behaviours seen during Covid-19 to improve on in life and avoid in projects

How we can improve our response to the pandemic and also get better at managing projects (if that’s what you do). Everyone is dealing with the CV-19 pandemic in their unique way. Our experiences are wide-ranging and different. Mine has been (touch wood) pretty minor— a month or so of…

Project Management

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3 scary behaviours seen during Covid-19 to improve on in life and avoid in projects
3 scary behaviours seen during Covid-19 to improve on in life and avoid in projects
Project Management

9 min read


May 28, 2022

The Hysteresis of Hysteria — The Gradients of Terror in a System Crisis

TL;DR Project crises follow non-linear pathways. Anecdotally, system crises, such as a system outage of unknown cause or origin, follow a non-linear hysteresis curve. During these crises, teams are riding the “Gradients of Terror” and experiencing the “Hysteria of Hysteresis”. Experiencing a Project Crisis If you’ve been a project manager for any reasonable amount of…

Nonlinear Dynamics

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The Hysteresis of Hysteria — 11 Steps along the Gradients of Terror
The Hysteresis of Hysteria — 11 Steps along the Gradients of Terror
Nonlinear Dynamics

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May 19, 2022

The Gradients of Terror — Project management and non-linear dynamics

TL;DR If we want to be better at project management, we must handle the impacts of non-linear dynamics in our projects. Non-linearity is unavoidable at multiple levels: cognitive, human interaction, and technology. Right now, we don’t do a good job. In fact, we often make things worse. But there are ways…

Non Linear

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The Gradients of Terror — Project management and non-linear dynamics
The Gradients of Terror — Project management and non-linear dynamics
Non Linear

4 min read


Mar 11, 2022

The Four “First Principles” of Project Success — An Introduction

In my recent post, First-principles thinking on Project Management, I laid out the case for needing generic and scalable management principles that can apply across any project, regardless of size, complexity, materials or organisation. We need these to cut through the complex and arbitrary set of approaches and toolsets that…

Project Management

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The Four “First Principles” of Project Success — An Introduction
The Four “First Principles” of Project Success — An Introduction
Project Management

7 min read


Mar 10, 2022

First-principles thinking on Project Management

Two Simple Questions The two simplest questions in project management are: 1. “What is a project?”, and 2. “How do I manage a project successfully?” Why are these simple questions so hard to answer? Look no further than the dominant paradigms. The Deepening Gulf between Project Management Paradigms Currently, we have three significant paradigms of project management, each fundamentally incompatible…

Project Management

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First-principles thinking on Project Management
First-principles thinking on Project Management
Project Management

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Feb 21, 2022

How to Evaluate Scrum Team’s Productivity?
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Rajesha Moharana

productivity measures that focus on units of time or labour are anti-agile - they are…

productivity measures that focus on units of time or labour are anti-agile - they are anti-knowledge work generally as you've pointed out. any project should be measured by effectiveness not efficiency. efficiency can only be assessed when the following are known and the causal relationship between them is also known: …

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Feb 19, 2022

The Project Manager’s “Predator Helmet”: Nine diagnostic filters

In complex and dynamic projects, it’s hard to filter out the noise and focus on just one element. You might want to diagnose some particular problem with a temporary narrow and deep perspective. In the film “Predator”, the alien’s helmet has an enhanced viewport with filters to look deep into…

Project Management

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The Project Manager’s “Predator Helmet”: Nine diagnostic filters
The Project Manager’s “Predator Helmet”: Nine diagnostic filters
Project Management

7 min read


Sep 24, 2021

3 Reasons why business people make lousy solution architects and software designers

The daily life of a project manager, it seems, is to broker discussions about what features we can or can’t add to the system before launch. In part, this is an aspect of having a single large deployment. But let’s not get sidetracked on that debate. The Endless Debate The zone of the…

Product Development

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3 Reasons why business people make lousy solution architects and software designers
3 Reasons why business people make lousy solution architects and software designers
Product Development

4 min read


Sep 16, 2021

9 quotes that show why Samuel L Jackson is a badass project manager

We all know Samuel L Jackson is an outstanding actor and has played some of the most memorable roles ever shot on film. But did you also know that he is a badass project manager? I don’t know if he worked as a project manager as his night job when…

Project Management

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9 quotes that show why Samuel L Jackson is a badass project manager
9 quotes that show why Samuel L Jackson is a badass project manager
Project Management

6 min read


Aug 30, 2021

7 tips for hiring outside help on platforms like Freelancer.com

If you’re working solo or in a small team, you either do everything yourself or get help. If you’re getting help, then there are many options like volunteers or contractors. One common option is hiring from an online platform like Freelancer.com or Upwork.com. There are many of these available. I’m…

Hiring Tips

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7 tips for hiring outside help on platforms like Freelancer.com
7 tips for hiring outside help on platforms like Freelancer.com
Hiring Tips

5 min read

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