by Adam | Dec 17, 2019 | Manifesto for Action, Project Management Concepts
The “Project Management Meta-problem” series lists nine (9) project management meta-problems. Each meta-problem impacts objective and productive discussion about how to improve project management. The “Manifesto for Action” lists the corollary...
by Adam | Dec 14, 2019 | Manifesto for Action
I have now published yarns that each describe one of the nine (9) project management “meta-problems” that I believe we need to resolve before we can start making improvements to project management practice. This is a summary page for those 8 posts, with...
by Adam | Dec 13, 2019 | Manifesto for Action
In my last post, I covered the lack of trust in organisations and how none of the tools or processes in project management addresses this problem. In this post, I’m looking at the inability of project management practice to deal with non-linear dynamics. We plan and...
by Adam | Dec 12, 2019 | Manifesto for Action
In my last post, I described the inability of project management to deal with the “quick fix” syndrome, whether or not it’s valid for any project. In this post, I’ll examine the lack of trust in organisations and how none of the tools or processes in project...
by Adam | Dec 11, 2019 | Manifesto for Action
In my last post, we saw the “disabling professions” establish a “one best way” in both traditional and agile project management. A different face of this problem is dealing with stakeholders who don’t recognise major parts of the orthodoxy. In this post, I’m covering...
by Adam | Dec 10, 2019 | Manifesto for Action
In my last post, I presented the idea that project management uses outdated and obsolete principles. This post assesses whether professional societies are “disabling” to the effective application of project management skills to problem-solving and outcome...
