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What is a project? Part 4: Non-definitional elements

What is a project? Part 4: Non-definitional elements

by adam | Feb 23, 2020 | Project Management Concepts

This post is the fourth post in a series that presents a new definition of “project”. In my last post, I looked at several definitions of a project, including the PMI definition, to identify components that were redundant. In this post, I drill into why they are not...
What is a project? Part 4: Non-definitional elements

What is a project Part 3 – comparing other definitions

by adam | Dec 19, 2019 | Project Management Concepts

This post is the 3rd post in a series that describes the revised definition of “project” as a concept. Remember, our new definition is: “an endeavour created to produce a specific outcome.” In the last post, I provided more detail on the...
What is a project Part 2 – Unpacking the definition

What is a project Part 2 – Unpacking the definition

by adam | Dec 18, 2019 | Project Management Concepts

In my last post, I outlined a revised definition of a “project”. In this post (the second of four), I look in more detail at the main elements of this definition. If you recall, the revised definition of “project” is: “A human endeavour that is...
Reworking project management: a selection of tools

Reworking project management: a selection of tools

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...
What is a project? Part 4: Non-definitional elements

What is a project Part 1 – A simple definition

by adam | Dec 16, 2019 | Project Management Concepts

Last post I laid out the “Manifesto for Action”. I want to establish a broad and inclusive concept of project management that looks at fundamentals and avoids sectarian labels. The first step towards this goal is to define a set of conceptual tools that...

Thanksgiving for IT Teams: Lock in your team’s achievements!

by adam | Nov 25, 2016 | Project Management Concepts, Project Management Skills, Uncategorized

Scrum and Agile Guru Mike Cohn wrote in his weekly Agile Tips email that we should mark the moment to focus on what our teams have achieved. Triggered by the bigtime Thanksgiving celebration in the USofA, Mike wrote how we often struggle to recognise the past good...
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