... a beginner at something

Project management - just got easier

 

definition of agility, by bertboerland (2005)

To people somewhat involved in projects - and who hasn't been - the word alone may bring up personal experiences and a general notion, well, most projects fail. HBR said so in 2003 (source) and ten years later, the situation appears not all that different, in academic research, and it seems to get worse, according to the Project Management Institute,  who have solutions on offer and whose newest standard PMBOK5 adds a chapter on project stakeholder [engagement] management [addition mine].

 

Examining how I could accelerate innovation in the company, I saw the need to  learn about professional project management.  This is a story in two parts:
1. how,  where and what I studied recently, and
2. what tools I picked up along the way work for me. 

Sky so Brown (not Blue)

Intercontinental dust drift approaching from North in Yokohama 2013-03-10 around 14:00.

We closed all windows shut and stopped the 24h ventilation fan. Do you know where the switches are in your home?

Days where visibility drops like this happen once or twice in a bad year, when winds sweep the smog from the nearby continent. Here the 2008 event