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The Agile Triangle is the equivalent, in Agile Project Management, of the better known Iron Triangle. So, what is it and how is it used?
...Change Management – the management of change. Leading the process of cultural, behavioral, and psychological change.
...Transactional Analysis remains one of the supreme toolsets for Project Managers to use. Indeed – for all managers, leaders, and professionals.
...Hagakure, the Book of the Samurai, was written in the 18th Century. It draws from the words of the Samurai, Yamamoto Tsunetomo. Those words have a lot that a modern Project Manager can learn from.
...There aren’t many books I recommend unreservedly to professional and business people I work with. But the Wisdom of Crowds is one of them.
...The transition from Project Manager to Project Sponsor is a hard one. You have many great skills, but now you need to change your mindset.
...Group Think is nasty. It leads to poor decisions… sometimes dangerous ones. So Project Managers need to know what it is, how it happens, and how to prevent it.
...Project Control is an important part of our discipline as Project Managers. But it carries within it a paradox…
...Are you a Project Manager or a Project Leader? How would you tell the difference? And how big is the step from one to the other?
...It’s hard to get a Project Management job without experience. But, how can you get experience, without a Project Management job?
...‘You don’t get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.’ That comes from the title of a book by Dr Chester L Karass. Karass was an expert and teacher in negotiation: ‘In Business As in Life, You Don’t Get What You Deserve, You Get What You Negotiate’.
...A tidy project is an efficient project. So, I love 5S. It’s not designed for project environments, but Project Managers can get lots from it.
...Nobody likes dealing with resistance, right? Well, despite this, it’s actually a good thing. Let me explain…
...In Star Trek, the leading characters represent valuable ideals that read across into good Project Management. You don’t need to be a fan!
...‘Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends with them?’ This quote reminds us of the value of positive stakeholder engagement.
...Green Project Management isn’t on everyone’s lips. But the priority for sustainability in project management is an imperative we need to heed.
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