Managing the control/progress balance
One of the more difficult aspects of managing projects is to find the right balance between spending time on accountability, reporting and control or spending time on getting things done (progress). Spending time on planning and reporting activities means that you and your team have less time available for ‘normal’ work. The problem is that you [...]
Project Boards are agile
Scrum Masters normally do not have access to a Project Board but in my opinion, they should. With PRINCE2 the Project Board is accountable for the project's success. Within the Project Board there are three separate roles: The Executive is accountable for the project's Business Case. The Senior User represents the people whom will use [...]
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Booklist
Planned books:
- Making Sense of Change Management: A Complete Guide to the Models, Tools and Techniques of Organizat by Esther Cameron, Mike Green
- Freedom from Command by John Seddon
- Do the Right Thing: How Dedicated Employees Create Loyal Customers and Large Profits by James F. Parker
- Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery (Voices That Matter) by Garr Reynolds
- Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen
Current books:
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Managing portfolios of change with MSP for programmes and PRINCE2 for projects: Integrating MSP and by Chris Venning
Recent books:
- Het Groot Werkvormenboek / druk 1: dé inspiratiebron voor resultaatgerichte prestaties, vergaderinge by S. Dirkse-Hulscher, A. Talen
- Managing successful programmes: Office of Government Commerce by Rod Sowden … [et al.]
- Performance Leadership: The Next Practices to Motivate Your People, Align Stakeholders, and Lead You by Frank Buytendijk
- Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths, and Total Nonsense: Profiting from Evidence-based Management by Jeffrey Pfeffer, Robert I. Sutton
- Knowing-Doing Gap, The: How Smart Companies Turn Knowledge into Action by Jeffrey Pfeffer, Robert I Sutton
