Just-In-Time in Project Management

Imagine doing only what is necessary, when it is necessary, and in the necessary amount. How much would that influence your productivity? I can tell you. It would increase your productivity a lot 😊 This philosophy of doing the right thing at the right time is known as Just-In-Time. Maybe you heard someone say: Oh, that was […]

Cultural lens and communication

Communication is the key to mutual understanding and trust-building. Research has shown that communication facilitates relationship building and trust development (Ferrell & Kline, 2018; Lin et al., 2008). Moreover, communication impacts individual performance through trust (Sarker et al., 2011). It might be further concluded that a high level of trust among team members helps teams […]

A Coaching in product development

Can Coaching help during product development? A friend asked me that question recently. He founded an education program focusing on product development. He noticed that similar development programs already included coaching in their structures. He was curious about not missing something. Well. It depends on what you expect. That was my first-hand answer. Ok, then. […]

Coaching, a manager way to freedom

“Being coached helped me realized that I could make the biggest difference as a leader not by doing more than everyone else, but by empowering other people to do more and motivating them to do their best.” This self-reflection from the Guide to Coaching Employees by Harvard Business Review clearly states why coaching as a […]

Customer Disappointment Experience (CDX): Why does it matter in PM?

Customer is the king. The words illuminate the centrality of role customers play in driving economic activities. As such, customer experience (CX) has become the most important consideration for new product and service development, and customer management efforts in general. CX is defined as “customers internal and subjective response to their direct and indirect interaction […]

Report: More than half of project management professionals see the adoption of Artificial Intelligence in their profession in the next 5 years

The current context, influenced also by the COVID-19 pandemic, has forced the rapid adoption of new technologies and innovations have gone beyond the boundaries of research laboratories and are now being implemented in everyday processes. For example, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is evolving and is being used in more and more fields, from […]

Year 2021 Pledges of PM progress: List of five

Time book is set to turn to page number 2021 in the next couple of weeks’ time. With it comes the seasonal ritual of setting objectives and making pledges for the new year and onwards. In last one year, life has changed in many ways and that requires a change of focus for project management […]

Joop Schefferlie: The Impact of Projects and Project Management Will Increase

This material was originally published in the Chinese Magazine “PM Review” interviewed by: Yu Yanjuan Introduction: Joop Schefferlie is Vice President Certification of IPMA and President-elect. His mandate as president of IPMA starts in January 2021. Joop is director of IPMA Certification B.V. He has over 15 years of experience in building and changing complex […]

Return on Relationships (RoR): Proposing a PM focused formula

Networkization of societies has contributed to an exponential increase in the number of relationships, both, face-to-face and virtual. This relationships abundance has made people think of how they can build and maintain value-added relationships? How can they decide the intensity and closeness of relationships? The tendency has led to developments in the concept of Return […]

Kintsugi: Can its philosophy be used to heal the broken projects?

The broken projects are an unending battle resulting in staggering losses to organizations across the globe (Lim, 2020). Some recent examples such as BBC incurring £7million loss on abandoned license fee project (Singh, 2020) or the three years delay in implementation of 3DEXPERIENCE PLM platform at Ericcson (Ogewell, 2020) are just the tip of the […]