How to discuss ambitious project plans
“Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” — Warren Buffett There is a time on most projects, where the project plan is going wrong and the deadlines…
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Thinking beyond the project
Focus on business, people, customers and then technology, in that order #HoskWisdom when we focus on a delivering the project, we miss the goal of the project. Think beyond the project, focus…
Are people on the project waving or drowning?
Sometimes it’s those who don’t ask for help, who need it most #HoskWisdom The difference between someone in water waving and drowning is small, but the difference could lead to life and…
Projects evolve to create the right solution
Requirements create estimates, estimates create plans, plans create projects, projects create problems because the requirements, estimates, plans and projects were wrong #HoskCodeWisdom IT projects go wrong, you can’t avoid it but you…
Defining your project problems, helps you avoid them
All I want to know is how this project will fail, so I can avoid doing that #HoskWisdom Project plans have goals, milestones and deliverables. They have optimistic paths into the future…
Avoid certainty and embrace inquiry
You control the decision, not the outcome #HoskWisdom There are no right answers, there is only questions and finding out why. There is no certainty, we have questions, ideas and our ability…
Make time to invest in yourself
My new cat William It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about? Henry David Thoreau The days go fast, it’s…
What I learnt working on IT projects
Don’t build solutions on assumptions, ambiguity and ignorance #HoskWisdom IT projects are a challenge, a good deal of fail and all of them are difficult. IT project can…
Management and leadership books I read in the last 4 years
In 2016 I become a Scrum master on a enterprise project and was tasked with helping create a great Dynamics 365 team and I started out on my…
What the winningest NFL coach (Don Shula) can teach us about IT projects
I read Don Shula: A Biography of the Winningest Coach in NFL History, Don Shula coached in the NFL from 1958 to 1995 and won more games…