by Kiron Bondale | Feb 28, 2021 | Facilitating Organization Change, improving project management, project management, Psychological Safety, Risk Management, team building
In 2014 I wrote an article about the benefits which diversity in team composition can bring to risk identification. With different backgrounds and experiences, team members will usually identify a richer set of risks than might be defined by a group with limited...
by Kiron Bondale | Feb 21, 2021 | Facilitating Organization Change, improving project management, management failure, personal development, project management, team building
A recent Harvard Business Review article warned of the challenges with using the “feedback sandwich” method. The authors wrote that such feedback might irritate the recipient, cause them to ignore the feedback or confuse them. The authors also stated that positive...
by Kiron Bondale | Feb 14, 2021 | improving project management, management failure, project management
After I had reviewed how Monte Carlo simulation could help a team to understand the distribution of potential schedule or cost outcomes for a release or project, one of the learners in the class I was teaching pointed out that while such techniques can be helpful,...
by Kiron Bondale | Feb 7, 2021 | improving project management, management failure, project management, project management competency, Project scheduling
I wrote an article a few months ago about the importance of securing contingency reserves, so I didn’t expect to return to this topic so soon. However, earlier this week a discussion thread on Projectmanagement.com prompted me to write one more. In that thread, the...
by Kiron Bondale | Jan 24, 2021 | Agile, Facilitating Organization Change, improving project management, management failure, multitasking dangers, project management
Many of us would agree that when you are trying to implement a large change, start small. Just as it is easier to swallow a small pill than a huge one, the ability to adopt and sustain change is often simpler when the change involves baby steps. This approach of small...
by Kiron Bondale | Jan 17, 2021 | improving project management, project management, Stakeholder analysis
(Image credits: Warner Bros. & Chuck Jones) When I was a small child, one of the things I looked forward to every weekend was the chance to watch Saturday morning cartoons on TV. Unlike today where where a vast variety of kids programming is available around the...
