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Making projects sexy again – The Manifesto for Action

In my last post, I summarised the 9 “meta-problems” blocking us from discussing and analysing project management. In this post, we’re moving in a different direction. Now I will look at what we can do to solve these meta-problems and build a broad and rich narrative about project management. Making ...
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December 15, 2019 / Uncategorized / No Comments on Making projects sexy again – The Manifesto for Action

Nine project management “meta-problems” that block us

I have now published yarns that each describe one of the nine (9) project management "meta-problems" that I believe we need to resolve before we can start making improvements to project management practice. This is a summary page for those 8 posts, with links to each. What is a Project ...
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December 14, 2019 / Manifesto for Action, pmot, project management, project manager / No Comments on Nine project management “meta-problems” that block us

Project management uses linear tools for non-linear situations

In my last post, I covered the lack of trust in organisations and how none of the tools or processes in project management addresses this problem. In this post, I’m looking at the inability of project management practice to deal with non-linear dynamics. We plan and execute projects linearly, but ...
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December 13, 2019 / Manifesto for Action / No Comments on Project management uses linear tools for non-linear situations

Project management and the no-trust mess

In my last post, I described the inability of project management to deal with the “quick fix” syndrome, whether or not it’s valid for any project. In this post, I’ll examine the lack of trust in organisations and how none of the tools or processes in project management addresses this ...
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December 12, 2019 / Manifesto for Action / No Comments on Project management and the no-trust mess

Project management can’t help with the “quick fix” syndrome

In my last post, we saw the “disabling professions” establish a “one best way” in both traditional and agile project management. A different face of this problem is dealing with stakeholders who don’t recognise major parts of the orthodoxy. In this post, I’m covering the inability of project management to ...
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December 11, 2019 / Manifesto for Action, pmot, project management / No Comments on Project management can’t help with the “quick fix” syndrome

Project management as a disabling profession

In my last post, I presented the idea that project management uses outdated and obsolete principles. This post assesses whether professional societies are "disabling" to the effective application of project management skills to problem-solving and outcome development. Consider two questions: Has orthodox project management practice (as sanctioned by a professional ...
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December 10, 2019 / Manifesto for Action / No Comments on Project management as a disabling profession

The founding principles of project management are obsolete

In my last post, I addressed the issues of project management competence (or lack of it). In this post, I describe how the foundation concepts of project management practice are obsolete or unhelpful. This is the fifth project management "meta-problem". Ask yourself: how relevant and useful are core PM concepts ...
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December 9, 2019 / Manifesto for Action / No Comments on The founding principles of project management are obsolete

The project manager as karate kid – wax off wax off?

In my last post, I described the third project management “meta-problem” as being the vast and unbounded dimension of project management. This post will cover the fourth meta-problem of project management: project management competence (or lack of it) and its implications. There are at least 1000 discrete elements in a ...
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December 5, 2019 / Manifesto for Action, pmot / No Comments on The project manager as karate kid – wax off wax off?

Project Management – the Final Frontier

In my last post, I described the second project management “meta-problem”: that of dysfunctional fragmentation and confliction. In this post I describe the third “meta-problem” facing project management: the sheer size and scope of the knowledge, skills and behaviours required for the role of a project manager. You trekkies will ...
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December 5, 2019 / Manifesto for Action, pmot, project management, project manager skills / No Comments on Project Management – the Final Frontier

Project management and the narcissim of small differences

In my last post, I described the first project management “meta-problem” of a narrow vision of project management. In this post I describe a second “meta-problem”: fragmentation, in that project management as a practice is unnecessarily and superficially fragmented and conflicted. This ranges from the various theories that emerge from ...
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December 3, 2019 / Manifesto for Action / No Comments on Project management and the narcissim of small differences

Posts on Articles from other authors

This includes summaries and critiques of posts or resources from other sites and authors, as well as original posts by Adam.

• The category “Adam Reads” contains summaries and links to poasts and resources from other authors which I have tagged as of interest to my readership.
• The category “Adam Critiques” includes reviews of these other resources.