by Christian Herbst | May 20, 2022 | Project Management
It is likely that change will be met with resistance. Change resistance should be measured for all stakeholders as changes are announced along with ongoing sampling at key points to monitor the potential resistance. Sample items that can be included in a change...
by Christian Herbst | May 20, 2022 | Project Management
Most organizations have shortened the time horizons for business forecasting and strategic planning due to the business environment’s volatility. The business environment is changing, and the rate of change is accelerating. This change is driven by the global...
by Christian Herbst | May 13, 2022 | Project Management
Transitioning to Agile means using different measurements. Using status reporting such as traffic lights can be very misleading. Sometimes a project is 90% done but then the team tries to integrate the pieces into a product and finds that the requirements need to be...
by Christian Herbst | May 13, 2022 | Project Management
When we think we know something to be objective truth, our immediate reaction to news indicating the opposite is to jump to the conclusion that there must be something wrong with the source. “The human understanding when it has once adopted an opinion draws all things...
by Christian Herbst | May 13, 2022 | Project Management
Tools of management are not only ineffective, but they actively get in the way of transformational leadership intended to inspire deep change. Neither the sincerity of intentions, nor the soundness of the ideas can guarantee that the leader’s behavior will be...
by Christian Herbst | May 13, 2022 | Project Management
Culture will always influence the use of agile approaches. Organizational culture is a continuum that reaches from highly predictive plans to lean startup where everything is an experiment. Agile approaches might fit well with lean startup culture, but highly...
