The Power of Negative Thinking

How to Turn Murphy’s Law in Your Favor to Manage Risks in Product Development
Say you have been given a major assignment, one where your career hangs in the balance or where the future of your organization is at stake. What if you could predict the significant things that could go wrong[1] with your new [...]

The Perils and Opportunities of Multi-site Product Development

Lessons learned from multi-cultural, dispersed product development teams
(In this article the term “dispersed” is used to denote teams who are scattered around the world, but working on a single development program.  Other terms used include “virtual teams”, “distributed teams”, and even “global teams”.)
Developing new products in far-away countries is a model that’s here to stay, [...]

Communication: The Essence of Project Management

For many years, project managers have benefitted from the guidance of the Project Management Institute (PMI) and the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). PMI guidance, the PMBOK, and Project Management Professional (PMP) certifications continue to enhance our ability to achieve successful outcomes, but as the world changes other resources and skills are needed.
Actually, this [...]