Hans Christian Andersen’s story The Emperor’s New Clothes (1837) teaches a lesson that is still relevant today, especially in project management. In the story, an emperor who loves his clothes hires two scammers pretending to be tailors. They promise to make him a special, invisible outfit to anyone “stupid.” Of course, no one wants to …
Category: Project Management
Jun 04
Leadership styles
The Situational Leadership Theory is a leadership theory developed by Paul Hersey and Ken Blanchard. The main principle of this theory is that there is not a single way in the leadership style so the most effective way is to adapt the leadership style to the maturity of the staff that is being leading and the …
May 05
Building KPI´s
If you have to achieve goals in your company you have to measure the performance or success in your activities. A KPI (Key Performance Indicator) report is a great way to do it. A KPI is a measurable value that shows if a company is performing well and achieving the goals or business objectives or if a …
Apr 06
The quality cost
What is quality in a project? If we have a project that requires manufacturing 10000 cardboard boxes for a luxury fashion house. How can we measure the quality of this project? Someone will tell us that the boxes should be resistant, others will request that the boxes should be provided with a cool design, and …
Jan 09
The Eurotunnel and project fail.
The Channel Tunnel is an undersea rail tunnel that links Folkestone in UK and Pas de Calais near Calais in France. The tunnel carries high-speed Eurostar trains. In 2012 the Eurotunnel transported more the 18 million passengers and the freight transported was more than 20 million tonnes. The tunnel construction began in 1988 with …