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A Walk Through the Agile Manifesto – Why Agile?

Bill Holmes

Nov 21, 20233 min read

A Walk Through the Agile Manifesto – Why Agile?

“If debugging is the process of removing software bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in” Edsger Dijkstra "One...

Bill Holmes

Dec 22, 20222 min read

How Much Should We Trust Experts?

“Having the data is not the same as having the expertise to look through the data - if it were, everybody with a smartphone would be a...

The Process Groups Practice Guide replaces the predictive portion of the PMBOK® 6th Edition

Bill Holmes

Nov 25, 20222 min read

The Process Groups Practice Guide replaces the predictive portion of the PMBOK® 6th Edition

“There are only two options: make progress or make excuses.” Tony Robbins “Progress is man’s ability to complicate simplicity.” Thor...

Time for a "Master Project Manager" Certification?

Bill Holmes

Oct 19, 20223 min read

Time for a "Master Project Manager" Certification?

“No one learns as much about a subject as one who is forced to teach it.” Peter Drucker “No man ever reached to excellence in any one...

What will PMI® do with the 6th Edition of the PMBOK®?

Bill Holmes

Oct 4, 20222 min read

What will PMI® do with the 6th Edition of the PMBOK®?

“The sales department isn’t the whole company, but the whole company better be the sales department.” Philip Kotler “I am not a product...

Bill Holmes

Sep 3, 20223 min read

How I Overcame Writer’s Block

“Don’t waste time waiting for inspiration. Begin, and inspiration will find you.” H. Jackson Brown Jr. “Writing about a writer’s block...

Scoring my COVID Predictions Part 2 – Remote Medicine

Bill Holmes

May 1, 20223 min read

Scoring my COVID Predictions Part 2 – Remote Medicine

“Doctors are great–as long as you don’t need them.” Edward E. Rosenbaum “Don’t misinform your doctor nor your lawyer.” Unknown As I...

Scoring my COVID Predictions Part 1 – The Rise of the Remote Worker

Bill Holmes

Apr 10, 20223 min read

Scoring my COVID Predictions Part 1 – The Rise of the Remote Worker

“I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.” Michael Jordan “We like to give people the freedom...

Bill Holmes

Jan 16, 20223 min read

My Experience with COVID-19

“I'm just a little bit sicker than the average individual I think.” Eminem “The wolf was sick, he vowed a monk to be - But when he got...

Bill Holmes

Jan 6, 20223 min read

The Science of the Trashcan Fire

“He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands and his...

Project Management Basics – Chapter 15 – Agile Rituals – Shu Ha Ri

Bill Holmes

Jul 2, 20213 min read

Project Management Basics – Chapter 15 – Agile Rituals – Shu Ha Ri

“Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.” Bruce Lee “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is...

Project Management Basics – Chapter 14 – Agile Rituals – The Daily Scrum

Bill Holmes

Jun 19, 20213 min read

Project Management Basics – Chapter 14 – Agile Rituals – The Daily Scrum

“The human soul can always use a new tradition. Sometimes we require them.” Pat Conroy, The Lords of Discipline “We are our culture and...

Project Management Basics – Chapter 8 – Predictive, Iterative, Incremental, Adaptive

Bill Holmes

Mar 28, 20213 min read

Project Management Basics – Chapter 8 – Predictive, Iterative, Incremental, Adaptive

"Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning." Winston Churchill "Plans are worthless. Planning is essential." Dwight...

Project Management Basics – Chapter 6 – The Benefits Management Plan

Bill Holmes

Feb 28, 20213 min read

Project Management Basics – Chapter 6 – The Benefits Management Plan

“Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.” Sun Tzu “Strategy is a...

Project Management Basics – Chapter 4 – Product Metrics

Bill Holmes

Feb 7, 20212 min read

Project Management Basics – Chapter 4 – Product Metrics

“Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts” Albert Einstein “What gets measured, gets...

Bill Holmes

Jul 31, 20202 min read

Chaos isn’t a pit, it’s a ladder

“Chaos isn’t a pit. Chaos is the ladder, and the climb is all there is.” Petyr Baelish, Game of Thrones “In the midst of chaos, there is...

The Importance of “framing” Part 5 – Getting it Wrong – The Challenger

Bill Holmes

Feb 21, 20203 min read

The Importance of “framing” Part 5 – Getting it Wrong – The Challenger

“After the Challenger accident, NASA put in a lot of time to improve the safety of the space shuttle to fix the things that had gone...

The importance of proper “framing” Part 1- What is framing?

Bill Holmes

Jan 21, 20203 min read

The importance of proper “framing” Part 1- What is framing?

The proper framing of an issue is more important than the facts!

Bill Holmes

Dec 10, 20192 min read

Friction changes things

“Friction changes everything” Scott Adams periscope broadcast “It's not the work which kills people, it's the worry. It's not the...

Management Lessons from Movies, Chapter 7: Resident Evil

Bill Holmes

Aug 14, 20194 min read

Management Lessons from Movies, Chapter 7: Resident Evil

“You’re all going to die down here!” Red Queen “I'm not sure I want to remember what went on down here.” Alice Resident Evil is a 2002...

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