“The sales department isn’t the whole company, but the whole company better be the sales department.” Philip Kotler “I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” Stephen Covey What will become of the 6th Edition of the PMBOK®? What will PMI use as a reference for future iterations of the PMP® Exam? Prior to the latest exam change, the PMP certification was heavily weighted toward a predictive approach to project management. It was based primarily

“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 not an act, but a habit.” Aristotle I first heard of Shu Ha Ri in an Aikido Dojo. I was taking Taekwondo under Master Choi in a small school in Augusta, GA. My friends and I were consumed by the sport for several years, training constantly and regularly competing in local tournaments. I was attending a tournament in Columbia, SC, where I m

“The human soul can always use a new tradition. Sometimes we require them.” Pat Conroy, The Lords of Discipline “We are our culture and tradition; if there is no culture or tradition we are no one.” Tamerlan A Kuzgov The rituals of agile matter. Several weeks ago there was a survey posted on LinkedIn that asked about the daily scrum. It specifically asked if the daily scrum was necessary for agile development. I can’t recall the survey results, but one my colleagues commented

“The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.” Albert Einstein “The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.” Friedrich Nietzsche “Agile” is one of those terms in project management that will incite a passionate response from even the most grizzled and jaded project manager. In fact, some of the most vocal criti