Doug’s Rants
Some of you may know me, Doug Boebinger (I’m sorry), and some of you may not (yet). I spend my days flying from city to city, doing a wide range of project management-related courses and presentations. In my travels, I am privileged to speak with an array of people from numerous companies, in just about every industry there is. From my courses, presentations, and personal discussions, I have come to various conclusions about a multitude of topics. When I get off on one of these tangents in my courses, I typically refer to them as “Doug’s Rants” and the name has stuck.
The rants address various themes, systemic issues, and truths that people know in their hearts but can’t say out loud. Well, I’m going to say them out loud (via the written word). As I like to tell people, I play the role of the little boy in Hans Christian Anderson’s “The Emperor’s New Clothes.” If you don’t know the story, it’s short and insightful, and it’s required reading for anyone who needs understand truth vs. conformance.
“I Hired You For Your Integrity, Now Lie To Me”
Why are we hired for our integrity and then told to “shut up and do it” when it just can’t be done?
Emotional Intelligence – Isn’t that Jumbo Shrimp?
Emotional intelligence (EI) is the ability to identify, comprehend, and manage your own emotions as well as the emotions of others.
The Typical Mistakes Teams Make Concerning Risk Management
How well do you understand, plan for, and apply risk management techniques?
Did Agile Really Kill Waterfall?
The more tools you know how to use properly, the more projects you can accomplish successfully.
It’s Basic Cause and Effect: The Project Triangle
For a project to be feasible, for it to even have a chance to be successful, the Scope – Time – Cost project triangle sides need to actually be able to create a triangle.
Redefining “It’s Good Enough”
I’ve actually seen a case where doing more on a project than what was asked backfired.