EN 
DE Blog
The Economics of Thought
If you're looking for the perfect excuse for failed projects, you'll find it in the following sections. Whether it's miscalculations, overlooked errors, neglected testing, or sloppy documentation, it all stems from—and now comes a term you absolutely must know...
Scope for ideas
Everyone has a mental cube of ideas. I could jokingly suggest that the frequent tilting, frantic shaking, or frequent tapping of this body part while brooding serves to set this cube in motion. Unfortunately, the cube in our head is often very one-sided...
What a bunch of characters!
Are you more of a "natural," "true," or "proper" software developer? Just for fun, think about this question with me and consider the implications of the answer. Gunter Dueck, mathematician and lateral thinker at IBM, introduced this classification in his book "Omnisophy" (a neologism...).
Communication barbarians
How often are you interrupted at work each hour? It can be incredibly frustrating, especially when you're working on a tough problem that demands your full attention. It's not uncommon for victims of interruptions to be the perpetrators themselves. A good...
Why your sense of duty can be your downfall
There is hardly an experiment in psychology that reveals the dark side of human conscientiousness as clearly as the Milgram experiment. It shows that people are willing to harm others out of a sense of duty. What conclusions can be drawn from this for...
World of W-Wonders
With questions about project success, today I'm going to introduce you to a miracle cure that will save you a lot of energy, time, and money in your projects. At the same time, it motivates your employees. The application of this miracle cure has a lot to do with the letter W for miracle. And the best part: It costs nothing...
Stay on equal terms!
How power struggles kill projects Scene 1: "That's it, end of story, that's how it's done!" The go-getter doesn't beat around the bush, but gets people moving and makes sure things "get done." Really? Scene 2: The project manager and the expert from the project team are engaged in a "technical" discussion...
Failed projects are a matter of luck.
Those who strive for success also take a risk: failure. However, the evaluation of success and failure is a matter of perspective. If you're interested, you can read my personal, perhaps somewhat unconventional, views on this topic here. Do you want proof that your...