When people work together for a while, eventually what most people fear arises: conflict. The crazy thing is that they fear something as certain as the difference between two people, even if they are twins. Every person perceives their environment and their...
Whether a project gets off to a successful start depends on whether the stakeholders see a chance that their needs will be met during the project. Project success is threatened if this hope turns out to be an illusion as the project progresses. So it's worth reading on to understand the role...
Project work, in particular, constantly presents us with difficult decisions that often have to be made quickly. Whoever makes the decision takes responsibility and therefore also bears the risk of making the wrong choice. This makes decision-makers easy targets for scapegoating. No wonder...
People claim visible and invisible territories for themselves. Those who violate these boundaries are perceived as unpleasant or even threatening. These – often unintentional – territorial violations repeatedly lead to serious conflicts or disruptive situations in project work...
Why did Corona hit us so hard? How do we get out of this crisis? To find answers to these questions, it's worth taking a few systemic looks at the topic of survival. The exciting thing about systemic analysis is that we can apply it to a wide range of questions, about...
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...).
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...
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...
The world is in crisis. How we overcome it depends heavily on how we deal with the practical and human aspects of this crisis. Professional project management, taking psychological aspects into account, offers many useful approaches in a crisis. Let's look...
Projects often stall because it's unclear what project responsibility means or how responsibility can be delegated in a binding manner. This vague understanding of responsibility often leads to disputes and unnecessary back-and-forth. When it comes to responsibility, it's...
Don't worry, you don't necessarily need to see an endocrinologist if your software project is in crisis. However, it's certainly helpful to understand the connection between hormones and project work. In any case, this knowledge will help you in the next...
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...
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