Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:09:37 GMT http://www.gantthead.com/blog/Drunken-PM/ Drunken Boxing for Project Managers "The main feature of the drunkard boxing is to hide combative hits in drunkard-like, unsteady movements and actions so as to confuse the opponent. The secret of this style of boxing is maintaining a clear mind while giving a drunken appearance." Yeah... just like that... but with network diagrams and burndown charts... and a wee bit less vodka. http://www.gantthead.com/blog/Drunken-PM/1716/ Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:28:40 GMT Working With an Agile Offshore Team http://www.gantthead.com/blog/Drunken-PM/1715/ Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:26:03 GMT I'm a little late posting the link, but where else are you going to find a review of Macworld just for PMs? In this episode, the ProjectShrink intervews the drunkenpm about his visit to Macworld and his efforts at setting up a PM Mac User Meetup http://www.gantthead.com/blog/Drunken-PM/1714/ Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:02:27 GMT Part 3 of the drunkenpm interview with Mike Sutton, CEO of Wizewerx and founder of ScrumFest. In this part of the interview, Mike talks about his work putting on ScrumFest in the UK and his plans to hold additional events elsewhere. http://www.gantthead.com/blog/Drunken-PM/1713/ Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:19:41 GMT The next section of Chapter 1 starts by introducing one of the core strategies of Sun Tzu's teaching. In "The Art of Strategy" by R.L. Wing, the section is translated as: Heed me by Calculating the advantages reinforce them by directing outwardly. This has a very direct relationship to th... http://www.gantthead.com/blog/Drunken-PM/1707/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:47:18 GMT ---------- MACWORLD PM MEETUP ---------- Part 2 of the drunkenpm interview with Mike Sutton, CEO of Wizewerx and founder of ScrumFest. In this part of the interview Mike talks about how studying Improvisation techniques have influenced his work building and leading Agile teams. http://www.gantthead.com/blog/Drunken-PM/1704/ Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:20:39 GMT ---------- MACWORLD PM MEETUP ---------- Having defined that which is to be measured, Sun Tzu provides examples of things to be considered when examining the five measures. He recommends determining which leader has captured the cultural mindset: "Which leader Has the Way?" ... http://www.gantthead.com/blog/Drunken-PM/1702/ Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:51:08 GMT If you are a PM and you are going to be at Macworld I'd like to meet up with you because, well, I know you are out there and let's face it - there is strength in numbers. I am working on details now, but I'm thinking maybe either the afternoon/early evening of Thursday Feb 11, or Friday Feb 12. If y... http://www.gantthead.com/blog/Drunken-PM/1700/ Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:24:54 GMT Part 1 of the drunkenpm interview with Mike Sutton, CEO of Wizewerx and founder of ScrumFest. In this part of the interview Mike explains how he uses Scrum, XP, and Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) in his Mashup approach to managing software projects and Agile teams. http://www.gantthead.com/blog/Drunken-PM/1699/ Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:23:36 GMT The Art of War - Chapter 1 - Part 3 After listing the five measures (see Chapter 1 - Part 2), Sun Tzu provides an explanation of each of the elements. Throughout the Art of War there are a number of places where Sun Tzu offers an explanation through the use of contrasts and by listing el... http://www.gantthead.com/blog/Drunken-PM/1698/ Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:10:03 GMT The Project Shrink, Bas de Baar and Dave Prior talk about responses to Episode #4, the Exploding Mailbox, Dave's new Art of War blog series, the Crisis Commons response to Haiti and the cultural differences between the current generations in the workforce.