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t2informatik Blog – Tips and tricks for your project management
Patterns and methods in organisations
How do patterns emerge in organisations, what functions do they have and what are the consequences for the selection of methods?
Do you want to argue?
Those who want to agree find ways, those who want to argue find topics! What is the challenge of arguing and how can conflicts be resolved?
Where did the KO criteria go?
The search for compromises based on solutions of different interest groups is not effective. There is a need for KO criteria.
Good leadership is so easy
Good leadership can be observed in many places. What makes it good and what effect does it have on employees? What can be learned from it individually?
Systemic questionnaire technique
The Systemic Questionnaire Technique is a method for qualitatively recording expectations of an initiative. How does it work?
10 tips in a project crisis
Risks and problems can easily lead to project crises. What 10 practical tips help to get projects out of trouble?
The radical transformation of a manufacturer
The transformation of a mechanical engineering company is a big task. A practical report with many important findings and insights.
Intrapreneurship redefined
Intrapreneurship plays an important role in the development of companies. How can it be promoted and which characteristics are essential?
Customer Experience in B2B – unnecessary or underestimated?
What is the importance of customer experience in business-to-business transactions? And how can the overall service be improved?
Decision-making techniques for self-organised project teams – Part 3
What does “making decisions” mean in a VUCA world? And what decision-making techniques help with complicated or complex decisions?
Respectful interaction
Respect is a subjective value. Successful communication is based on respect. And how can we deal respectfully with each other?
PMO and Uncertainty
At first glance, Project Management Offices (PMOs) and uncertainty contradict each other. How could the interaction of both issues work?
Hunting for key figures
Key figures are omnipresent in organisations. What are their purposes, what effects do they have and what blind spots loom?
Team Secrets – The hidden patterns of team development
What are the secrets of successful team development? And how do dysfunctions complement the development phases of teams?
Practical tips for SMART goals
People and organisations often find it difficult to achieve goals. One reason for this is the lack of formulation of SMART goals.
Decision-making techniques for self-organised project teams – Part 2
What influence do values and principles have on decisions? Which decision-making techniques help with simple, complicated or complex decisions?
Change projects work! – Part 2
Do you already use project parliaments and consensus workshops in your change projects? And what about decision-making by consent?
Decision-making techniques for self-organised project teams – Part 1
For self-organised project teams it is important to know and use decision-making techniques. How do they find the appropriate techniques?
Change projects work! – Part 1
Change projects present organisations with major challenges, especially if they cling to old concepts. What is a sensible alternative?
Boom! School bus hits project manager!
Project managers can work in a project and on a project. This difference is very important in practice, as the “yellow school bus” test shows.
Agility 4.0 – seven points for agile projects
Many companies want to carry out projects in an agile way. Which seven points are important for agile projects and why is their interlinking necessary?
The sports metaphor as motivator
Sports metaphors are often used in companies to describe situations and to increase the motivation of employees. How useful is this?
Effective energy management for relaxed projects
Effective energy management is important for working in projects. 5 tips on perfectionism, impact, clarity, thoughts and feelings.
Specifications in the agile world
Customer and requirement specifications are classic tools that can also offer advantages in agile projects. Prerequisite: flexible requirements management.
Speed as unfair advantage
Many companies underestimate the importance of speed in competition. Time for an appeal for more speed in organisations.
Making decisions right
It is very important for companies to make joint decisions quickly, sustainably and comprehensibly. The Z-Model process can help as an instrument.
Letting go is the new way of planning
For a very long time planning was the basis for projects, developments and work in general. But now the process of letting go becomes important.
Diversity – farewell to monoculture in companies
Heterogeneous groups need more time to exchange their views and ideas, but make better decisions. An appeal for diversity in companies.
Online communication in recruiting
Companies often find it difficult to change their recruiting process. What should they pay attention to and how can they gradually improve their recruiting?
Parental leave – laws, feelings, chances of winning
What rules apply to parental leave? What needs and interests do companies and employees have? And how does the practice work?
The time of New Leadership has come! Or hasn’t it?
New Leadership is a catchword that is increasingly being demanded. Why is New Leadership so important and what characterises it?
Hidden German Podcast Champions
Are you looking for great podcasts about the future, leadership, transformation, digitalisation or goals? Here you will find a list of podcast recommendations.
Effective project leadership does not need heroes!
Project heroes are celebrated when they rescue endangered projects. But does it have to happen at all? How does project management succeed without heroes?
Movie or Movement – Moving big projects!
Spoiler Alert: YOU are the biggest success factor in a project. But only if you initiate change and not just watch like in a movie.
Is feedback a gift?
Feedback is often called a gift. But is feedback really a gift? What is the intention and what is the true effect of feedback?
Is content marketing worthwhile?
Content marketing is a good approach to attract interested parties. But is it really worth it? And what would be an alternative?
Learning from IT mistakes
Often the tension is high when IT problems arise. Once these are solved, things usually continue as before. Until the next problem arises. What can organisations learn from this?
Certificates or networking – what is more important in projects?
For successful project work, networking is more important than the truth claim of a certificate. How does internal and external networking succeed? And which formats are useful?
I love it when a plan doesn’t come together
Companies often try to plan everything and leave nothing to chance. But coincidences can also be positive. A report about accidental discoveries.
Home office and leadership
When organisations deal with the topic of home office, it is often said: “Trust, but verify! But leadership is even better than verification.
More courage for experiments
Small and medium-sized enterprises often find it difficult to develop innovations, partly because they lack expertise in conducting experiments. How can SMEs experiment more?
Avoid unnecessary conflicts
Conflicts can lead to constructive changes in cooperation, but they are not of general benefit. How can unnecessary conflicts be avoided?
Corporate communication with methods
Crises often present companies with communication challenges. 5 points of communication and the 4/4 = 1 method can help.
Leadership in uncertain times
How does leadership work in a global crisis? How does security arise in times of uncertainty and what are the do’s and don’ts of leadership?
Oh my dear tender
Tenders cause great effort. What can contracting authorities do to improve the work with tenders? And why not only contractors benefit from this?
Quo vadis, meeting culture?
Employees spend a lot of time in meetings. And many of these meetings are inefficient. Which tips and rules help to improve the meeting culture?
Welcome, Digital Natives
What should employees be prepared for when they encounter digital natives in their organisations? How can good cooperation be achieved?
The secret superpower for project managers
There is a superpower that many people neither know nor perceive. Which superpower is that and why is it more important than the quality of the project work?
Hybrid organisations – solution or problem?
The transformation from traditional to agile organisations inevitably leads to hybrid organisations. Is this a problem or maybe even a permanent solution?
My New Year’s resolution is the same every year
Intuition is helpful in many situations, but how important is it compared to intellect, reason and reflexion? A New Year’s resolution.
The selection of management consultants
Small and medium-sized enterprises are often reluctant to engage with business consultants. How does a good selection work and what should companies pay attention to?
Tooling in hybrid project management
The integration of classic project management and agile procedures is a success factor for many companies. Why is this the case and what is essential when it comes to tooling?
5 Strategies to build inner strength
Permanent changes unsettle many employees in companies. Inner strength is needed here. How can you build it up? Which strategies can help you?
The development of skills
The development of competences is very important for the world of work 4.0. What learning formats are there and what are the differences to learning specialist knowledge?
The Product Owner Team
When does it make more sense to use a product owner team than to work with a single product owner? A practical report on projects, tasks, responsibilities and conflicts.
How can I avoid uncertainty?
Many people associate uncertainty with a loss of control, hence they want to avoid it. This is understandable, but not effective. What is the alternative?
VUCA, so what?!
We live in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world. What does VUCA mean for companies and how can the challenges of the VUCA world be mastered?
I spy with my little eye: stakeholder
Although dealing with stakeholders is important for the success of organisations, it is often neglected. How does good stakeholder management work?
Cultural differences in projects
In international projects, project managers often have to moderate cultural differences. What cultural dimensions are there and what does this mean for project execution?
With SCARF towards a more agile organisation
What is the SCARF model, on which principle is it based and how does it help in managing employees in the course of organisational change processes? An opinion.
Argue – but do it right
Businesses waste valuable resources in conflicts when they focus on problems rather than solutions. How do you resolve conflicts?
Advantages of Remote Work
Remote work offers several advantages for companies. What are these? How does Remote Work get started in organisations and does it work permanently?
Digital collaboration of distributed teams
When distributed teams work together, it is often difficult to know who is doing what, when, why and how. It’s time for a different approach.
Fear and courage – two unequal siblings?
What are organisations afraid of? Do changes automatically trigger fears? And how can fear be overcome in both private and professional contexts?
Learning coaching, but agile
Learning is individual, it depends, for example, on previous knowledge, the learner’s interest and the type of learning objective. This is where the agile learning coach and the learning coaching come into play.
My wish list to Scrum Master
The Scrum Master is an important role in many organizations and projects. If you could wish for something from a Scrum Master, what would it be?
Project Marketing – Do good and talk about it
Project marketing tries to increase the acceptance of projects. When does project marketing take place, who is the centre of attention and what tips are there?
Mind Change in Project Management
The mindset and mind change in project management have a great influence on the success of a project. What if much more is possible than we can imagine?
New learning in projects
The topic of personnel development must be thought of differently in order to master the present and future challenges in projects. Why does “new learning” make sense?
From “dismissed” to error culture?
A culture of error is easily required, but simply using a buzzword cannot be the right way for companies. How can mistakes be handled correctly?
Project portfolio management for better decisions
In project portfolio management, decisions on project investments are influenced by various factors. Which factors are these and how can a balance be achieved?
The ideal project review
A project review is a retrospective of a project phase or project. What is the ideal approach in terms of structure, moderation and time?
Of hares and deer
Communicating changes in IT projects is often difficult because the distinction between user groups is too rough. Who should be addressed and by whom?
Success factor emotional competency
Emotional competence means understanding yourself and others better. It is indispensable for successful cooperation in projects. How can it be trained?
Feng Shui in project management
Feng Shui in project management is an intensive work in three steps, with which stagnating projects of any kind can be implemented more easily. How does it work?
Change management is dead – long live continuous change
Change management is changing because changes cannot be ordered in the future. What can organisations do to implement changes?
Beware: Turnover of Staff
In the past, turnover of staff was a phenomenon that caused companies little headaches. Today, the consequences can be dramatic and the loss of employees serious.
The key to agility
In modern business management, agility is the key to success. But what does the trend word agility actually mean? A psychological look behind the hype.
Hello, Service?!
No company will publicly admit that its own service is poor. What does good service depend on? And why is it worth having a different perspective on customers?
The forgotten project communication
Internal project communication is important. Why is communication with outsiders who seem to have nothing to do with a project also important?
