When Design Is Data – developing WordPress design the safe way

Photo by Joshua Sortino on Unsplash   WordPress is great for lowering the barrier to entry for running a professional website, except when making massive design changes on a running system. The WordPress ecosystem, comprised of plugins, widgets, media, and built-in theme editing make the methods for controlling site design and behavior accessible to everyone … Continued

Applying the Power of Habit to the Practice of Project Management

With the practice of professional project management having a well-defined structure, it should be clear to see that establishing good institutional habits and routines will help facilitate success. The Power of Habit – Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business, By Charles Duhigg is a book that explains how habits work in … Continued

Where is the Value in Enterprise Architecture?

I’ve been working in the same place for the past 10 years, where we’ve grown organically over two decades without much overarching strategic guidance to direct our growth. While things function alright, there are signs that our operation has become unwieldy. Quite simply, the technology that runs our operation is complex enough so that we … Continued

Running on intuition

Experience can be deceptive. I often hear people say things like “I feel like we need to stop working pretty soon” or “I feel like we need to improve here”. This is intuition, and it only works so well. Running a project in a data-driven kind of way is so much better. It takes a … Continued

Mastering Coaching – A Review of a Book from the Public Library

I’ve never really been a coach in any formal sense, but in my profession as a Project Manager I lead a team of people who work at achieving goals. I also have a family, in which I play a role where I actively foster the growth of young, impressionable lives. As such, I was intrigued when I came across Mastering … Continued