Category: Project Management

Artificial Intelligence · Project Management

My experience at BRIDGE, a PM and PMO Conference in Vilnius, Lithuania

Victoria Vaca

I attended the PM & PMO Conference BRIDGE in Vilnius, Lithuania, a few weeks ago. It was very well organized by Project Management United, and a great platform for professionals and experts from different industries. Their mission is “to create a diverse community of leaders in project managers, seek networking, continuous improvement and contribute to… Continue reading My experience at BRIDGE, a PM and PMO Conference in Vilnius, Lithuania

Decision-making · Gamification · Project Management

‘Using Serious Games as a Management Tool’ – Presented at the Project Challenge Conference in Manchester

Gloria J. Miller

Last week, we presented on serious games at the Project Challenge conference. The conference was held at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, UK. The Project Challenge newsletter summarizes the event very well. The presentation identified three agile principles in the Agile Manifesto (agilemanifesto.org) that could benefit from using serious games in projects. It then covered… Continue reading ‘Using Serious Games as a Management Tool’ – Presented at the Project Challenge Conference in Manchester

agile · Gamification · Project Management

Talking About Using Serious Games as a Management Tool Manchester, October 2023

Victoria Vaca

We are thrilled to announce that Gloria Miller will be a speaker at Project Challenge Manchester 2023 where she will be presenting ‘Using Serious Games as a Management Tool in Transitioning to Agile Practices’. Gloria will talk about how serious games can help manage challenges transitioning from traditional/waterfall projects to agile projects. She will present… Continue reading Talking About Using Serious Games as a Management Tool Manchester, October 2023

agile · Knowledge Management · Project Management

Five Recommendations for Knowledge Sharing in Projects

Victoria Vaca

We wrote about motivating people to share knowledge a few years ago. We want to revisit that topic in light of the pandemic and expand on how agile methodologies impact knowledge sharing. First, consider this process a public library: knowledge management (KM) puts the books together and decides how to organize them on the shelves.… Continue reading Five Recommendations for Knowledge Sharing in Projects

agile · Project Management

Waterfall is Dead. Long Live Agile!

Gloria J. Miller1 Comment

Many companies have adopted an agile methodology for their projects. They may have adopted a specific agile methodology such as Scrum or introduced a hybrid model with some topics managed using an agile methodology or agile practices. Therefore, we can announce that pure waterfall projects are dead! While there are challenges, issues, and problems in… Continue reading Waterfall is Dead. Long Live Agile!

Artificial Intelligence · Decision-making · Gamification · Project Management

Project Management ‘Stammtisch’ – Starting in June 2023

Victoria Vaca

We would like to invite you to a discussion forum called Project Management Stammtisch about PM hot topics. Since Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a hot topic, and we have experience with AI in project management, we decided to include different aspects of AI as one of the main themes. In 2022, maxmetrics published several research articles**… Continue reading Project Management ‘Stammtisch’ – Starting in June 2023

Decision-making · Project Management

Launching New Website for The Project Win Game™

Victoria Vaca

We have created a serious game for project management simulation called The Project Win Game™, which we have produced in limited edition. We have been promoting the game on this blog as well as at the European Conference on Games Based Learning. We are now very happy to announce that we are launching a new… Continue reading Launching New Website for The Project Win Game™

agile · Artificial Intelligence · Gamification · Project Management

This was maxmetrics 2022

Gloria J. Miller1 Comment

In 2022 we were managing multiple projects, published three articles on artificial intelligence (AI), and moved forward with our serious game—The Project Win Game™. Projects Our project work was very interesting, fulfilling, and challenging in 2022. We had very diverse multi-national, multi-disciplinary teams. In one project, we had a good laugh comparing United States and… Continue reading This was maxmetrics 2022

Artificial Intelligence · Project Management

‘Stakeholder Roles in Artificial Intelligence Projects’ – Article Published on Project Leadership and Society – by Gloria J. Miller

Gloria J. Miller

How do artificial intelligence (AI) projects differ from other projects based on the harms, damages, and losses they can impose on individuals, society, and the environment? Is it necessary to engage developers, operators, and representatives of passive stakeholders to achieve moral, ethical, and sustainable development? Read more about all these very interesting questions on Gloria… Continue reading ‘Stakeholder Roles in Artificial Intelligence Projects’ – Article Published on Project Leadership and Society – by Gloria J. Miller

Decision-making · Gamification · Project Management

Our Experience Presenting The Project Win Game™ at the European Conference on Games Based Learning in Lisbon, Portugal

Victoria Vaca2 Comments

We were searching for the appropriate forum to promote our game The Project Win Game™. We found a conference we never heard of: the European Conference on Games Based Learning (ECGBL). It was an academic conference, so we weren’t sure whether it made sense to attend or let alone present our game. Still, applied and… Continue reading Our Experience Presenting The Project Win Game™ at the European Conference on Games Based Learning in Lisbon, Portugal