agile · Project Management · Virtual

Managing Projects During this COVID Denial Phase

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic response, we wrote about 100% distributed working. Since then, we went through a phase of removing COVID restrictions, and now we are in the COVID denial phase. Each of these phases has a different effect on our projects. Impacts of COVID in the different phases During the COVID… Continue reading Managing Projects During this COVID Denial Phase

agile · Project Management · Social Media · Virtual

COVID-19 Motivated 100% Distributed Working–Project Management Impressions and Experiences

COVID-19 moved most project work to a 100% distributed working model overnight. That is, project teams that shared team rooms and physical space were suddenly working individually from a home office. Thus, all project work, with fixed deadlines and temporary team members, moved to a 100% distributed working model. I had the pleasure to work… Continue reading COVID-19 Motivated 100% Distributed Working–Project Management Impressions and Experiences

Project Management · Social Media

Collaborative Tools for your Agile and Distributed Teams

For managing projects in general and agile projects in particular we need to collaborate with project team members, communicate milestones, interact with clients, solve problems, and share folders, project documents, reports and tasks in real time. All this even being distributed around the world. So, the questions are how to manage such a project in… Continue reading Collaborative Tools for your Agile and Distributed Teams

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Social media use and monitoring in the workplace

In his January 2014 Computing article ‘Corporate Risks from Social Media’, Brian M Gaff highlighted several risks related to the use of Social Media in the workplace. While Brian encouraged organizations to leverage the benefits of social media, he suggested that they should be vigilant in establishing internal controls policies and policing. His explanation of… Continue reading Social media use and monitoring in the workplace

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Upcoming presentation “SocialMedia: the 3 things you need to know to better sell yourself or benefit your business” HDHIP

On January 25th, I will presenting on “Social Media: the 3 things you need to know to better sell yourself or benefit your business” at the Heidelberg International Professional Women’s Forum. I plan to talk about the topic based on my personal experience as professional, a mother, and an expat. The following is an copy… Continue reading Upcoming presentation “SocialMedia: the 3 things you need to know to better sell yourself or benefit your business” HDHIP