At the Project Management Institute Asia Pacific conference in Manila, we presented a real options framework for project management. The topic was a bit heavy for one hour, but we think the audience appreciated that it was practical. At the end we asked the audience if they would be able to apply for it in… Continue reading From Manila to Practice: Advancing Real Options Thinking in Project Management
We are thrilled to announce that we will be presenting at the PMI Global Summit Series Asia Pacific | Project Management Institute, hosted by the Project Management Institute, Inc. This prestigious event is taking place next week on 25-26 June 2025 in Manila, Philippines, and it brings together industry leaders, experts, and innovators from across… Continue reading Presenting ‘Real Options for Maximum Impact’ at PMI AP Summit in Manila
We are about to wrap up 2024. It was a very dynamic year with many different activities. Projects The scope and content of the projects are in the big data analytic space. The need to closely scrutinize the regulatory frameworks that apply to this domain is an important topic. Thus, in addition to deploying platforms… Continue reading 2024 is almost done and dusted
The Federated Computer Science Intelligent Systems (FedCSIS) Conference took place in Belgrade, Serbia from 8-Sep to 11-Sep, and I was there. The Conference started on Sunday and ran through Tuesday. The Conference was hosted by the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Organizational Sciences. The venue was a very pleasant, modern building that was inaugurated in… Continue reading Real Options was Real Fun in Belgrade
Gloria J. Miller will be Session Chair and presenter at the 19th Conference on Computer Science and Intelligence Systems FedCSIS 2024 in Belgrade, Serbia, from 8th to 11th September 2024. She will be Session Chair of the Information Technology for Business and Society (ITBS) track. According to FedCSIS, “this Topical Area aims at integrating and creating synergy… Continue reading Presenting at the 19th Conference on Computer Science and Intelligence Systems
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
Serious games can help manage some challenges in transitioning from traditional/waterfall projects to agile projects. For example, in a traditional project, the scope is known up-front and the project budget is fixed, so the expectation is that all product features will be delivered within that known budget. The budget and time may be fixed in… Continue reading Innovation Games and the Agile-Budget-Problem
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™
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
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