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"World-Class Project Management in the 21st Century"Download_icon_2

 

A fun and motivational speech outlining how modern realities enhance traditional challenges - but also shape effective ways to manage them.

 

Target Audience:


General Business Audiences, IT and Project Team Members, and their Managers

 

Dare to lose control


Everything goes fine - and suddenly it spins out of control. Exponentially growing data processing and communication capabilities challenge your ability to stay on top of things. What can you do?

Social systems show an amazing similarity to the "hard sciences." This also demands a new thinking about project management.

 

...and start to manage

 

Berthold Kastel explains how a look at the big picture beats sweating the small stuff. He also points out why:

bullet 1 % of the data and activities drive 50% of the project outcome and risk

bullet Projects cannot be controlled, and

bullet Smart technology requires smart management.


 
 

Important Definitions

"Enterprise Project"

A project of an enterprise that is integrated into the complete business ecosystem. 

What does that mean for 21st century projects? 
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New Ideas

History: 5 Generations of Project Management

The historical development of project management is reflected in the evolution of tools and software applications used to facilitate it. I see five different generations of such applications. 

Of course project management was successfully performed (even though probably labeled differently) since ancient times. The following, however, focuses on developments starting with the PC revolution.

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