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Author: Alan Zucker

Better Zoom Meetings

Posted April 3, 2021April 3, 2021 Alan ZuckerLeave a commentPosted in Agile, Leadership, Project Management

In one of my training classes, there is an exercise to conduct a daily stand-up meeting.  The meeting should be no longer than 15-minutes and […]

Project Tools: Which to Choose?

Posted March 1, 2021March 3, 2021 Alan ZuckerLeave a commentPosted in Agile, Project Management

There are many tools to help project teams manage their work, collaborate, and track performance.  The number of options is overwhelming—Capterra has published over 900-project […]

“Keep in Touch”

Posted January 30, 2021 Alan Zucker3 CommentsPosted in Agile, Leadership, Project Management

I called an old colleague just to say “hello” and see how he was doing.  We have worked together at different companies over the past […]

A Personal Retrospective

Posted January 1, 2021January 1, 2021 Alan Zucker1 CommentPosted in Agile, Leadership, Project Management

This year was like living through a 500-year storm.   COVID has infected 1 in 20 Americans, and 1 in 1,000 have died of the disease.  […]

Work = Life Priorities

Posted November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 Alan ZuckerLeave a commentPosted in Leadership

Balancing our work and home lives is a challenge that nearly everyone faces.  I was a single parent for many years and managed large teams and […]

Business Agility: Getting Started

Posted November 2, 2020November 2, 2020 Alan ZuckerLeave a commentPosted in Agile, Leadership

Agile is now part of the general business lexicon.  On the news, non-technology leaders keep mentioning the need to be “agile” or “pivot.”  Even leaders […]

Advanced Stakeholder Modeling

Posted October 3, 2020November 23, 2020 Alan ZuckerLeave a commentPosted in Leadership, Project Management

You may be a businessman or some high-degree thief They may call you doctor, or they may call you chief, But you have to serve somebody… […]

Considering How We Think

Posted August 31, 2020 Alan ZuckerLeave a commentPosted in Agile, Blog Categories, Leadership, Project Management

We are living in interesting times. All countries are struggling to control the COVID-19 pandemic.  Societies are challenging their histories of racial and social injustice.  […]

Create Value: Map the Value Stream

Posted July 30, 2020July 30, 2020 Alan Zucker1 CommentPosted in Agile

“If you can’t describe what you are doing as a process, you don’t know what you’re doing.”  W. Edwards Deming Our work and home lives our bounded by standard operating procedures and process—and […]

Making Complex Decision

Posted July 1, 2020July 1, 2020 Alan Zucker1 CommentPosted in Agile, Leadership, Project Management

“…when faced with a difficult question, we often answer an easier one instead, usually without noticing the substitution.”  Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow In the midst […]

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