Henny Portman

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Summary and review Agile Kata

Henny Portman

Kata is a universal pattern for driving any kind of improvement. Agile Kata builds on the foundation of Toyota Kata, expanding it to embrace and embody agile values and principles. In his book Agile Kata Patterns and Practices for Transformative Organizational Agility , Joe Krebs presents a compelling approach that blends agile principles with the scientific thinking of Kata.

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Samenvatting en recensie De fluïde organisatie

Henny Portman

De flude organisatie Een ideale mix van hirarchie en zelfsturing van Arne de Vet en Filip Lowette is een dubbelboek. Enerzijds is het een businessroman waarin we Anna volgen, de beoogde opvolger van een sterk hirarchisch familiebedrijf. Ze wil de organisatie transformeren, maar zoekt een balans: strakke hirarchie past niet bij haar, terwijl volledige zelfsturing haar te ver gaat.

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Summary and review Dancing with change & fluidity

Henny Portman

In Dancing with Change & Fluidity From Organization to Organizing , author Hans (J.J.) Schnfeld immerses us in the world of fluidity. After reading this book, youll start seeing fluidity everywhere. Through five chapters, the book paints a comprehensive picture of fluidity. It begins by exploring how 23 philosophers, scientists, and artists have engaged with the concept.

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Review The lazy winning project manager

Henny Portman

The lazy winning project manager Embracing project and personal productivity in an AI empowered world by Peter Taylor brings together The lazy project manager , The lazy winner and a little bit of AI and the project manager . We probably know the lazy project managers theory of projects from a productive laziness aspect: All the projects are thick at one end, much, much thinner in the middle and then thick again at the far end.

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Summary and review Sustainable project management ICB4 Reference guide

Henny Portman

This guide serves as an extension of the Individual Competence Baseline (ICB4). Developed by the editorial team, including Gilbert Silvius, Max Panaro, Peter Prckhauer, and Sara Bossi, it begins with an introduction to sustainable project management. It then follows the well-established structure of competence areasperspective, people, and practicewhile focusing on integrating sustainability into project management.

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The rules every project manager faces daily

Henny Portman

In the PM World Journal, Vol. XIV, Issue I, January 2025 you can find my article: Portman, H. (2025). The rules every project manager faces daily, commentary, PM World Journal , Vol. XIV, Issue I, January. As a project manager, youve probably felt like youre battling invisible forces at times. Take Murphys Law, for example: Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.

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PRINCE2 7: manual supporting tabs

Henny Portman

I received several requests to provide the tabs for the official PRINCE2 manual. Attached the cheap one: print the pdf on sticker paper and use a scissors. PRINCE2_7_v1 Download To order the manual: managementboek.

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