Today, I passed the PRINCE2® Practitioner exam. I did the same in 2015 and 2010. Nothing much has changed, but it is a good certification to have. It includes most of the basic project management principals, themes, tools, and techniques.If you want to go agile, there is also a PRINCE2 Agile manual. I have written …
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New assignment at Vestas
I recently started a new assignment at Vestas. It is great to be back and see how the organization has matured and a true pleasure to be part of a passionate and ambitious team . I would like to thank the people I have met at Vestas for the great way they have welcomed me.
SAFe Certification
Today I passed my SAFe 5 Agilist certification. Thanks to Thommas Grauballe Ottsen for excellent teaching at Teknologisk Institut last week.I wish you all a great summer. 🌞
Project ready for take-off
Nedenfor er mit bedste bud på en ”Project Ready for Take Off” check liste. Før et fly kører ud på startbanen for at lette, tager kaptajnen checklisten frem og kontrollerer at alt er klar til take off. Hvis dit projekt var et fly, og du som projektleder var kaptajnen, hvad skulle der så stå på …
JN Data
Efter 1 år og 8 måneder, stopper jeg som freelance projektleder hos JN Data. Jeg vil gerne sige tak for godt samarbejde til alle i JN Data, og til de kunder jeg har arbejdet sammen med.Det har været spændende og inspirerende at være en del af en stærk organisation, hvor teknisk robuste løsninger er i …
IPMA-C Project Management Certification
Nice way to start the weekend. My IPMA-C Project Manager Certification is approved.
What is new in ITIL 4?
I February 2019 the ITIL 4 Foundation Book was released. But what is new? And does it make sense to take the certification? From my point of view the main advantage of ITIL is still the same: You get a vocabulary that you can use when you work with other people that work with IT. …
What can IT learn from lean manufacturing?
I just had the opportunity to read the book “Lean Thinking – Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation” by Daniel T Jones & James P Womack. It outlines the ideas behind lean manufacturing and it is highly inspired by the Toyota car production. I work as an IT project manager which is very …
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Can PRINCE2 be agile?
Some people might claim that there is no need for project managers and classic project management like PRINCE2. You could say: “The future is agile and you need to embrace change and run projects that create disruption in the marked. For this you need agile methods such as Scrum or Kanban. In these methods the …
PRINCE2 Agile
I just passed the PRINCE2 Agile certification. There are no quick fixes in the book, but it has some good guidance on how to combine traditional project management with agile approaches. E.g. how can the SCRUM roles be combined with the PRINCE2 roles. If you think you are working agile try the PRINCE2 assessment tool …