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Misconception of Agility #1: Total flexibility

September 26, 2021October 4, 2021 Oliver Schönfeld Leave a comment

There are many misconceptions about how to understand agility in product development. There are those who think they can leave out everything except implementation: We don’t document, we don’t test, we don’t plan. There are also a lot of people who have unrealistic hopes for the adoption of Agility, e.g.: “We can change anything at…

Multi-project management: The holy grail of management

November 1, 2020November 7, 2021 Oliver Schönfeld 1 Comment

It is a sad fact that in knowledge work in today’s VUCA environment the matrix organization and projects are less and less successful. Reasons for this is are … projects are often planned without sufficient consideration of the already running projects, the totality of the projects use the capacities of the involved resources and employees…

2020! It’s time to overcome old paradigms and practices

January 16, 2020February 6, 2021 Oliver Schönfeld Leave a comment

Old paradigms & practices It’s amazing how long outdated practices persist in our beliefs and our organizations. I can only speculate about the reasons for this: Perhaps because they are relatively simple and because they work quite well in the short term. Interestingly, the limitations of all these practices have been refuted early. Which are…

The Organizational Model of Knowledge Work

December 16, 2018April 10, 2023 Oliver Schönfeld 1 Comment

Organizing Knowledge Work and Knowleddge Workers is a big challenge in today’s complex and fast-changing work environments. But what is Knowledge Work actually? According to Peter F. Drucker, the 20th century management pope, Knowledge Work is defined as “work where the worker has to think”. Thus, these are “workers who are not paid for their…