When Give a Minute launched in Chicago back in November, I asked what impact participants would have. This recent article in Fast Company’s Co.Design seems to confirm my doubts: Looking for Bold Ideas to Fix the City, New York Turns to Crowd Sourcing In Chicago, the project, which ran from the end of November throughRead… Read more »
Welcome to part two of the five- part series on how to best use the Small Project Management Guide. Here is Andy’s question to kick off the discussion: One of my favorite phrases in project management is “Scope Creep.” It sounds cool, but it’s not. It’s awful. Got examples? A simple definition of project scopeRead… Read more »
On Friday, the City of Calgary launched a large-scale citizen engagement project: Our City. Our Budget. Our Future. In February 2011, Council approved the engagement process for the facilitated review of core services and The City’s business planning and budget process. It is an extensive engagement process that will facilitate conversations with citizens, employees andRead… Read more »
I’m a big fan of the use of ideation in government to bring innovation both within agencies by employees and with citizens. Last year, the Obama administration hosted a series of dialogues on Open Government with each agency and cities from Austin to Santa Cruz have used dialogues to get ideas from citizens on howRead… Read more »
The following post is entirely Hadley Beeman’s (@hadleybeeman) fault. So much is, actually, when it comes to opendata and linked data – just Google her and you’ll find it why. For the US orientated among you, Hadley is essentially our national lead on opendata in the UK, she’s an American and she yay’s. In public.Read… Read more »
I was recently working with a west-coast municipality supporting their Constituent Relationship Management (CRM) business case development process. The project was going quite well as all the ingredients for success were in place, including: Strong executive sponsorship, A committed project manager, and A sound change management (CM) strategy led by a seasoned CM veteran. DuringRead… Read more »
Today I would like to share this with you. If you are interested in the PRINCE2 certification I suggest you check out this free manual for assistance on understanding the standard and guidance on the exam, in addition to the official PRINCE2 manual. Frank Turley put this training manual together, whom I interviewed Inside pmStudentRead… Read more »
It’s an historic day for Egypt and for the world. But…when Egypt’s President Mubarak ‘stepped down’…we have to wonder who will be ‘stepping up.’ Of course, we’re hoping to see all segments of the Egyptian population to ‘step up’ equally, but this is not likely. It’s not likely, because many will not have equal choiceRead… Read more »
Greg Combet, Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency announced a Australian Climate Commission on 10 February 2011. The Chief Commissioner is Professor Tim Flannery. The Commission will be supported by a secretariat from the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, but so far the commission does not have its own web site.Other membersRead… Read more »
Media reports indicate that the new Victorian government is considering scrapping or modifying the Myki transport ticket system. The contact-less smart card system has had problems with capacity.MyKi was modified so that most tram commuter do not need to “touch off” the card at the end of their journey. It is likely this change wouldRead… Read more »