This post is for the project managers reading here: Have been meaning to put a BIG POINTER to Bas de Baar's blog, Project Shrink, for a long time. It took this little dose of Buddhism to link to "The four dharmas of project management," where Bas, a guru of project management, writes: "In Buddhism, teachings are presented in Turnings of The Wheel Of Dharma.
Each turn builds upon the previous one and brings the student to a
higher level of consciousness. I love this as a metaphor. It provides a
great analogy for my path to "project enlightenment…"
So for those of you burdened with Gantt charts, RACI models, and a thousand other files of to-do lists, rise up a bit and enjoy Bas's mix of practical ideas and philosophical insight into the arcane world of software project management.
And thanks, Bas, for the nice mention in "Second Turn: Structure for Resilience."
