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Welcome to The New Merlin Project Forum!

After we buried the Google forum with Merlin version 2 a long time ago, our focus was on Xing and LinkedIn until now. Now that Xing has cancelled its forum without replacement and the forum on LinkedIn is not really alive, we have decided to start our own forum again.

The new forum provides a user-friendly platform where Merlin Project users can network with each other and share knowledge. Ask questions, give suggestions and learn from other experienced users. All of this is free of charge, of course!

The new forum is easy to navigate and offers a variety of features, including a search function that allows you to quickly find the answers to your questions. In addition, you can personalize your profile, track your posts, and connect directly with other users.

We look forward to bringing our community even closer together with this new forum and providing you with more comprehensive support and resources. Feel free to drop by and become part of an ever-growing community!

Friday Again Already?

In the last time it happens again regularly that I ask myself at the latest on Friday around noon the question; "Friday noon, where is this week already again"? Yes, I really ask myself this question in this form. And not as the universally quoted TGIF - "Thank God is Friday"; because I like to work! So my motto is IIFRA - "Is it Friday really again?" ;-)

So now I'm taking some time to review selected topics of the last week. Maybe I'll be able to slow down the pace a bit... or what's the consultant term for that: "deceleration".

PM Camp Hamburg

Finally, the preparations for the „biggest class reunion of German-speaking project managers" (I like to quote myself) are underway. After a few attempts sabotaged by Covid-19, a new orga team has now been found, which has already found a place and a date:

On May 19 and 20, 2023, the PM Camp will
take place on the premises of ISM Hamburg.

More details will follow very soon. Until then, block the date in your schedule. I will definitely be there!

¡Felices fiestas y próspero año nuevo!

Seguro que muchos de ustedes son como yo. Organizo mi rutina diaria con listas de tareas. De este modo, no se olvida ninguna tarea. Incluso la lista de tareas que había que hacer absolutamente antes de las vacaciones ya está tachada.

Hace poco, me encontré en la red con una lista de tareas para estudiantes que les daba tareas para las vacaciones de Navidad. Allí leí cosas como

• 🎬 Vea una película navideña.
• 📖 Lea un buen libro
• 😁 Hacer reír a alguien
• 🍪 Meriende deliciosas galletas navideñas
• 🍹 Beba un delicioso ponche

Inmediatamente me sentí dirigida, aunque ya no soy una niña, esta lista está ahora en mi escritorio y pienso trabajar en ella durante las fiestas 😉

Es hora de que encienda el teclado y disfrute de la Navidad con mis personas favoritas.

Todo el equipo de ProjectWizards te desea una feliz Navidad, un próspero año nuevo y todo lo mejor para el 2023.

Un nuevo manual escrito en AsciiDoc

Parte 6

Ni siquiera me gusta decirlo ni escribirlo; la realidad me ha alcanzado en este proyecto. He mirado la fecha de la última entrada del blog y me he sobresaltado: 14 de enero de 2022.

Seré sincero, tampoco he escrito mucho sobre el nuevo manual desde esa fecha. Por supuesto, reconocí el problema hace unos meses e incluso intenté buscar soluciones. Pero, por desgracia, todo no salió bien y me di cuenta de que necesitaba apoyo.

Así que me senté con Antoni -con quien ya había escrito el libro Merlin 2 para el editor Hanser Verlag – y relanzamos el proyecto. Sé que es vergonzoso. Pero a veces hay que reconocer y resolver un problema, incluso si usted es el problema.

Accelerate@HHL 2022: Leaving My Comfort Zone

Those who know me know that I have been doing ProjectWizards for 20 years and Merlin Project for almost 18 years. So everyone can easily imagine that I know a lot of people in the business. No matter if I show up at an Apple event, or a project management event, I already meet the first known people right at the entrance. That's nice, it gives me a good feeling and it's fun. That's how I know that the years of work have paid off and that the network I've built up is working. Because people help each other, they exchange ideas. And even if you don't do business directly with each other, sooner or later it pays off for both of us in some form or another.

But I also have to admit that after 20 years you become more idle. You only choose events where you know that there will be something going on - whatever. And this comfort zone became bigger and bigger for me. Of course, no trips took place during Covid-19, and the urge to attend online community meetings became more and more suppressed. I noticed myself getting more and more cushy. And then the opportunity came: Accelerate@HHL 2022!