Yesterday, I had an interesting conversation with Ron Rosenhead (@ronrosenhead). Although much of this conversation was spent discussing project management “war stories” the conversation was initiated with a recent dialogue between Ron […]
The project team will be jointly responsible and accountable for achieving the project outcomes and producing the project deliverables during the life-cycle of the project. Getting the team bought into […]
“The proof is in the pudding”, I had half expected my customer to recite these words to me in response to the discussion I had just had with the project […]
At the utmost level, project management is the conduit between strategy and success for organisations. More and more organisations are realising this and are aiming to achieve project management excellence. […]
Fabulous news for all the aficionados of Microsoft’s Project and Microsoft’s Enterprise Project Management (EPM) solution. Microsoft have announced that they will be running a Project conference in 2012. The […]
Programme and project managers (PPMs) encounter many outcomes when evaluating and making programme/project decisions. A crucial one to consider is stakeholder expectations. PPMs must understand that their programme/project decisions impact […]
Interaction between people is a key element of successful programmes/projects. Interactions include communications, negotiation, decision making, conflict management (resolving issues and problems between people), leadership, relationship management (preserving the relationship […]
Project management has been around for decades. Although there have been advancements in methods, processes and tools, but project still go wrong. They go wrong for the same reasons all […]
Do Projects Really Need Executive Sponsor Support? The simple answer is yes. But it is more than a name in the frame, what is needed is visible and active support. […]
In an earlier blog post, I discussed the lessons learned of certain key challenges, encountered during projects and programs. Specifically getting senior management to focus on the “project endeavour” throughout […]
