After accepting the challenge to concisely deliver an apt response to that question. I have spent the last week pondering a suitable response. My own unique perspective on Project Management. […]
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 […]
As an interim project/programme manager (and previously a managing consultant for various professional services organisations across Europe), I have often had to step in and take over an in-flight project/programme […]
I’ve just had an interesting discussion today concerning project success. In particular around how success is perceived by the various stakeholders of the project. We all think we know what […]
Last year I wrote a blog post on “Impossible Projects” highlighting that “some projects carry such great risks that they should not start! But they do”. Once again, I was […]
Project managers don’t deliver projects! People are projects. People, primarily those in the project team, deliver the project. The Project Manager steers them, but without the people the project does […]
Yesterday, we discussed that some projects carry such great risks that they should not start! But they do. So you’ve been nominated as project manager to deliver this impossible project. […]
It is often believed that starting a programme or project is the most difficult task for the manager tasked with delivering the endeavour. This is especially pertinent when the project […]
Current research has found that 70% of change initiatives, especially technology enabled projects, are deemed unsuccessful. The primary reason for such disappointment is a failure to define success criteria at […]
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 […]
