Project success, just perception!
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 […]
Tag Archives: Stakeholders
Mission Impossible 2
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!
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 […]
Impossible Projects
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. […]
Kickstarting a 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 […]
Deliver desired outcomes with expectation management
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 […]
Managing Project Stakeholders
Managing stakeholders represents a major political challenge to all programme and project managers. Although many project managers are only now beginning to address this, whereas complex stakeholder management has been intrinsically […]
Project Communication Insight
I’ve just had a conversation with a colleague whom I worked with a few years ago. An exceptionally talented manager that, when I first got to know him, had been […]
