The project should always be focused on benefits from the business case onwards, not as an afterthought, argues Jed Simms, so why do we still pour our energy into managing cost when we should also manage value?
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Infrastructure NSW chairman and former NSW Premier Nick Greiner says the organisation will be expected to shake-up the way projects are conceived in New South Wales.
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The project isn’t about the software, but the benefits installing the software will help you achieve. Jed Simms on why measuring project KPIs is important.
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True or false: A business case is the document required to attain funding for the project. False! The business case is the project, say TOP founders Alexandra Chapman and Jed Simms. Then why does the business case too often go missing in action once the project begins?
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Organisations invest in projects with the expectation they will deliver benefits. However, the imperative of delivering benefits is sometimes lost as project managers focus on the ‘goal’ of on time, on budget, ‘fit-for-purpose’ completion.
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From stress to hygiene, fitness to triage, here are some ways to help keep your project healthy. Is your project due for a check up?
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Theoretically at least, a good project manager should only need a pencil and paper to control his or her project. Anyone with memories of the ‘good old days’, calculating a 1,000-task CPM network by hand, would probably dispute this and remember their joy at discovering project management software.
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It is true that IT projects have a phenomenal rate of failure? An examination of what makes IT projects prone to failure and what good project managers can do.
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How benefits realisation from projects can be integrated into an organisation to realise project success at enterprise level.
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What is the role of the project management office in applying project history lessons?
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