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Philanthropist funds University of Sydney project centre

John Grill, recently retired chief executive of international engineering and project services company WorleyParsons, has donated $20 million to the University of Sydney for a project management initiative: the John Grill Centre for Project Leadership.

October 25, 2012

News

Bupa rebranding named Project of the Year

The Australian Institute of Project Management has honoured medical insurance newcomer Bupa Australia as the Project of the Year for its change program.

October 11, 2012

News

10 ways to assess process performance

There are crucial disconnects between our process purpose—what our customers want and what our business needs—and the reports that purport to represent process performance. Robert Lamb provides 10 essential questions you should ask of your project processes.

September 4, 2012

Is there a downside to project contracting?

Permanent employees sometimes look with envy at the freedom of project contractors. To others, it is an absence of job security. So where does the truth lie? Matthew Franceschini of Entity Solutions explains how downsides can sometimes be upsides.

August 22, 2012

Professional Development

Dealing with cultural challenges in change management

The purpose of undertaking a business change activity is to create value, but meeting the challenge of entrenched culture requires effective leadership, writes Lynda Bourne. Why is the process so difficult?

July 24, 2012

Change

Project management software review: Jobpac

Planet Plumbing formerly used MYOB and spreadsheets to manage projects, accounts and project estimating but then found Jobpac worked better for a project-based business. Anthony Alafaci of Planet Plumbing tells us how he uses it.

July 4, 2012

Tools

Business transformation for government projects

ESI International’s Ravi Sahi delves into best practice business transformation for government projects using a portfolio approach and key enterprise architecture.

March 27, 2012

Risk management can save large projects $5 trillion

Governments and businesses can reduce the cost of their infrastructure investments by more than $5 trillion by 2030 if they improve how they manage the risks inherent in large projects, according to a new report by global management consultancy Oliver Wyman.

March 16, 2012

News