How to select the right project

Delivering the wrong project on time and on budget with 100% of its scope completed to the defined quality standards is a complete waste of money. Pat Weaver explains the fundamentals of portfolio management.

May 24, 2016

• Portfolio Management

Why do committees make bad decisions?

Good group decision-making involves an open discussion among members, each with their own skills, experience, ideas and information, leading to an informed decision. So why are project teams often so bad at it? asks Pat Weaver.

April 21, 2016

• Teamwork

Practical stakeholder engagement

Four best practices to refocus on implementing basic good practice in stakeholder engagement by Dr Lynda Bourne.

April 5, 2016

• Stakeholders

How to prioritise your projects

Projects are pieces of capital investment and how you allocate capital directly impacts your future operations, competitiveness and profits. Jed Simms outlines the five steps to ensure your projects are prioritised correctly.

April 4, 2016

• Advanced
• Blogs

Are your project decisions based on statistical uncertainty?

Statistics drive decisions in every walk of life, including project management, but they give an illusion of certainty where there is none. Pat Weaver explains why we can’t rely on them wholly.

December 1, 2015

• Risk

Project procurement and identifying value

In a buying decision only two elements really matter: acquiring the goods or services you need and the price you pay. Dr Lynda Bourne imparts some advice to project team members tasked with procurement to see the real value in a proposition.

November 17, 2015

• Cost
• Quality

Why aren’t the project managers in charge?

Our political representatives tend to be lawyers, business owners and career politicians—where are the project managers at the top? asks editor Adeline Teoh

September 28, 2015

• Blogs

Is confirmation bias a risk for your project?

When we see both sides of the story it helps us see threats and opportunities—and find solutions—that may be out of the box. Editor Adeline Teoh says playing Devil’s Advocate may be difficult, but it will make you a better project manager.

August 18, 2015

• Blogs