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The secret of risk-based decision-making

The idea of ‘risk-based decision-making’ is becoming increasingly popular, and decision-makers at all levels are keen to ensure that their decisions take risk properly into account. But perhaps the term ‘risk-based decision-making’ is mistaken.

December 7, 2020

Risk

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

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

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