What can your project do for me?

Why do projects fail? Project managers revisit this question every now and again in a moment of introspection and it’s hard to argue with the answer offered by Henry Cho, UX practitioner: “Projects fail when they fail users.” Editor Adeline Teoh on how to see value from another perspective.

January 30, 2013

• Blogs

The benefits of managing your project sponsor

There is a direct link between the organisation’s decision to make an investment in a selected project and the need for the organisation to adapt so it can make effective use of the deliverables. Dr Lynda Bourne says the key is for project managers and teams to learn to ‘advise upwards’ and manage their sponsors.

January 8, 2013

• Advanced
• Stakeholders

Who keeps your project on track?

The way projects operate can sometimes look chaotic from the outside. Hell, it can look chaotic from the inside too. That’s where project governance comes in, notes editor Adeline Teoh.

November 19, 2012

• Blogs

Resource management to avoid project conflicts

Because projects are temporary endeavours undertaken to create unique products, services or results, organisations have temporary resource requirements that need to be accommodated. But how can organisations avoid resource conflicts between operations and projects and among multiple projects? Guy Wilmington provides the answer.

October 3, 2012

• Managing
• Project Management Office

The 4 archetype projects

Each project is uniquely different and therefore project management cannot be a one-size-fits-all process or discipline. Pat Weaver describes the four archetype projects you are likely to encounter in your career.

September 5, 2012

• Managing

A reality check for project managers

Are you ignoring reality in your project planning? Editor Adeline Teoh on how sleeping knee-to-knee with six Slovaks on a train showed her the gap between plans and execution.

August 28, 2012

• Blogs

Protegic sponsors PMI Melbourne

Australian project management company Protegic has announced its gold level sponsorship of the Melbourne chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI).

June 28, 2012

• News

The program management actors

In any program there are a number of expectations program managers should have of different stakeholders. This article by Michel Thiry will further detail the roles of the main program actors.

June 6, 2012

• Program Management