Accommodating diversity in your project
Most projects bring together a diversity of stakeholders, but don't accommodate the diverse way in which they may want to interact with...
Why is poor project performance acceptable?
The philosophy of the project world appears to be "If it's broke, don't fix it." Poor project performance is to be expected and accepted....
Identifying the warning signs of project failure
More than three decades ago Harvard Business School proposed four key reasons for project failure: Unclear objectives leading to...
Project management under professional dispute
A recent judgement of the English Court of Appeal in the matter of The Project Management Institute, R (On the Application Of) v The...
How to tame your task list
The best laid plans can go awry when shifting deadlines, large workloads, and family schedules get in the way of even the best intentions....
Talking project management to non-project managers
When you're immersed in a project it's easy to speak 'project' all the time. Sometimes it takes a layperson to remind you of what it all...
How knowledge management bridges the project skills gap
As a project transitions from one phase to another in its lifecycle, different skills are required. In the case of construction projects,...
Newspeak for project managers
Last year I went along to see Headlong’s stage adaptation of George Orwell’s masterpiece Nineteen Eighty-Four at the Melbourne Festival,...
Telling the story of the project
The modern-day project environment can be characterised by its fast pace and its 'shareability' through tools such as email, social media...
Information governance for BI projects
It is vital that a common language or standard definition of business words is used across the organisation. I find an information...