When to project manage your life
There’s nothing like moving house—badly—to shore up some lessons learnt. When I first moved out of home my mother gave me a book, one of...
Managing the vision of change
Change is everywhere: in homes, offices, lifestyles, ways of communicating with each other and in encouraging people to think of change...
Explaining hammocks, LOE and summary activities for project schedules
Hammocks, LOE and summary activities are three completely different types of activity; unfortunately the ignorance of many software...
Adding sustainability to the risk framework
Sustainability has become increasingly important to organisations across the world in recent years, as both a business objective and a...
The true cost of project shortcuts
We live in a world where we are often pressured to take shortcuts to save time and cut costs as much as possible. However, if you’re not a...
Project prioritisation according to customer demand
Program, portfolio and PMO managers understand the ‘benefits to value’ of a project and can use ROI (return on investment), IRR (internal...
Restart or shut down? When to phoenix a project
What is it about destroying everything and starting again that appeals to some? Call it nihilism, a childhood with not enough Lego or a...
How to select a project worker
There are many guises of a contingent worker, each having its own unique and attractive set of skills and experiences to offer. Here’s how...
Shaping the ragtag project team
In coaching project managers or aspiring project managers I am often asked: “How do you create a team when most of the immediate team...
Project reports and the PMBOK
One of the less well-understood parts of the PMBOK® Guide 5th Edition has been the significant refinement in the way project data is...