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...
Project risk management in a program or portfolio
Those of us who been in the industry for more than a decade will well remember the original Australian Standard for Risk Management (AS...
Through the eyes of a project manager
Are you a forest person or a tree person? How a broken camera taught me to see the bigger picture. At some point during my tour of...
A question of risk
One of the most common symbols used to represent risk is a question mark (‘?’), reflecting the uncertainty associated with all risks....
Where have the schedulers gone?
Projects routinely finish late. While many have no effective schedule controls, a significant proportion do outlay significant amounts of...
Project PMO: setting up a project office
Starting a PMO is a project in its own right. In our own experience and in feedback discussions we have had with many project management...
7 tips to make change sustainable
Are you tired of hearing people say the only constant is change? I think we all need to keep saying it to remind ourselves we have to...
Improving the lessons learnt process
Even mature organisations can improve reflective practices in their projects, Denise O'Sullivan discovers in examining the lessons learnt...
Michael Seawright: the humanitarian project manager
When Michael Seawright trained as a marine biologist at the start of his career, he could hardly have imagined he would end up leading...
Can better knowledge management prevent project failure?
Projects are carried out to bring beneficial change over a course of time. The benefit could be tangible, such as a product or a process,...