Do project managers get better with age?
Last week was Seniors Week in my home state and I'm trying not to fall into a cliche of simply worshipping the experience of senior...
5 ways to pick an ERP project partner
Project managers are the key drivers of how an organisation implements an enterprise resource planning (ERP) project. Choosing the right...
Demystifying project benefits
I’ve been looking at a number of public sector organisations’ program and project plans recently, as well as some business case documents,...
Using Voice of the Customer in projects
Most project managers think they know what their stakeholders want, but more often than not they are either partially correct or...
When project risks don’t add up
The way PMI deals with risk in the PMBOK® Guide is simplistic. Calculating the effect of one risk using the suggested probability x...
Get mad about your March project
“No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness” ― Aristotle There is a lot of talk about madness in March. For one, March...
Stringing it out like a project manager
The difference between a project and business-as-usual is that projects end. So who determines the length? How long is a piece of string?...
6 ways to take charge as a project manager
Many employees work hard at their allotted roles, getting lost in the minutiae of their assigned tasks without getting a real feel for how...
Contracting versus permanent: Pressure on a project manager
Because project management contractors get paid more, it seems expectations are higher in terms of their performance. Does that translate...
Contracting versus permanent: Career development as a project manager
While contractors get paid more and permanently employed project managers have better job security, which of the two has more control over...