Leadership needed for risk management
PMOs are often asked to provide leadership and best practice in risk management. They do this by blending corporate standards, best...
Linking project governance with stakeholder value
The primary purpose of an organisation of any type is to create sustainable value for its stakeholders. It is generally understood that a...
Temporal issues management for projects
Within the industry there is a common understanding that an issue is a realised risk. That is, it is an event that was previously a risk...
Benefits and costs in a BIM business case
This article follows on from The project manager's business case for BIM. The implementation of building information modelling (BIM)...
Tailor-made change management
“For every problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong.”—HL Mencken (1880–1956) Although change management didn’t exist...
Revisiting the project management triangle
Good, fast, cheap—pick any two. That's the old slogan that used to (only semi-jokingly) be applied to meeting project requirements. But...
The project manager’s business case for BIM
The following is an extract from the Penn State Building Information Modelling (BIM) Planning Guide for Facility Owners relating to the...
Linking successful suffering and capability
'How to Suffer Successfully' is the title of chapter four in Alain de Botton’s first book of philosophy, How Proust Can Change Your Life....
Seeking the high performance project team
Research from the Australian Institute of Project Management shows megaprojects worth more than $1 billion are failing at a staggering...
Anatomy of an effective project manager
It’s first thing in the morning, and you are preparing to interview prospective project managers for an open position on your team....