Evolving stakeholder management in programs and Agile projects
A generally accepted definition of stakeholders is: individuals or groups that can be positively or negatively affected by the process or...
6 Things To Avoid When Implementing PRINCE2®
Free Webinar - Wednesday 5 December 9:30am AEDST (30 minutes) This webinar is an excellent opportunity to hear from the world’s foremost...
What’s next, project manager?
Are you a project contractor near the completion of your current contract, looking for your next opportunity or concerned that the next...
10 goal-setting tips for project managers
Project managers are always thinking of the goals of their project when they should also consider their personal aims. Imagine yourself at...
Value management and value engineering for any project
There is generally confusion between the terms 'value management' and 'value engineering'; this article attempts to clarify the...
When project managers join the circus
Project managers are often depicted as jugglers, but what would happen if they dropped the balls to become acrobats or ringmasters? Cirque...
Reporting earned value on IT projects
Throughout the project management discipline, earned value has become synonymous with progress reporting. I suggest, however, that it is...
The true cost of quality in project communication
Expert Joseph Juran defined quality as fit for purpose, an elegant definition that applies equally to the quality of your management...
Decision management in programs and Agile projects
This article follows on from Agile, programs and benefits management. In 1990, management guru Henry Mintzberg defined a strategy...
A beginner’s guide to virtual project management
Managing a project remotely can seem like an intimidating and overwhelming task, but it doesn’t have to be. Virtual project management can...