The value in social networking for project managers
How do you define career success? How do you know when you’ve attained it? Perhaps there’s a particular salary level you’d like to reach,...
Can you use standard deviation in project management?
Standard deviation is an abstract concept derived from observation rather than calculation or experimentation. The standard deviation (SD,...
Understanding project management for professionals
Project management associations worldwide are at the forefront of the push to have project management recognised as a profession, but what...
The three major failings of project scheduling
There are three major problem areas affecting scheduling practice: The first is most organisations and managers simply choose to ignore...
Synergy between tacit and explicit knowledge—Andrew Dahal
The blog post page should serve as a dynamic platform for sharing insights, updates, and news relevant to your industry. Start with an...
Process ROT and the quest for quality information
It might sound like something that lurks in damp soil, but process ROT is actually becoming a widespread problem for many organisations....
Leading a motivated project team
In my last post on Happiness, motivation and team performance, I suggested a happy team was more likely to be an outcome of a motivated...
Can project management support innovation?
By far one of the biggest struggles in project management is the tension between outputs and outcomes. It turns out innovation may come...
Using technology to optimise project plans
It comes as no surprise that companies and their staff are increasingly being driven to do things better, faster, more safely and often at...
How to select the right project
Delivering the wrong project on time and on budget with 100% of its scope completed to the defined quality standards is a complete waste...