Review: Leading and managing the lean management process—Gene Fliedner
“Lean must be viewed as a framework of comprehensive, integral system consisting of four interdependent elements: leadership, culture,...
6 change questions for IT project managers
Change is the only thing one can count on. Mergers, acquisitions, redundancies and other organisational changes often create anxiety and...
Expertise, estimations and project risks
“Bias and prejudice are attitudes to be kept in hand, not attitudes to be avoided.”—Charles Curtis The use of subject matter experts is...
Strategy and the role of program management
Strategic thinking has been at the top of the leadership agenda for executives, according to a number of recent CEO and CIO surveys, but...
Juggling project resources in a tight market
All businesses strive to manage their resources as efficiently as possible. But for a professional services firm where skilled staff such...
Ingredients for innovative project management
They say necessity is the mother of invention, but this doesn't explain the ways of blue sky thinkers. So what gives birth to new ideas...
When your project suffers from Requirements Syndrome
Until now, IT project failure was bordering on the proverbial for reasons project managers could never quite pin down. Introducing the...
Growth in projects leads to interim management roles
Demand for interim managers in Australia has increased steadily, and it is becoming a more attractive and recognised career option....
Don’t mistake project reports for communication
Reporting and communicating are not the same! While many project communication plans are simply a schedule for the distribution of project...
Is there fame in project management?
Imagine your name on the front page of the paper. What are you famous for? Is it for your excellent fashion sense? Your weather...