Do project managers have an expiry date? It’s a malady that has the potential to infect any unsuspecting project manager and any project team. It can result in million-dollar mistakes, tantrums and broken families—but there are no special days to raise awareness of this affliction. What are you doing about burnout? asks editor Adeline Teoh. December 17, 2012 Blogs
The project manager’s guide to succeeding without winning Most of the time, ‘succeeding’ and ‘winning’ are interchangeable. But what happens if you break the project while fitting it into the triangle of time, cost and quality? asks editor Adeline Teoh. December 4, 2012 Blogs
Who keeps your project on track? The way projects operate can sometimes look chaotic from the outside. Hell, it can look chaotic from the inside too. That’s where project governance comes in, notes editor Adeline Teoh. November 19, 2012 Blogs
Why a project is not an island I used to think project management was all about realising benefits until I observed that the aim of a standard project was really about delivering that project. So where do those pesky benefits fit in? asks editor Adeline Teoh. November 5, 2012 Blogs
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? Editor Adeline Teoh asks you to consider a professional push. October 22, 2012 Blogs Professional Development
In search of the project management difference Making a difference. It speaks of gap years and building schools in Bolivia. But if your project, and you in your project, are not making a difference, what are you doing? asks editor Adeline Teoh. October 8, 2012 Blogs
What my time machine taught me about project contingency If you’re doing things the right way, you will have mapped out all the likely negative risks in your latest project and devised cunning contingency plans. But do you have a Plan B for your contingency? asks editor Adeline Teoh. September 25, 2012 Blogs
A reality check for project managers Are you ignoring reality in your project planning? Editor Adeline Teoh on how sleeping knee-to-knee with six Slovaks on a train showed her the gap between plans and execution. August 28, 2012 Blogs
