The end of the world as we know it? 2012. There’s a rumour going around that we’re about to enter the first stages of Armageddon, according to misinterpreted predictions attributed to the Mayans, Nostradamus and crackpot astrophysicists. The magic number has come up. December 16, 2011 Blogs
Is it time to go professional? Like journalism, project management is not recognised as a profession, neither requiring qualifications, deference to a core body of knowledge, mandatory registration or licensing, a code of ethics and legal status for people to practise. You can see that project management is almost there, but not quite. December 2, 2011 Blogs Professional Development
Do sponsors need to be qualified in project management? Stakeholder management isn’t new, but I sense a greater foregrounding of collaboration as a success factor in projects. November 18, 2011 Blogs
Happy International Project Management Day! Without project management, would there be chaos? You might go a little crazy if you lose your work breakdown structure, but that’s because you’re a project manager and you like order and direction and orchestrated change. November 4, 2011 Blogs
The time before business-as-usual What is a project other than the period before business-as-usual? This definition has never been more true than in the area of disaster recovery. October 21, 2011 Blogs
Projects, projects everywhere I’ve been conducting a bit of soft research—what many of you in project management might call a feasibility study—on whether there might be an interesting angle for a story on project management and how it is used in creative fields. October 7, 2011 Blogs
Nothing but a pack of projects A project is not enough without vision and strategy behind it. Infrastructure NSW and Infrastructure Australia recognise that, and I hope their influence on their respective governments will go towards delivering benefits via projects in a more professional way. September 22, 2011 Blogs
Madonna, Malawi and misguided projects Is governance the new black? The case of Madonna, Malawi and misguided projects in the developing world. September 8, 2011 Blogs
