Plotter or pantser: what kind of project manager are you? Are you a pioneer project manager comfortable with uncertainty? Or do you need a detailed plan to go forward, and a customer who knows what s/he wants? Adeline Teoh on the startling similarities between project managers and novelists. February 21, 2014 Blogs
This is what project managers are made of All the project managers Adeline Teoh has interviewed realised they had ‘made it’ when the pointy end of decision-making came down to them and the fate of the project fell on their shoulders. When did you realise you’d ‘made it’? February 17, 2014 Blogs
Seeing benefits in project cost Is the glass half full or half empty? It depends on whether you consider the water a cost or a benefit. Do you fill up an empty glass with benefits, or do you drain a full glass to satisfy your thirst? Excuse my imperfect analogy but there’s something wrong with the way we look at […] November 20, 2013 Benefits Realisation Blogs
How to get excited about any project in the world ‘Underpromise and overdeliver’ is the mantra of many service providers, but hardly the ideal way to excite customers. So how do we manage expectations without dampening enthusiasm? asks editor Adeline Teoh. November 7, 2013 Blogs
Who’s afraid of project failure? For all the hand-wringing about project failure, has any organisation really embraced the concept that failing could be good? asks editor Adeline Teoh. October 21, 2013 Blogs
Projects with happy endings Don’t look back, the motivational poster read, that’s not the way you’re going. ‘Bull!’ thought editor Adeline Teoh. ‘Look back to see how far you’ve come.’ How do you celebrate the end of a project? October 14, 2013 Blogs Teamwork
How to speak to project sponsors The theme was the ‘Projects driving and sustaining the future of the Australian economy’ but the recent PMOz conference was clearly driven by soft skills: leadership, emotional intelligence and how to talk to executives. September 25, 2013 Blogs
In case of chaos, employ project manager If you want instant lessons learnt from a series of chaotic projects, look no further than the weeklong global event, GISHWHES (the Greatest International Scavenger Hunt The World Has Ever Seen). Editor Adeline Teoh goes in search of a program manager. August 28, 2013 Blogs
