Adeline Teoh

The politics of water projects

The proliferation of water projects is more than a climate change trend; these projects are necessary to maintain our way of life. No resource has ever been so precious, so public, or so political.

Simulation and Industry Mentors—Weterman, Hogan

Simulation and Industry Mentors as a pathway to learning ‘near world’ Project Management

Students are increasingly finding it difficult to learn project management in a classroom environment that is conducted using a traditional teaching approach as it lacks the complexity to bring real-life project experiences to life. Simulation is a widely accepted technique to create models that resemble the real life business context and can be very useful for teaching and learning project managzement. Expert project managers can also share project management scenarios with the students and successfully mentor them during their learning process. This paper brings these two techniques together and presents an alternative teaching methodology for project management that uses latest simulation technology and involves industry mentors to generate ‘near world’ project knowledge and a positive learning experience in a stimulating, enjoyable and engaging learning and teaching environment.

Author: Linda Weterman, Frank Weterman, Tania Hogan
Review status: Presented at the 2011 PMOz Conference (PMI endorsed)

Project risks—the good, the bad, the ugly

Project risk is unavoidable, but how do you prepare for it? Knowing all the possible risks is one step towards knowing what to do when risk becomes reality.

Project management in the developing world

To many project managers working in underdeveloped nations, the ‘real’ world is the developing world where every delay can mean livelihoods affected, or even lives lost. These projects often present challenges due to their different cultural contexts and a lack of resources, with a constantly shifting scope with which to contend.

Missing: one project business case

True or false: A business case is the document required to attain funding for the project. False! The business case is the project, say TOP founders Alexandra Chapman and Jed Simms. Then why does the business case too often go missing in action once the project begins?

Project: KAUST Beacon by Urban Art Projects

The Middle East is a well known magnet for the construction industry, so it’s no surprise to find an Australian project management company providing its services to a client in that area of the world. What’s different about Urban Art Projects (UAP), however, is that the consultancy specialises in art installation.

Australian project management in a global context

Global interconnectedness is now apparent in even the smallest project, so where does this leave Australian project management?

Project: The Australian Defence Force in East Timor

In military operations, risk tolerance is just one aspect of risk management. Brigadier Michael Moon talks about how he managed time pressures and risks in building a combat unit for East Timor.