Blogs

Technology: friend or foe?

Does technology make projects easier to do or does it cause more frustration than it’s worth? When we talk about IT projects, why do so many people bring up the damning statistics about mass IT project failure? If a tree falls in the woods…

Accelerated Learning in project management education

The techniques of Accelerated Learning are not only for the rare few gifted with a special genius. Accelerated Learning techniques are concepts that anyone can learn with some practice and dedication.

Change management on the double

More experienced practitioners know the people-process-technology approach to change has left holes and not delivered effective change at times. Jed Simms proposes a different kind of change management triangle.

People in projects, the final frontier

There is no such thing as project success without happy stakeholders. There is no such thing as performance without a functioning team. There are no projects without people.

5 predictions for change management in 2012

Catherine Smithson gazes into her crystal ball to see what might be in store for change management in 2012:

“We will … rediscover the skills of diagnosing, designing and delivering facilitation that helps people make a transition.”

Time: the bright side of the iron triangle

Time is one side of the so-called project management ‘iron triangle’ by which the success of a project is superficially measured. Cost and quality complete the trio. It’s interesting to see time elevated to the same level as the other constraints when it is the most predictable but the least manageable of the three.

The project management of prosperity

How do you know when you are truly wealthy? Your perception of prosperity will most likely change throughout your life. Michelle LaBrosse on how you can project manage any goal you have:

“Becoming prosperous is a project, just like any project you have ever undertaken. The path to prosperity requires commitment, competency, and a well-developed plan.”

Dead horse strategies: when a project dies

When you discover you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount.

This fairly well known piece of humour, contrasts ‘Dakota tribal wisdom’ with what supposedly happens in the corporate, government, and non-profit world.

5 project management predictions for 2012

I’m no clairvoyant, but I believe I can see where project management will head this year. Given that project management survived 2011, a year of disasters—natural and man-made—it wouldn’t be glib of me to say that project management will not only live another day but grow stronger in 2012.