With thanks to the Australian Institute of Project Management Artificial intelligence (AI) is a broad field that incorporates smart...
Controlling complex projects
Complexity is not a synonym for complicated or large, just one of the dimensions inherent in every project. The four basic dimensions of a...
How to lose like a project manager
“Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit, and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.” —Aesop 620 BC-560 BC...
Is project complexity an excuse for bad management?
The Project Management Institute's 'Pulse of the Profession In-Depth Report: Navigating Complexity' and several other recently published...
Linking project governance with stakeholder value
The primary purpose of an organisation of any type is to create sustainable value for its stakeholders. It is generally understood that a...
The benefits of managing your project sponsor
The only purpose of undertaking a project or program is to have the deliverables it creates used by the organisation (or customer) to...
Offsite work, technology and the flexible project manager
The world of work is evolving rapidly and is now defined by completely different attitudes, demographics and technological resources than...
Project management’s fatal flaw
When NASA projects failed, they failed in the most public and tragic way possible. But one man turned NASA’s fatal flaw into a career...
Developing sustainable project teams
The current environment is challenging. Enough said. But no business can afford to simply stop running projects and wait for the storm to...
The cost of bad project management
Projects often fail because organisations put more emphasis on rational factors than on employees' psychological engagement—and the cost...