In recent years, the concept of 'unknowns' has become quite common in project risk management. It is based on the assumption that that...
How to manage a project with budget constraints
As many of you are already aware, projects often run into three major interrelated constraints: time, cost, and scope. Whichever...
Can a risk have 100% probability?
One of the first things I learned about risk was that every risk has both a probability less than 100%, as well as an impact on at least...
Knowledge management is more than lessons learnt
At best, lessons learnt are explicit knowledge. Explicit knowledge can be readily articulated, codified, stored, accessed and transmitted...
Leadership in organisational change
A successful change culture depends on the leadership team signalling their commitment to change. As well as setting the vision for what...
6 tips to improve incident management
No one wants to be faced with an incident to resolve. Of course we do our best to prevent incidents from occurring, but that can’t be our...
10 attributes of successful project managers
Good project managers are a rare commodity, and great ones are even rarer! A college degree could get you into the field of management,...
Information governance for BI projects
It is vital that a common language or standard definition of business words is used across the organisation. I find an information...
Checking the risk process
In some businesses and projects, risk management is described as an exercise in ‘ticking boxes’. This phrase means that people just follow...
Using constraints for project success
Delivering projects on time, within budget and per an agreed scope can be considered to be a good result by the project team. But...