Some organisations perform consistently well, others don’t. This statement is true of all aspects of an organisation’s performance...
Are you getting the most from your operating procedures?
We all have compliance obligations that require us to have standard operating procedures (SOPs). These may be part of a quality management...
When to compromise on a project
It may seem strange to consider compromise on a project because, surely, we start out expecting to deliver on time, on budget, to quality...
The origins of governance
There has been quite a lot written over the last few months on governance and one of the things keeping me busy is working on ISO 21503...
How to deal with risk sentinels
One of the key components of risk management and stakeholder management is the routine reassessment of the stakeholder community and the...
The double life of risk
International risk standards and guidelines such as ISO31000:2009 define risk as a double-sided concept. This includes the possibility of...
The five functions of governance
A lot of people confuse management with governance so there are many myths about how governance works. Probably the easiest starting point...
Adding sustainability to the risk framework
Sustainability has become increasingly important to organisations across the world in recent years, as both a business objective and a...
Explaining hammocks, LOE and summary activities for project schedules
Hammocks, LOE and summary activities are three completely different types of activity; unfortunately the ignorance of many software...
Project risk management in a program or portfolio
Those of us who been in the industry for more than a decade will well remember the original Australian Standard for Risk Management (AS...







