In today’s organisations, it becomes vital to be able to adapt to the changing markets as it develops an incline for new and more...
Perspectives on time management
Have you ever wondered why some people are always late for meetings or why some people get upset when you are late but others don’t worry...
A temporal approach to project issue management
Within the industry there is a common understanding that an issue is a realised risk. That is, it is an event that was previously a risk...
Project management lessons from firefighting
The very worst fire plan is no plan. The next worst is two plans. Let no man's ghost return to say his training let him down....
Mindfulness in managing risk
Mindfulness has its roots in Eastern religion, although it is also used therapeutically to treat a variety of psychological conditions...
When project risks don’t add up
The way PMI deals with risk in the PMBOK® Guide is simplistic. Calculating the effect of one risk using the suggested probability x...
Position of the risk manager in the project team
The effectiveness of the discipline of project risk management is influenced by a series of factors, many of which are now well...
Destination unknown: can project managers work without a map?
It’s all about the skill of the project manager. It’s a matter of keeping track of activities, re-balancing, taking account of risks,...
Understanding breakdown structures in project management
Breakdown structures are central to the practice of project management and have their origins in the industrial revolution. In his book...
Managing compliance using business modelling
Research shows more than half of Australian businesses struggle to keep up with compliance. In fact, it is an area that keeps many...