Last year I went along to see Headlong’s stage adaptation of George Orwell’s masterpiece Nineteen Eighty-Four at the Melbourne Festival,...
Telling the story of the project
The modern-day project environment can be characterised by its fast pace and its 'shareability' through tools such as email, social media...
Adopting a common language in your project
Volumes have been written about the need for executive sponsorship and business buy-in as key factors that can make or break your business...
Project management in translation
HSBC, one of the largest wealth managers in the world, made a US$10 million translation error in 2009. Its slogan, ‘Assume Nothing’,...
Review: Changing the Conversation—Dana Caspersen
Difficult conversations are common in the world of a project manager due to the number of project stakeholders within and external to the...
The role of process fairness in decisions
When you have to deliver bad news to a person, the processes you use are at least as important as the decision you have made. The car...
Should you blog your project?
We have all been told that communication with all stakeholders, particularly the core project team, is one of the central responsibilities...
Problems, conflicts and decisions
While frequently treated as separate topics, conflict management, problem solving and decision making are interrelated and all are focused...
The art of professional disagreement
Most issues and points of difference, and even bad events, are resolved without conflict. Negotiation, discussion and helpful third party...
Project reports and the PMBOK
One of the less well-understood parts of the PMBOK® Guide 5th Edition has been the significant refinement in the way project data is...