Most projects bring together a diversity of stakeholders, but don't accommodate the diverse way in which they may want to interact with...
Newspeak for project managers
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...
How to view project stakeholders and improve relationships
How well your brain works is impacted by how you relate to other people. In his book Buddha Brain, Rick Hanson writes about the first and...
The dark side of productivity
One of the most important metrics to measure your work, or your team's work, or anybody’s work really, is to see how productive the person...
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...
Architects, engineers and the role of the project manager
The success rate of IT projects, particularly in software development, is lower than in probably any other industry. It is certainly much...
Stakeholders: from confrontation to engagement
Project stakeholders can be helpful, obstructionist and almost anything in between, but for most stakeholders, how you deal with this is...
Developing leadership for change
Change and uncertainty are the new norm in today’s global market. As economies become more connected and interdependent, major shake-ups...
How lazy project managers stay productive
“Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.”—Robert Heinlein The subject of...