Managing

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, resource constraints, managing scope… Baloney! Bruce Nixon says you can’t succeed if you don’t know where you’re going.

February 19, 2014

Scope

Understanding breakdown structures in project management

Breakdown structures are central to the practice of project management and have their origins in the industrial revolution. Pat Weaver explains how they can be useful—and sometimes not.

February 18, 2014

Managing

Managing compliance using business modelling

Research shows more than half of Australian businesses struggle to keep up with compliance. Failure to comply with industry regulations can have serious consequences. Bruce Nixon shows how business modelling can help project managers and organisations keep track of regulation changes.

December 4, 2013

Quality

4 steps for better document management

All projects require document management to some degree. John Hoskins offers four ways to develop a solid document management system for your project and your organisation so you can be more efficient and effective.

November 28, 2013

Knowledge

Project performance improvement in the broadcasting industry

“Knowledge transfer has always been a challenge for organisations,” according to David Levine, and this challenge also extends into the field of project management. The majority of rich project knowledge is gained by individual experiences, creative thinking and interaction with other team members. This knowledge is for the most part captured and stored as tacit […]

November 18, 2013

Knowledge

Applying objective program risk management

There is a tendency within the program management discipline to characterise program risks as the sum of all the sub-project risks. Guy Wilmington says risk management must instead be proportionate and objective.

November 14, 2013

Finding opportunities to change

Embarking on change means taking on more work, and most of all risk. The incentive to take risks and engender change is virtually non-existent. Roger LaSalle wants this to change.

November 13, 2013

Change

5 ways to help your ERP project succeed

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementation projects continue to be regarded as a high-risk undertaking by most companies. Warren Muir offers five pieces of advice to make ERP projects succeed.

November 11, 2013

Managing

How to build a good project KPI framework

Key performance indicators, or KPIs, at the project manager’s disposition can play an important role in driving the behaviours and actions undertaken on a project. PM Oracles offers 7 considerations for building a KPI framework.

October 31, 2013