Managing

Assessing project portfolio value and risk

Working with senior stakeholders to optimise the value of a portfolio of projects is a complex process influenced by the innate bias in most people including risk and loss aversion and the preference for ‘quick wins’ over long-term gain. Pat Weaver explains how we can look past these biases.

February 19, 2013

The project manager’s guide to BIM infrastructure

Often, an organisation begins with selecting the software and hardware when it begins to implement BIM. Paul Sancandi advises project managers of the considerations to make with regard to infrastructure.

February 18, 2013

Managing

BIM project information needs for owners

For each building information modelling (BIM) enabled process, the project manager should help define and document geometric model and facility data requirements. Paul Sancandi explains what those requirements are.

February 11, 2013

Knowledge

Information integration, the new project paradigm

Information disparity is often the biggest obstacle to managing large, technical projects like those in the mining, oil & gas industries. Rob Stummer of IFS says information integration can be the key to success for these kinds of projects.

February 5, 2013

Knowledge

BIM-enabled project processes for owners

How can project managers help owners identify how they will use building information modelling (BIM) to improve internal project-related processes? Paul Sancandi provides some integration advice.

February 4, 2013

Knowledge

The myth of multitasking

There is a common belief that we can do more than one task at the one time; the bad news is however that the human brain is not wired to multitask. Silvia de Ridder reveals the real effects and defects of dividing your attention.

February 1, 2013

Time

The unspoken additional constraint of project management

There exists an important additional constraint to managing projects which is always considered in project needs but not necessarily thought of as a key constraint: user or customer satisfaction. PM Oracles on how to include customer satisfaction in quality requirements.

January 23, 2013

Quality

Applying BIM: a guide for project managers and owners

The internal application of building information modelling (BIM) is called a BIM Use. A BIM Use is defined as a method or strategy of applying BIM during a facility’s lifecycle to achieve one or more specific objectives. Paul Sancandi gives an overview of potential objectives for your project.

January 21, 2013

Managing

A lesson in change readiness

What happens when a project goes live without the change management piece thought out and included? Elissa Farrow provides an ode to change readiness.

January 15, 2013