Managing

When to use a consultant on your project

Matthew Franceschini on using an independent professional to add skills and energy to your project.

“They approach each engagement with confidence, enthusiasm and vigour. These are all qualities that can re-energise a project.”

Don’t risk missing opportunities

Good project management is about understanding what you are to do and avoiding unwanted variations. Leigh Couties says not all risk are threats: here’s how to look for the opportunities in projects.

Don’t wait to embed change

There’s a fatal flaw in most project management methodologies: change management activities happen way too late to be effective, writes Catherine Smithson.

“Engagement is needed right from the start of the change, to ensure change is driven by executives and managers.”

The tipping point of project failure

Delivering on ‘the promise’ to meet client and stakeholder expectations requires project organisations that are capable of accomplishing the work!

Mosaic Project’s Pat Weaver on avoiding the tipping point between complexity and chaos.

6 tips for project knowledge transfer

When the project ends and it is time for the project manager/s on contract to finish up, will your permanent staff be ready to take over? Can you be sure they are equipped with the specialist knowledge and insight needed to maintain momentum as the project moves from initiation into the business as usual phase?

Managing Agile projects for the end user

To ensure IT investments deliver benefits early and often, a modular approach to project management, known as Agile, can save both public and private sector organisations grievances and embarrassments.

10 myths about Lean projects

Lean and Agile processes are becoming more popular as project management begins to take on board concepts such as reducing rework, reducing waste and focusing on quality.

How governance can save more projects

Project governance has been neglected, yet a governance team can destroy more value in five minutes than a project team can destroy in five weeks, says Jed Simms, co-founder of Totally Optimized Projects and governance expert.

5 predictions for change management in 2012

Catherine Smithson gazes into her crystal ball to see what might be in store for change management in 2012:

“We will … rediscover the skills of diagnosing, designing and delivering facilitation that helps people make a transition.”