Skills 13 – Project Manager – Australia's online resource for project management professionals

Governance and stakeholder management maturity

Ethical management and corporate governance are about balancing the competing needs of all of the organisation’s stakeholders, balancing long- and short-term goals and being socially responsible. Lynda Bourne explains how this indicates stakeholder management maturity.

November 14, 2012

Stakeholders

Will a virtual office work for project managers?

Any reader familiar with the TV series hit ‘The Office’ (UK version) would notice people crouched over computer screens doing who knows what, but all very engaged. Roger La Salle says a virtual environment like this could lead to more productivity on your project.

November 7, 2012

Teamwork

Evolving stakeholder management in programs and Agile projects

Program level stakeholder management is not just about managing pre-set processes, but about influencing people and building rewarding relationships, writes Michel Thiry.

October 29, 2012

Stakeholders

A beginner’s guide to virtual project management

Managing a project remotely can seem like an intimidating and overwhelming task, but it doesn’t have to be. Virtual project management can result in lower business costs, access to a wider pool of talent, and increased flexibility for everyone involved, writes Megan Webb-Morgan.

October 12, 2012

Isolation and the project contractor

If you are a project contractor, there is a possibility that you will spend at least some of your time working in isolation. SANE Australia and Entity Solutions warns that too much independence can affect your health.

September 20, 2012

Communication

Robots versus Superheroes

It sounds like the title of a great movie, but it’s a battle that is played out every day in every organisation that runs projects. I read something this week that inspired me to write about this battle and what you can do if you are in the midst of it.

September 18, 2012

The truth about project controls

Much of we call ‘project controls’ is actually a process of communication that we can use to influence the direction of our project, writes Dr Lynda Bourne. How did we manage to confuse communication with control?

September 18, 2012

3 steps to drive your project team forward

Organisations with broken project management processes need to fix their root social issues first. Rarely is the team lacking the ability to get projects done. Usually, the rate of success is throttled by a lack of organisation, prioritisation and transparency. Liz Pearce shows how ‘moving forward’ is just as easily done as said.

August 23, 2012

Make your project communication mindful

The starting point in any effective communication is developing a clear picture of what it is you want the communication to achieve. Lynda Bourne, on what makes project communication more mindful.

August 21, 2012

Communication