Skills

Managing stakeholders in infrastructure projects

Not so long ago, stakeholder management was merely about dealing with various parties’ issues as they arose. There was a vague understanding of the people involved and if a problem occurred, the project manager would cross that bridge when the time came.

Lately, stakeholder management has become more sophisticated, taking up a greater amount of time and effort up front. Recognising that people are the project is the first step towards stakeholder engagement. Beyond that, it’s a way to ensure that issues are heard at the beginning so that they can be addressed in the project plan and realised as a benefit upon closure.

An indigenous perspective of projects, community and culture

Any person who comes from one culture and is tasked with working with another should take into account other people’s needs and cultural diversity in a project, says Donald Christophersen of Morning Star Indigenous Inservices. “If you don’t realise that other people’s culture will have a huge impact on any activity, anywhere, how can you […]

Project management recruitment today

A vox pop of project management recruiters on the challenges in the field today. Michael Chachaty Associate Director at BlueVisions Management What is the biggest challenge facing project manager recruitment today? The biggest challenge facing project management recruitment is matching the candidate to technical requirements as well as the equally important cultural alignment. Put simply, […]

The basics of project management recruitment

Corporations the world over are always seeking to increase corporate value. Change and project management are key variables in the equation for increasing corporate returns. Business today is changing faster than ever before and with it comes numerous challenges, particularly for the people needed to navigate the business successfully. With the rapid changes in consumer […]

Why IT Projects Fail

It is true that IT projects have a phenomenal rate of failure? An examination of what makes IT projects prone to failure and what good project managers can do.

The future of project skills in the Asia-Pacific

Demand for project delivery has escalated as organisations realise that just to keep pace with competition means continual invention, transformation and updating.

Social networks and projects in a dynamic environment

Traditional hierarchical structures inhibit the launch of projects in a dynamic environment. New research proposes a framework to support flexibility in new projects.

Building sustainable relationships in project teams

Project management has many facets, parts of which are the processes and standards; however without the people in the team and the wider organisation, a project will never be delivered. Project teams are a microcosm of the organisation bringing with it the challenges of multiple cultures, possibly from different parts of the world and certainly […]

A new paradigm for program management

There is often a gap between the strategic vision and plans of a corporate executive or board and the immediate needs experienced by staff at the coalface. Responding to the latter is generally a more tactical focus, possibly consuming resources that might otherwise be directed at addressing the corporate strategies. Likewise, without comprehensive communication and […]