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The cost of bad project management

Projects often fail because organisations put more emphasis on rational factors than on employees’ psychological engagement—and the cost to organisations is enormous.

February 16, 2012

People in projects, the final frontier

There is no such thing as project success without happy stakeholders. There is no such thing as performance without a functioning team. There are no projects without people.

February 10, 2012

10 project management trends for 2012

According to global project management training organisation ESI International, we can expect collaboration between teams, stakeholders and executives to gain importance as complexity grows. Project management in 2012 will also see growth in on-the-job training, custom project management approaches, innovative project tools and smarter resource management.

February 9, 2012

Stakeholders and project complexity

The greatest challenge facing project management in the 21st century is managing the shift from the ‘command and control’ paradigm based in the theories of scientific management developed in the early 20th century to a recognition of the inherent uncertainty and complexity involved in managing every project, in particular projects focused on the outputs of knowledge workers such as ICT and business change projects.

February 8, 2012

Identifying project stakeholders

Project success is directly linked to a project manager’s ability to effectively identify and manage stakeholders’ expectations. It is therefore helpful to understand what makes a stakeholder!

November 2, 2011

NSW in infrastructure project shake-up

Infrastructure NSW chairman and former NSW Premier Nick Greiner says the organisation will be expected to shake-up the way projects are conceived in New South Wales.

September 22, 2011

Communicating project value

Change is challenging because a significant component of business analytics revolves around encouraging an organisation to change existing practices. It is important to consider how change can be encouraged.

August 29, 2011

Review: Collaborating Effectively—Harvard Business Review

Collaborating Effectively by Harvard Business Review is a collection of nine inspiring articles filled with ideas and best practices to help organisations engage and collaborate effectively.

August 26, 2011

Project management in the developing world

To many project managers working in underdeveloped nations, the ‘real’ world is the developing world where every delay can mean livelihoods affected, or even lives lost. These projects often present challenges due to their different cultural contexts and a lack of resources, with a constantly shifting scope with which to contend.

July 26, 2011