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Managing infrastructure projects of the future

With major infrastructure spending comes the need to manage the benefits post-project. David Jenkins argues that a commitment of this size needs to be matched by an investment in the training of the professionals who will bring these projects to reality, and safely.

August 5, 2021

How feasibility studies vary by industry

Activities conducted during feasibility studies tend to be generic across private and public sectors regardless of the type of project, but there are certain variances, outlines Mohammad Farooq.

September 27, 2016

Scope

Farewell to project management’s voice of reason

“I first met Jed Simms when a distant journalist acquaintance called up and said I should meet a dynamic duo who were going to revolutionise benefits and value management in projects…” Editor Adeline Teoh pays homage to the late benefits expert, Jed Simms.

August 22, 2016

Blogs

How to prioritise your projects

Projects are pieces of capital investment and how you allocate capital directly impacts your future operations, competitiveness and profits. Jed Simms outlines the five steps to ensure your projects are prioritised correctly.

April 4, 2016

Beyond the Iron Age for projects

If organisations are to improve their project results they need to move out of the Iron (Triangle) Age, warns Jed Simms. The Value Age is upon us.

December 17, 2015

Rethinking the Iron Triangle for your project

In project management’s Iron Triangle we are told to forego one element of ‘on time, on budget or to specification’ if we are to achieve the other two. Jed Simms backs ‘to specification’ and redraws the Iron Triangle.

December 3, 2015

Blogs

Measuring the value of a program management office

Many organisations have contemplated or implemented program management as a means of managing interrelated projects with varying degrees of success. PM Oracles explains how to measure the value of a program management office.

November 19, 2015

Program Management

10 ways the Iron Triangle destroys project success

There is an assumption that the Iron Triangle/Triple Constraint measures of ‘on time, on budget, to specification’ are benign but use of these measures actively enables and inadvertently encourages the destruction of business value, argues Jed Simms.

November 18, 2015