Project management skills in demand

Project management skills are in demand as employers seek candidates with business acumen, a cross-functional knowledge and an ability to contribute to the organisation’s overall strategic direction across all sectors.

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.

The improbable project estimation tool

I’m dreaming of an estimating tool…

• * Which is easy to use
• * And doesn’t cost too much
• * Which provides a repeatable output
• * And caters to the needs of finance (e.g. capex vs opex)… is it possible?

UXC uses NASA method for business and IT projects

UXC Consulting has become a ‘preferred provider’ of 4-D systems in Australia and New Zealand, the method NASA uses extensively to enhance the performance of its teams, their effectiveness in mission critical environments and project delivery outcomes.

Protecting the project

There is a famous case in Australia where the chairman of a large company rejected out-of-hand a takeover offer of $27 per share when those shares, 12 months later, were trading at under $10. This chairman’s ‘protection’ of the company was hugely detrimental to its shareholders.

8 project risks in public enterprise cloud

The business model is still maturing for public enterprise cloud, and this presents a few risks for project managers implementing cloud projects. Rob Livingstone covers 8 project concerns.

Strategy and the PMO

Putting the ‘S’ in your PMO can play a key role in both increasing the value of the PMO and your organisation—it’s just a matter of taking ownership.

Measuring project client profitability

In their efforts to maintain business viability—and keep staff gainfully employed—some project-oriented businesses can be tempted to take on projects with narrow profit margins. They then tend to over-deliver to retain the client’s business in an aggressively competitive marketplace.