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Finding opportunities to change

Embarking on change means taking on more work, and most of all risk. The incentive to take risks and engender change is virtually non-existent. Roger LaSalle wants this to change.

November 13, 2013

Change

Stop! This project is too safe

We wrap children in cotton wool so they don’t hurt themselves, only to find that they no longer have the confidence to do anything for themselves any more. Is the same thing happening to projects? asks editor Adeline Teoh. Is a fear of failure preventing success?

August 16, 2013

Blogs

Can feedback improve your project management?

I want to know how often your project team feels comfortable enough to speak up about something they feel is going wrong, or something they feel you are doing wrong, writes editor Adeline Teoh. Because you could definitely benefit from the feedback.

April 23, 2013

Blogs

Do program managers have executive skills?

The debate on whether program managers would make effective senior executives has gained attention in recent years. The team at PM Oracles turn to management guru Peter Drucker to see if program managers might make good C-level executives.

April 16, 2013

Program Management

Desperately seeking (successful) strategy

Strategy, almost by definition is about the big picture. It’s about being comprehensive, across the whole landscape of issues and opportunities, trends and events. Where have you used strategic thinking and planning to help your project team open up a new future? asks David Jago.

January 7, 2013

Blogs

Finding opportunities from outside a project

Often those of us involved in a project are simply too close to daily issues to see the potential for real value-adding innovations and opportunities, writes Roger La Salle. Here’s how to find inspiration from outside a project.

December 5, 2012

Basic
Risk

Who keeps your project on track?

The way projects operate can sometimes look chaotic from the outside. Hell, it can look chaotic from the inside too. That’s where project governance comes in, notes editor Adeline Teoh.

November 19, 2012

Blogs

Project management software review: Jobpac

Planet Plumbing formerly used MYOB and spreadsheets to manage projects, accounts and project estimating but then found Jobpac worked better for a project-based business. Anthony Alafaci of Planet Plumbing tells us how he uses it.

July 4, 2012

Tools