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7 project management mistakes CIOs make

CIOs spend much of their time identifying the right strategies for IT implementations, which invariably morph into projects and programs. A company’s ability to implement or execute these efforts, which are often large and quite visible, is what distinguishes success from failure.

January 23, 2012

Demystifying the success and failure of major projects

A conference on major projects will address issues such as delays, budget problems and resource management in a framework designed to audit risk and provide long-term optimisation.

December 20, 2011

News

Managing risk and contingency

I was recently interviewing a risk management specialist and was intrigued to find that although he had a huge amount of knowledge about risk and issues management, he had very little knowledge of contingency.

November 16, 2011

Blogs

The project scheduling conundrum

The project scheduling conundrum is simple: We know effective scheduling makes a significant difference to project success and we know what effective scheduling looks like but in most projects, the schedule is ignored, bad scheduling practice is the norm and most projects finish late.

October 20, 2011

China halts new railway projects

In the wake of two high-speed train collisions last month, China has suspended its forthcoming railway projects due to safety concerns, according to Reuters.

August 11, 2011

News

Managing project calendars

Are project calendars, simple? Maybe not. Martin Vaughan wrangles with MS Project, Primavera and SureTrak.

August 3, 2011

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.

July 15, 2011

Project manager to the rescue

How many of you have found yourself facing the challenge of being too busy to complete anything, or know a project manager who has? It feels like you have a million tasks to do and your list of priorities changes by the minute. Your stakeholders are on your back, the pressure is mounting and that light at the end of the tunnel is fading fast.

July 14, 2011