A number of surveys suggest that we have a disproportionate number of senior, but highly experienced and knowledgeable project professionals (over 30% with more than 20 years’ experience). The risk being that they will leave, taking with them all their experience and knowledge....
Having recently attended a presentation given by a special interest group on project assurance there didn’t appear to be much evolution in thinking among the audience, on the subject....
Project managers plan projects, not products. I listened to a discussion forum in which an Agilist explained that the enemy of Agile was the project manager...
Despite claims to the contrary, there is no single approach to planning a project, but for a given project, there is a best one. Adaptive Project Planning takes you through many planning situations you will meet. The authors use stories of real projects to show...
So, how do you run a project as well as you can? The starting point is establishing the success conditions for the project. Going beyond Time Cost Quality...
They say identifying lessons learned is a really important part of running a project, and improving PMO knowledge. The reasons are discussed in this blog....
The project manager is just one part of what makes successful project management, but a critical one....
There appears to be three factors that demand special attention to enable organisations to make the best use of the evolving agile approaches to delivery and change management....
There’s a lot of attention paid to making sure that projects are done right. But what about project selection criteria - are you doing the right projects?...
A client asked me a very challenging question recently - if the plan always changes then why bother planning in the first place? I thought it worth sharing some thoughts on how it should be addressed....
