5 Killer Mistakes Project Managers Make
There is a great article that’s just been written titled 5 Killer Mistakes Project Managers Make. I love the approach that the author Duncan Haughey has taken. A few key points that really stand out...
View ArticleBusiness Requirements should not be written by vendors
So, you are the business and you have a need for a system to solve all of your problems.. well at least you think that’s the solution. Ahhh, but in a perfect would you would first document your...
View ArticleHow often should you undertake Project Health Checks?
The Prince2 manual has a long list of questions that can be used to undertake a Project Health Check, but the one thing that it doesn’t do is discuss the right time to undertake the check. My personal...
View Article‘One Project Team’ culture – What’s that?
I’ve spoken before about what I see as the really strong value in creating what I call a ‘One Project Team‘ culture and a discussion that I had today reinforced my views on this principle. Many...
View ArticlePerforming like a Premiership team
After watching the AFL Grand Final I realised that there is a strong connection between this high performing team and a good and well managed project team. How you may ask? Well, a Project Manager...
View ArticleThe benefits of using previous ‘Lessons Learned’ on your project
As a Project Manager I would usually prefer to manage the project that I’m responsible for my own way, and I’m guessing that most Project Managers would. That said, of course there are...
View Article5 reasons why business requirements help lock in project scope
One of the major benefits of clearly defining your business requirements is that they help to lock in project scope. This might not seem to make sense initially, but here are the five reasons why this...
View ArticleThe value of impromptu chats with your Project Board members
I know that in today’s work space it seems that everyone is busy. There always seems to be more to do and not enough time to do it in. People will book meetings, usually for the standard hour, even...
View ArticleThe PCB is the decision making body on a project
If a Project Control Board (PCB) is set up with the right people on it, and by this I mean those with the level of decision making authority to be able to make decisions at a level to directly...
View Article5 Handy tips for writing a good Business Case
Here I am going to provide some further hints and tips for ‘Writing a good business case‘… 1. Don’t copy and paste pieces of information from other sources One thing that I have seen done is that...
View ArticleThe value of weekly status reporting on projects
Your project sponsor and Project Control Board (PCB) are your advocates. Your project sponsor or project owner is the person that you (as the Project Manager) are delivering your project for, so it is...
View Article5 reasons why projects fail
I’ve been looking at the remediation activities that I have recently been involved in and started to gather some strong evidence as to that sort of things that clearly add to project failure. Here I...
View ArticleWhat is change management?
Change management is one of those terms that most people know very little about. Some people would tell you there is some framework, others would be able to tell you about the steps involved from the...
View ArticleWhy to stop a project before it gets started?
Why would you stop a project before it even got started? Because the business benefits don’t stack up. There has to be a good reason why time, money and resources are spent on changing something....
View ArticleCulture and its impact on your project
Have you thought about the impact that culture has on your project? What do I mean, well you will have created a culture for your project team by bringing people together to work on it. ‘Culture’ is...
View ArticleRigour around project plan tracking – it’s a must
When you start a project you need to understand what it is that you are aiming to achieve at the end of your project. This will of course take the form of detailed information in a Project Initiation...
View ArticleTrust among project team members – How important is it?
In her book, ‘The truth about trust in business’ Vanessa Hall provides the following: “The Oxford Dictionary defines trust as: A firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability or strength of someone or...
View Article4 hidden costs of poor project planning
There are some basic things that people will see when they consider the cost of poor project planning. I would like to suggest that there are more ‘hidden’ costs that aren’t always visible....
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