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Reviving the ancient art of scheduling

Reviving the ancient art of scheduling

I’ve heard it said that project planning and scheduling is an art – something to be mastered and refined. If you really want to take planning and scheduling seriously a few basic rules could save you a lot of grief…

Making sense of stakeholder management

Making sense of stakeholder management

Considering and understanding stakeholders and then acting to engage them is generally agreed as being one of the most critical parts of any managed change initiative. Unless a thorough account is taken of the stakeholders in the project, there is…

Project, programme or portfolio?

Project, programme or portfolio?

Today, rather than using project, initiatives, working parties or campaign as synonyms for the things we do to undertake change we have introduced a new set of words that includes the old word project, but adds two new ones: programme…

Do all the best ideas come from construction?

Do all the best ideas come from construction?

Many people say that project management as we know it today – if not first thought of in the construction industry – was certainly developed and massively enhanced there. When you think about it, the construction industry comes in many…

Risk managers – the case of unsung heroes

Risk managers – the case of unsung heroes

We have wondered why project risk management often does not work in practice. The theory is understood and the process of project risk management is well documented in numerous books, guides and procedures. Our observations are that the first four…

Questioning the value of project management

Questioning the value of project management

A while back, we learned from a global project-based IT company that they had decided to actively reduce the number of project managers they employed through natural wastage and, if necessary, redundancy. This is not a reflection of any downturn…

Training as an organisational change intervention

Training as an organisational change intervention

Continuous change and learning is a mantra we hear more frequently in a global, competitive world. Organisations have become more adept at building new capabilities and re-designing business processes. Training, whether linked to the deployment of the new capabilities or…

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