I think that most project estimates are deliberate fictions. Not because people are incompetent. Not because the tools are broken. But because we’re either wildly optimistic or pressured to pretend we are. I’ve seen it time and again.Time, cost, resource needs, risk assessments all get skewed. Not always by malice. […]
Benefits Management
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I’ve completed many project management maturity assessments using the P3M3, OPM3, and 4Q models for clients, and they are a great tool for improving project management success but too many organisations get fixated on the scores that come out of the model. Some organisations think that if they are a […]
Did you know that, in my opinion, no project ever approved has been approved on the basis of the thing, output or deliverable it will build? Let that sink in for a moment because for some people that simply doesn’t make sense. Surely that is the entire reason for a […]
Before any project makes it into the approved portfolio of projects it must go through a rigorous project selection process. The project selection process starts with all potential projects having to go through a rigorous, repeatable and appropriate selection process. There are a few exceptions. In the normal course of […]
Whether you realize it or not, every project that has ever been initiated has been for the purposes of delivering a particular benefit. Early on in the lifecycle of the project a particular deliverable is chosen as the best way to deliver the benefit and thereafter it seems that the […]
Carrying out project audits are a great way to discover what is going well and not so well with your projects. The focus for the audit should be on improvement not punishment so make sure that the process is focused upon repeating the good things you discover and stopping the […]
One of the greatest challenges we face as project managers is a focus on outputs over outcomes. Generally, projects are initiated to deal with a particular outcome (or benefit). A problem or opportunity has been identified and the project has been established to provide a solution. The objective is that […]