This article was inspired after meeting a couple of people in situations where they did not have the necessary delegated authority to keep a project moving along, but were being blamed for all the associated delays and issues. The first was meeting a project manager for a large international IT […]
Tools and techniques
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Have you ever been in a meeting and you’ve thought “What am I doing here, I could be doing real work?”. Of course you have, we all have. So, what do we persist with attending meetings when we know they probably aren’t the best way to get work done? Imagine […]
When I am teaching project management and we get to the subject of lessons learned I often make a joke that if people did lessons learned properly that consultants like me would go out of business – In truth, I’m only half joking. But the point I am making in […]
Some basics of project management (in a quick sentence or two): 1. Project managers with experience and credentials are generally better than project managers with experience only, and definitely better than project managers with credentials and no experience. (EDIT: please note the use of the word “generally”. This is to […]
Survivorship bias is a logical error that focuses on the survivors of a particular process, while overlooking those that didn’t make it. In the context of project management, this can lead to misguided conclusions about what it truly takes for a project to succeed. The term “survivorship bias” originates from […]
This is a long post because it combines two related but separate topics. The common element is LinkedIn. You’ve probably got a profile there and hopefully it is up to date and providing value to you either through networking or knowledge sharing. The two topics on my radar today are […]
Introduction In today’s fast-paced business environment, there is a lot of hype about the growing use of AI tools. The profession of project management is no different. Project managers are always looking for innovative ways to improve efficiency and overall project success. One such innovation is the use of conversational […]
As a consultant who works with organizations around the globe, I get to see many forms of a PMO and I get to see what works and what doesn’t. A well thought out and value adding PMO can add measurable strategic and operational value to any organisation regardless of its […]
This post isn’t about my normal topics relating to project management but as a consultant I spend a lot of my time traveling nationally and internationally. I think anyone who travels regularly will relate to it. I was born traveling and didn’t really settle in one place until my early […]
There is a lot of use of the word agile in the organisational world. You can see it in job ads, see it in the descriptions of the way software is developed, and see it being used to describe entire workplaces and organisations. These are the four main ways I […]