
Many people think of communications as telling people something. Of needing to get a message across. But even when your objective is to inform, to pass comment, to relay progress or status, it’s important to listen to your audience. Listen…
Many people think of communications as telling people something. Of needing to get a message across. But even when your objective is to inform, to pass comment, to relay progress or status, it’s important to listen to your audience. Listen…
With a little over a week to go before Christmas, here are my top 5 project management gifts. They’re not too much to ask for. In fact, any self-respecting organisation should really have them for all their projects. But sadly,…
Following on from the positive feedback on my video blog of a couple of weeks ago, I have decided to create another video, this time on Stakeholder Engagement. With stakeholders appearing from the most unexpected areas it has never been…
Are you doing the right project? This week I’ve decided to do things a little different and rather than write about my topic for the week, I’ve recoded a short 10 minute video. It’s a story I relate on my…
The plan was set out. The supplier activity agreed and signed-off. It would be challenging, but ‘doable’. But I hadn’t factored in over ambition. The fact that I was trying to achieve too much in a tight timeframe. That I…
The problem with project management….. …is how project management has evolved! The current reality An old survey by KPMG from 2002 (Programme Management Survey 2002, ©KPMG) stated that 56% of the companies surveyed had had a failed project within…
The value and importance of risk and issue management is often discussed at the project level, but how should risks and issues be monitored and reported across a programme or a portfolio of programmes? Project background In the past…