9 Steps to Successful Event Management
Procrastination can be a good thing sometimes, ideas can be incubated and brewed further which in term can result in a greater outcome. However, when it comes to event management procrastinate on the creative theme but start planning the event as early as possible. ...
How to implement a Project Management Office
A Project Management Office or PMO is a centralised body that focuses on project management within an organisation. The PMO can identify and address project management issues to support the achievement of organisational outcomes. Implementing a Project Management...
There’s Quality and There’s Project Quality!
Project failure statistics are pretty frightening. Recent statistics have shown that most large capital projects fail to live up to expectations, that 2/3rds of IT projects fail and 70% of new manufacturing plants are closed in their first decade and the list goes...
How do you close a project?
Forget seagull management or the never-ending story – your project needs closure! Organisations characterised by a lot of project activity often finish projects as quickly as possible, wash their hands of them and rush headlong into the next job at hand. Some projects...
Stakeholder analysis the why’s and wherefore’s
Did you know that however much your plan your project if you don’t obtain buy in from key interested parties the whole thing may come crashing down? Key interested parties or ‘stakeholders’ can be very influential in smoothing the pathway to project success or sending...
Building a Viable Project Management Workforce
Failure to effectively plan the workforce means Government agencies have to take ‘pot luck’ in who they get to run important projects. Peter Gershon (2008) in his review of Government use of IT services recommended a whole of Government IT Workforce Plan. "Options for...
What Is There for Project Managers after PRINCE2?
PRINCE2™ provides a great roadmap for projects – identifying the key activities to be performed to deliver results – but just having PRINCE2™ doesn't make you a project manager. According to the PRINCE2™ website: “PRINCE2 (PRojects IN Controlled...
Which Methodology Will Make Me a Great Project Manager?
The answer – none! A sound methodology alone does not a great project manager make. It’s true, being a good project manager starts with the fundamentals of having a robust methodology in place, but even with that there are other crucial elements such as appropriate...
6 Success Factors for Managing Project Quality
Commentators have differing views on what constitutes a quality project. The generally agreed parameters are that it delivers the desired outcomes on time and within budget. Through our long experience, the Transformed team has identified 6 key factors that improve...
Which is the best project management methodology and does it make a project a success?
The answer – none! A sound methodology alone does not a great project manager make. It’s true, being a good project manager starts with the fundamentals of having a robust methodology in place, but even with that there are other crucial elements such as appropriate...
