Sometimes, the best of intentions results in unanticipated, and undesired, consequences. The French economic journalist Frédéric Bastiat wrote in his essay “What Is Seen and What Is Not Seen”: There is only one difference between a bad economist and a … Read the rest ...
In most organizations, the demand for project work far exceeds the funding and resources available. Aproaches to resolve this challenge vary from pitched power struggles, rigorous portfolio management practices and demand management arrangements to siloing strategies and executive dictates.
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Strategic planning. It’s that corporate activity that happens every four or five years, takes six months to complete and requires an annual renewal cycle to update the long term projections. Or, it may happen every six months at a company … Read the rest ...
I expect most of us have had a project experience or two where considerable extra time and effort were required to deliver our change successfully. Where we pulled all-nighters, where teammates crashed on conference tables and chairs for a couple … Read the rest ...
Let’s be honest. A project manager’s authority typically revolves around how to deliver a planned changed to the sponsor’s who, when, what, where and why dictates. When a sponsor won’t make an essential call on a project issue, the PM … Read the rest ...
We often fail to see parallels in life that can provide valuable insights and meaningful direction. Sometimes, stepping outside the box of our usual personal and professional lives can provide that Ah-Ha moment that helps set a new and successful … Read the rest ...
Making sure key business processes and technologies are aligned to an organization’s strategic directions is almost a pre-requisite for survival these days. When upgrading those core services, a cloud solution is often in the mix. But a move to the … Read the rest ...
Sponsors tend to think of the changes they launch in monolithic terms – one size fits all. In reality though, nothing could be further from the truth. The number of physical locations and unique perspectives and needs involved in developing … Read the rest ...
We know that the active and sustained participation of a project’s decision makers is the primary contributor to project success. Even Project Management Institute (PMI) research reveals “that having actively engaged executive sponsors is the top driver of project success.” … Read the rest ...
“The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.” – Henry Ford
Often, it’s once bitten, twice shy. We try something. It doesn’t work out. We go on to something else. Yet, many discoveries and innovations are … Read the rest ...