Managing just one project or change is great. It allows us to focus. on our key stakeholders, the team and the change goals. But, if you’re good at your job, chances are you’ll be asked to pick up another project, … Read the rest ...
Most organizations face demands for project funding and resourcing well in excess of affordable supply. Ensuring those demands align with organizational strategies and priorities just complicates the decision-making process. Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a simple approach that … Read the rest ...
Projects are one time entities. Project managers usually only have one chance to get each project right. There are no do-overs in the real world. That offers an exciting career, but with the attendant pressures, issues and risks. Wouldn’t it … Read the rest ...
You’re involved in a major business or technology project. Did you know that your chances of success on this venture are directly linked to the skills, knowledge and capabilities of the other key stakeholders involved? Do you have any idea … Read the rest ...
These days, outsourcing is a viable option for many non-core and even core corporate functions. Unfortunately, outsourcing initiatives can come with significant risks. If not managed effectively, the expected financial rewards will diminish or disappear entirely and previously well running … Read the rest ...
Sometimes, a senior executive will proclaim an aggressive target hoping it will act as an incentive for a project team. However, that target needs to have some element of achievability to have any value. An outrageous demand, untempered by rational … Read the rest ...
Mergers and acquisitions seem to be a fact of corporate life. In a post on CNBC.com entitled 2013 The Year of M&A? Beating the Odds of Failure, the authors state “Experts such as the Wharton School of the University … Read the rest ...
For a variety of reasons, a project can lose its way and end up in trouble. Challenges can arise from a lack of key stakeholder engagement or a change in a key stakeholder, from poor oversight, faulty assumptions, bad communications, … Read the rest ...
Do you know how the project you’re working on supports the organization’s mission and vision? Have you considered how the planned change aligns with or is at odds with the organization’s culture and core values? Do you know how it … Read the rest ...
Being a project stakeholder means being actively engaged throughout the course of a change. In fact, lack of ongoing stakeholder engagement is one of the most common causes of project failure. That’s doubly true for sponsors. Absentee sponsorship is a … Read the rest ...