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Olympic security debacle – lack of controls?
The UK media and newspapers are so full of a story it I thought I would add my thought – specifically the link with project management. An overview The Olympic Games start in 7 days and it’s reported that ‘we are good to go.’ Well almost. For those who have not read about the security debacle you may want to … Read More
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Tagged contingency, project executive, project management, risk log, risk management, strategy
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How good is your project monitoring and control? What effect does it have on your projects?
Over the years I have seen a lot of negativity from participants on our project management courses. However, I noticed last year that when we spoke about project monitoring and control within companies the level of cynicism seemed to increase. So, I decided turn the cynicism into something that course participants could go away and do something about. I introduced … Read More
Project estimating – optimistic planning bias strikes again
Do your projects suffer from over optimistic planning bias (OPB) – the tendency for people to be overly optimistic about the outcome of planned actions? In yet another report by the National Audit Office the number of international passengers using the HS1 Channel Tunnel high-speed rail line is two-thirds lower than initially forecast, a report has found. It goes onto … Read More
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Can you help us please?
• The contract for the book is signed. • The fingers are dancing across the keyboard. • The grey cells are working overtime. Maybe you can help. How? The book is called Strategies for Project Sponsorship and is being co-written with Vicki James and Peter Taylor. We are conducting some research into project sponsorship. The research falls into 2 areas: … Read More
Brasington’s Laws of Project Management
I have just started to read Mike Clayton’s Book: Risk Happens (review out soon). In the book, Mike mentions Brasington’s Laws. On enquiring the origin of these, Mike pointed to Herding Cats Blog from last year. It’s worth a read and there are lessons in his ‘laws’ Photo by Salvatore Vuono‘s portfolio is at http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/images/view_photog.php?photogid=659
Bring out your dead (projects)
To the tune of funereal music………the procession was not too long, but long enough for the company to realise that: there were unfinished projects lurking in the reaches of the business that needed to be killed off project sponsors had little knowledge what was and what was not being worked on (this of course improved with this ‘bring out your … Read More
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Tagged project management, project monitoring and control, project sponsor, project sponsors
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