Best Practice

Project Management Tips and Insights

Project management best practice reminds us that if we successfully initiate, plan, execute, monitor, control and close out our projects, our metrics will illustrate greater results.

12 Common Mistakes in Project Management

Some organisations projects have been unduly criticised for being poorly planned, managed and having unrealistic cost and time projections assigned to them. The reason behind these problems or mistakes is said to be down to a lack of communication through the different levels within the project team. However, I believe communication barriers are in fact only one of many possible mistakes a project team can make.

Why Throwing Resources at a Project Wont Save It

Most project managers would kill for extra resources. Many projects start with an optimistic budget and little or no contingency, so when the plan starts to flounder (as they frequently do) a bit more time, a few more people and some more money would always be welcome. But would these extra resources really save a project that was doomed from the start, or that was being run inefficiently without the proper structure and controls?

How Accurate is Your Actual vs. Planned Time and Costs?

With cost and efficiency dominating the corporate agenda in todays constrained operating environment, the ability to compare and contrast planned versus actual time and costs provides professional services firms with greater visibility and tighter control of performance in billable markets where time is money.

5 Key Components of a Project You Need to Get Right

There are many factors that contribute to the final outcome of a project, whether it is large or small, simple or complex. But just a few of these factors will determine the ultimate success of your project. These factors can be broadly broken down into 5 areas; strategic planning, developing the product, marketing, support and people.

Executive Initiatives Require a Project President

At crucial moments, well-timed executive decisions to steer projects and programmes are often in short supply. Subsequently, issues are left unresolved, key milestones are missed and the overall project delivery is delayed. Whilst it may appear that executive indecision is the main culprit behind the delay, its not the primary cause. The root cause lies in how executive leadership is exercised in project steering committees.

Top Tips for Effective Project Management

Weve all been there. Weve all exhaled loudly when finished - the proverbial monkey is off your back! Maybe you have even given a silent high-five as the project has finally gone live when it looked like you were going to miss the deadline? But have these reactions only manifest because you have managed to snatch project victory from the jaws of defeat? Would your behaviour be the same if the project was run smoothly? I doubt it.

Giving Projects a Clean Bill of Health

IT-led business change programmes and projects continue to fail, yet many of the common pitfalls could easily be avoided by undertaking a health check regularly and acting early on the intelligence it provides. Peter Osborne, managing director at Loc Consulting examines the early warning signs a health check can reveal and how organisations should respond to the identified issues to achieve a successful outcome.

The Project Go/No-Go Checklist

Many project managers put together some form of implementation or cutover plan yet fail to carry out the necessary rigorous analysis to determine whether they should proceed. This article focuses on this analysis, what is termed the go-live decision.

The Project Value Proposition: How Good is Yours?

Times are tough! Money is tight, people are being laid off and were deep into an economic recession. In times like these, customers focus on value propositions. 'Lets suck it and see,' is not a phrase you hear a lot in a recession. Customers look at the value proposition of projects and ask, 'How does the spend on this project benefit us?' Projects with the best value proposition will win. So how can you emphasise the value proposition of your project. Here are a few pointers...

5 Reasons to Kill a Project

We all want to deliver successful projects. Thats why we became project managers, after all. But sometimes the right thing to do is to stop a project. When is this the right choice? Here are 5 reasons for terminating projects prior to completion.

Your Project: Passion or Poison?

Bring the idea of Valentines Day to project management. Use February 14th as your reminder to sit down, take a look at the project you are currently working on, and find out if your project still deserves your passion or if it is a poisonous labour of love that needs to be 'dumped.' Too often, Project Managers invest so much time, effort, a

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