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Project managers still not delivering? Maybe it’s time to get rid of them

Did you and your team return to work this year full of vim, vigour and good intentions? Were you silently hoping the perennial poor project management performers had made a New Year’s resolution to work to the best of their ability, be a team player and communicate openly and honestly? Has that happened?

Written by Colin Ellis19 Feb. 18 10:16

How to create an IT strategy

Here are 7 steps for creating a technology strategy that will work.

Written by David Gee22 Jan. 18 14:13

The NBN is just another government project failure

About five minutes into ABC’s Four Corners investigation into the National Broadband Network (NBN) program on Monday evening, I realised that once again, we weren’t talking about the real issues of large government project failure.

Written by Colin Ellis26 Oct. 17 10:20

When to kill (and when to recover) a failed project

Admitting project failure is never easy, but sometimes the kill decision turns out to be the best decision. Here's how to know when to scrap and when to save a failing project.

Written by John Edwards15 Sept. 17 05:54

Why your trendy office is bad for business

​Across the nation, cubicles have been dismantled and office doors discarded to make space for Fussball tables, treadmill desks and foam-padded ‘pods’. But are hip, open-plan office spaces good for productivity? A growing body of research suggests not.

Written by George Nott13 Sept. 17 16:02

Is a ‘fixed price’ Agile contract possible?

Finding it difficult to put together fixed price contracts under your existing IT procurement guidelines as you move to an Agile approach to software development? Well, you’re not alone.

Written by Ian Brightwell10 Aug. 17 09:20

A project stuck in the playground

Like two children fighting in the schoolyard, Brisbane City Council (BCC) and TechnologyOne are playing out a very public battle.

Written by Colin Ellis01 Aug. 17 14:08

Foreign exchange firm OFX does Agile right

When Craige Pendleton-Browne arrived at ASX-listed foreign exchange firm OFX in late 2015, the technology team was already doing Agile. Or at least, they thought they were.

Written by George Nott31 July 17 14:37

Trim your governance and get agile: CBA’s Stuart Mitchell

Organisations must trim the layers of governance built up over many years for traditional waterfall tech projects or fall victim to more agile startups, says CommBank’s senior agile coach, Stuart Mitchell.

Written by Byron Connolly23 June 17 11:14
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