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News

• The way you deliver projects has to change: Here’s why and how

  Project failure seems to have joined death and taxes as the only constants in our lives.

• 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?

• 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.

• ​How do you prioritise your projects?

  I remember my favourite project portfolio prioritisation session vividly. I asked each executive director to provide a one-page summary and 30-second speech for each initiative that they wanted to undertake the following financial year.

• ​To be more agile, you need mindsets to change

  You need to create a culture that supports difference of opinion and a willingness to try different things, says Colin Ellis

• 5 signs that you have a great project manager

  Colin Ellis lists the things to look out for in this rare breed of project manager.

• CIOs need to care more about project management

  Only two CIOs I’ve ever worked for over the past 15 years have really cared about project management.

• Why customer satisfaction is your most important project metric

  I was recently hired by a CIO who had a problem with the organisation sidestepping the IT team to deliver key projects. The business “was going around us for their project delivery,” the CIO told me.
  

• How to smash it as a project sponsor

  Project management greatness awaits those who can master governance, use an agile development environment, motivate teams, take planning seriously, and pick the right manager.

• Is process hampering your project success?

  Project failures continue to occur despite the countless numbers of audits, reports, anecdotes, consultants and speeches in the public domain advising senior management on what not to do when it comes to project delivery.