Delivering successful projects is at the core of any consulting business. But with project environments becoming increasingly complex, consultants need to attend carefully – and consistently – to every stage of the project delivery cycle, from setting the right scope, assigning resources, through to achieving...
What HS2 can teach you about project failure How you can prevent projects going astray If HS2 has achieved anything so far, it’s to remind us of what can happen when a project goes astray. While your corporate change programme is unlikely to result in the same public...
The 20 Biggest Failed Google Products Up To 2023 Google is ranked among the most successful companies in the world, but that doesn’t mean that every product they’ve launched has been successful. In fact, there have been hundreds of failed Google products throughout the years. In our Google...
Since I wrote this article, IT Project Failure Rates: Facts and Reasons, several years ago, it continues to be one of the most read articles on my website. Thank you. Clearly, it continues to resonate, and not for good reasons. The picture of the frustrated fellow...
Every project, especially for complex initiatives in data warehousing / business intelligence / analytics, can fail because of poor project management practices. Following these bad practices lead to failure. A project manager’s job is beset with worst practice traps just waiting for the unaware manager to fail. These...
Vision or Mission - Which Comes First? What do Vision, Mission, and Strategy mean to you? Which comes first? I always stumbled with these simple, but powerful words until I saw this little illustration. Let’s put it into action with an analogy. I think about it like a...
The importance of an appropriate leadership style and methods has been discussed by the media and professionals for more than several decades now. Nevertheless, leadership was not regarded as a driving force of an organization until the 21st century. As mega-corporations such as Google, Apple,...
The best project managers are great communicators. And we are often required to inform, persuade, inspire, and lead others. Let's look at how public speaking may be hurting your career and twelve ways to become a better speaker. So, what is public speaking? It is the...
If anyone reading this is wondering what a Project Sponsor is, I will pose to you the question I pose to all organizations to answer what a Sponsor is: “A Project Sponsor is accountable for project success. What is the Sponsor accountable for?” I sum up in...
Project Management Methodologies Should You Use? With approximately 8,462 project management methodologies to choose from, how do you know which one is right for you and your team? Find the best approach for your project with our handy guide to popular PM methodologies. Once you’ve decided you...