OVERCOMING COBB’S PARADOX – A WORLD IN WHICH ALL PROJECTS SUCCEED In 1995, Martin Cobb, then CIO for the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, asked a question which has since become known as Cobb’s Paradox. He said: ‘We know why projects fail; we know how to...
The Project Management Institute (PMI) has recently celebrated 50 years of providing the world with project management competencies. In the early years, a large portion of the competencies were established to support the Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) requirements placed upon their contractors. Most of these...
The Telescope vs the Microscope It’s critical to understand how Portfolios, Programmes, Projects and Products — the 4Ps — fit together and how to navigate them in your career. Start here. I’ve been around the product game for quite some time. I’ve also been a product owner,...
Agile Customer Projects? There is a strange observation when one wants to apply agile methods in projects for paying customers as profit centers: There is no agile method describing how to do a customer(-facing) project. OK - some may immediately object here: "Agile is not a method...
Turn your organisations project management capabilities into a competitive advantage. Whether you are in charge of a team, a department or at enterprise, leadership level, leadership skills are absolutely essential. to sustaining profitable business change. Project leadership calls for clear communication about goals, responsibility, performance, change...
Investopedia shares, "Competitive advantages are conditions that allow a company or country to produce a good or service of equal value at a lower price or in a more desirable fashion. These conditions allow the productive entity to generate more sales or superior margins compared to...
OUR SOLUTIONS - YOUR PEOPLE - SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS The “Structured Project Management” method is based on over 25 years of reserach on the best practices of successful projects as against the poor practices of failed projects. Building a real plan for your project Examining your project...
The covid pandemic made this the year we counted on technology more than ever. Here's how it failed us. This was a year we needed technology to save us. A pandemic raced over the land, there were wildfires, uneasy political divisions, and we gasped in the...
Project Management Best Practices that Can Enhance Your Business Project management is high in demand in variety of industries and so is the need of project managers. In today’s economy, irrespective of industry, project management finds its wide application. Why? Project management and project managers today are...
Elon Musk is a South Africa-born inventor and investor. He is the CEO and CTO of SpaceX, CEO of Tesla Motors, and Chairman of SolarCity. He is an early investor in SpaceX, PayPal, Inc, Tesla Motors and Zip2. Lesson #1: Lead by Example “If you’re co-founder or...