project management Tag

I recently had the privilege to be interviewed by Tim Butara on The Agile Digital Transformation Podcast on the changes to work in the age of digital transformation, in particular the work of project managers who need to adapt to the digital and hybrid-first reality. Click below to listen to our conversation. Also available on all major streaming services (Spotify,...

Recently I climbed the Sydney Harbour Bridge. If you’re ever visiting Sydney, or if you live here and have never partaken, I thoroughly recommend the experience. I was equally delighted to find that climbing Sydney Harbour Bridge taught me some new lessons and reinforced some existing ones about how to manage projects to achieve success. Here is what I learned on my big adventure: 1. Be...

My interview with Billion Success Media, talking about digital transformation, leadership, and what went into writing my first book. Tell us a little bit about your background and how you ended up writing a book? I started my career as a support analyst in a financial services organization, primarily giving technical support and advice to our clients via phone and email communications....

Stakeholders have the ability to make or break projects, if they put their minds to it. This makes them a risk to the likelihood of completing the project. The stakeholders of any project should be pinpointed, understood, and managed to increase project success. In this article we will look at who stakeholders are and their interests to understand and manage them effectively. To give a...

Undertaking projects and programs needs to bring about benefits. This is to ensure that return on investment is achieved. This has led savvy organizations to start focusing on benefits realization. Benefits realization management is a process that is undertaken to get ready for and manage planned benefits through change. The fundamental reason for doing this is that it is possible to...

The right project manager can be the real difference between your project’s success and failure despite the governance structures. Unfortunately, even the most experienced managers often make blunders when hiring. The wrong PM will drain your time, money, and resources. Even with the best intentions, hiring managers still miss out on too many things during the hiring process. Look...

When I go into organizations that claim they are using agile, I sometimes see mini waterfalls instead. This is not surprising if you consider that almost 90% of organizations report that their company works on projects in an agile manner. With this being said, some misinterpretations are present. However, agile is a very specific approach to project management and one that mini waterfalls...

With so many expectations, a project manager is such a prominent position. The never-ending demands and grind make it a critical designation that not everyone is cut out for. It requires preparedness, execution, accountability, and leadership ability.That’s why choosing the right candidate for the job is an inherently complex task with no easy solutions. Even an hour-long screening...

The year was 2007, people were in love with blackberry phones, and Nokia was still a major smartphone player. The same year that’s remembered for excellent pop music and breakthroughs that became significant milestones in world history. Whether it’s the housing bubble finally bursting in the US or the launch of Roadster from Tesla, things were happening fast. Plus, the most...

With strict budgets, short deadlines, new processes, and a plethora of management decisions to be made, life is never easy for a first-time project manager. An efficient PM is also expected to have a deep understanding of personnel management, risk management, and data-driven progress analysis. Even though this seems like a lot to do all at once, these challenges gradually become easier...