August 3, 2017 Blogs Enterprise
History speaks to us – Apollo 13 – one of the largest projects ever with lots of managers and every control and oversight imaginable – was on its way to a moon landing when astronauts spotted technical problems. They informed Mission Control of the problems with those famous words, “Houston, we have a problem.” Those…
May 11, 2017 Blogs Enterprise
Line managers are now hearing a new message during their career and performance reviews: Senior management is saying, “With half of the projects failing at the company, just talking-the-talk isn’t acceptable any longer. Managers must prove that they can walk-the-talk by delivering successful projects. Excuses will not be acceptable.” In essence, success at managing projects…
April 18, 2017 Blogs Enterprise
This is a 4 minutes blog. It looks at project failures in terms of consequences, industry metrics, the central role of a PM, and the two levels of PM effectiveness. Project Failure Consequences – Project failures trigger tsunamis of consequences that reach into every corner of a company. Among the first to feel its swift…
August 23, 2016 Blogs Enterprise
The business of IT is changing more rapidly than ever before! Most practitioners and Gartner take a bimodal view to IT transformation: modernization and digitization.The practical realities of managing two separate styles of work are complex and expensive. In this race to keep pace, we take an alternate view that challenges the once and done…
Today’s Small and Medium Sized Businesses continue to see increased competition and competitive threats. Managing Sales, Marketing, Operations, Finance and IT can be an overwhelming task – particularly with the increased velocity of technological innovations. How can small businesses be agile, manage costs and remain current as technology continues to evolve at such a rapid…
