So we estimate and plan for the task we need to undertake, but have we allowed for tall that reporting, meetings, reviews or just general...

We have been in too many projects that say there are agile delivery simply because they have daily meetings, have roles called scrum...

So we are 50% through the project from a time perspective and 50% of the budget is utilised. How many times have we seen this reported as...

When we are working on large projects with large numbers of resources we cannot simply estimate effort and then plan this into the time...

When we estimate effort who are we think about when creating the estimate ? A beginner, a person with 5 years experience, a specialist ?...

A lot of time is spent preparing and presenting the business case prior to eventual project approval. In many cases the budget is paired...

A good start is critical to a successful project outcome. Effort and due diligence in the early stages will pay back many times...

Far too often projects start out with the right intent of delivering to the business case and the business outcome, and quickly become...

Organisations are constantly going through changes and as such business and IT units are used to managing change and change initiatives....

Whether Agile, Waterfall, Wagile or something else, we need to turn a concept or thought into a deliverable. We may do this in large...

Seems obvious but this one seems to get missed a lot ! Are we clear on the roles of the project manager, the programme manager, the...

Seems strange but in even very sophisticated and large programmes with talented and experienced external programme management supports, I...

I don’t think its worth getting stuck on this one, but it does create a fair level of debate - in my view a project has a pretty clear...

From the outset of any project, we should be clear about how we are handling contingency. The approach should be written down and agreed...

After 40+ years in the industry (IT, Software Development, Large Programme Delivery etc) and working with various industry experts, there...

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