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Resource Management: A Beginner’s Guide

Our project resources are the things that we require to complete the project work. Resources include both physical and human resources. In order to make sure that we can complete the project, we need to have a robust resource management approach. Resource management involves ensuring that the project manager knows what resources are required and […]

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Defining project success

Feeling like you’ve done a great job on a project is not quite enough. In order for a project to be officially a success, it must meet a set of ‘success criteria’ as set out by the project stakeholders and manager. In order for a project to be proven a success, these criteria must be […]

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The Importance of Project Planning For Successful Outcomes

At any one point in time there are thousands of projects being carried out simultaneously across the world. Some will be highly visible projects like new roads or bridges, or a major sports tournament; others will only affect employees in a single organisation. Some will be highly visible failures or successes and others will drift […]

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Achieve Project Success Through Effective Change Management

One of the reasons why projects fail is because project managers fail to introduce new risk parameters once change has been implemented. In this post, we take an in-depth look at how effective change management helps ensure project success. The vast majority of project managers, of course, plan for success by following established project management […]

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Understanding The Causes Of Project Failure

Nothing in life is plain sailing, and this is definitely the case when it comes to the project management profession where project failure is common. For project managers in the early stages of their career especially, you will, of course, make mistakes. But, by learning from them, you can become the best project manager you […]

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The Politically Astute Project Manager

In this post, we return to the topic of politics in projects. Politics has a bit of a dirty name. It’s associated with false promises, backstabbing, alliances and manipulating others. The worst weakness of Politics is its failure to deliver on its promises. Time and time again we see public politicians or business leaders failing to deliver the […]

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A World In Which Every Project Is A Success?

“We know why projects fail, we know how to prevent their failure — so why do they still fail?” Martin Cobb, CIO, Treasury Board Secretariat, 1995. The reasons why projects fail are well understood they include[i]   Poor project definition including announcing major funding decisions before the business case has been fully developed. Optimistic assessment […]

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Is Any Project Ever Truly Successful?

So many projects of all different types fail to live up to our initial expectations that you might wonder if any project could ever be considered successful when compared against the original expectations. At the start of a project there is usually a very clear idea of what should be achieved by the end of […]