Many organizations don’t have a project management problem — they have a project governance problem. Throw all the process, tools and training at the project managers that you like. Projects won’t get better until the governance improves.
A Separation Of Convenience
The reality of managing IT projects is that the business side often abdicates its responsibilities in favour of technology delivery. The critical aspects of change management and value realization often get overlooked as a result.
Fining Value in Project Compliance
Compliance is becoming a widespread issue for most organizations. There are a number of standards, regulations and legislative imperatives that now influence the project world. There are positives to this, but there are also potential drawbacks. Striking this balance is a key judgement that organizations must address.
Nice Ideas… Shame About The Implementation
One of the fundamental flaws in successfully delivering projects is that our organizational cultures get in the way of being able manage projects effectively. While we may have reasonable processes, our organizations get in the way of our being able to use them.
Out On The Carpet: Confronting Our Organizational Challenges
The challenges of managing projects in organizations are remarkably uniform and consistent. What do we need to do if we actually want to get better?
Out Of The Closet
A recent task force investigation into the management of large scale IT projects highlighted a number of problems, most of which are all too familiar. If we know the problems, why don’t we do anything about them?