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In his article “How to Turn a Failed Project into a Successful Program”, Shay Shargal noted that one of the reasons projects fail is the “Poor communication and coordination between various stakeholders of the project: Customers, Vendors, Suppliers, Managers, Resources and others.” When communication breaks down and perceptions on roles and responsibilities are misaligned, the...
The time you’ve been dreaming of is finally here. All of those endless hours and, alas, sleepless nights have finally paid off. At long last, you know that you have in your hands (or perhaps on your screen) a WINNING product – one that’s going to transform the conversation in your marketplace, win you many...
Motivation, leadership, structure, resources and systems: all of these must be present to maximize project team performance. Yet, as important as these are, they aren’t enough. There’s one more piece of the “team performance puzzle” that is indispensable. And surprisingly, it’s also the one piece that many projects overlook. Transparency. Transparency enables project team members...
We all know that, generally speaking, project managers are great people who know what they’re doing. Sure, some score higher on the “nice” and “smart” scale than others, but that’s true of any field. However, despite all of the great project managers out there, we have to admit that the overall success rate for project...
Digital transformations typically demand major shifts in thinking, processes and behavior across the organization. It’s rarely, if ever, easy – especially when it comes to scaling and sustaining the transformation. Inevitably there will be a cultural shift, especially when you consider all the moving parts: the software delivery teams, the product owners, the multiple business...
Professional burnout has always been an issue in the working world and no generation has had it particularly easy, but that doesn’t mean project managers shouldn’t always be searching for ways to avoid it and to keep their best team on the field. This is because burnout essentially means being exhausted, not having the energy...
Britain has been confounding many experts recently as its economy continues to surge, despite the political and economic uncertainty caused by its decision to leave the European Union (i.e. Brexit), the world’s largest trading bloc. While its financial good health can be explained by increased exports due to a weaker pound sterling and firms stockpiling...
The Bifurcation of Security In recent years, we’re seeing a clear split within the security community. There’s the “traditional” enterprise security focused on auditable controls, segregation of duties, approvals, change management, etc. These traditional controls are well-aligned with the waterfall model, but when applied to Agile software delivery organizations, a disaster inevitably occurs. And then...
Project management is becoming increasingly popular as a profession, with 71% of organizations having a dedicated Project Management Office (PMO), according to the PMI’s Pulse of the Profession. This is unsurprising considering that, according to the same report, those companies with an enterprise PMO aligned with their business strategy reported 38% more of their projects...
A common pain point of project management is the ability to get people to collaborate when required. In fact, external collaboration can be critical to business success. Even while we recognize the value of people working together, it can be difficult to achieve this on a constant basis. In order to understand how a project...
