Mentoring and Its Role in Project Management

One of the great subsidiary benefits that an organization receives over the course of a project, which is often forgotten when crunching the figures of costs and profits, is how much team members improve their skills and abilities. Mentoring in project management is a subject that has always been around but until recently has been...

Royal Bank of Scotland Received Project Award

We are excited to announce that the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) was named winner of the Project Award for Operational Efficiency at the 2019 Real IT Awards Ceremony in London. Lead by Stephen Marjot, the Change Centre of Excellence team set out to a clear vision in mind––to make RBS the industry leader in...

Project Failure: How to Better Incorporate Lessons Learned

According to PMI’s most recent Pulse of the Profession survey (PDF), organizations have been wasting up to 12% of their annual project investment due to poor performance for the past five years. While PMs may strive for 100% success, it’s no secret that sometimes projects fail. But a project failure doesn’t have to be the...

How enterprises can successfully scale Agile development

Are organizations seeing the benefits of Agile at scale? Depends on who you ask. Enterprises in the UK, for example, spend 37 billion pounds ($47 billion USD) a year on failed Agile IT projects. And around a third of Agile transformations partially fail, according to the same report. On the other hand, there are inspiring...

Creating Continuous Improvement with Lean Metrics

Organizations operating under the Lean approach should have the same primary goal in mind—continuous improvement. Companies can use Lean to optimize operations, increase customer value, cut back on waste, and anything else that can be improved in the organization for driving innovation and adding value. But how do you know if your initiatives are working?...

Universal Market Disruptions Drive Innovation at Hyper-Speed

Recently, Apple announced it was ending its iconic iTunes app, President Trump surprised the market with new tariff threats against Mexico, and the U.S. government increased scrutiny over Google, Apple, and Facebook over possible antitrust violations. All of these market disruptions are poised to hurt some companies while presenting opportunities for others. What effect could...

How to Make Better Decisions in Project Management

Holding a management role, no matter how many reports you have or how big your team is, means that you’re going to have to make decisions. Making them isn’t really the problem, however, it’s knowing how to make better decisions and to consistently make the best choice for your project that matters. Though it might...

Using Crowdsourced Innovation in the Real World

Having a well-defined innovation strategy is more important than ever. To keep up with the modern professional landscape, companies must create an innovation culture that constantly looks for new ways to meet the needs of the customer. One way to do that is through crowdsourced innovation. There’s going to be a time when you don’t...

What is Lean Portfolio Management?

Stephen Hawking once said, “Intelligence is the ability to change.” With the blistering pace of technological, economic, and sociopolitical changes, it’s clear that enterprises have to change—not just in the products and services they provide, or the platforms through which they provide them—but also in the way they plan, fund, and execute work. And lean...

Four tips to maximise your time at DevOps Enterprise Summit 2019, London

The countdown is on. In one week’s time, thousands of IT and business professionals will descend on London for the latest iteration of DevOps Enterprise Summit London 2019 (June 25-27 – InterContinental O2, London, UK). The three-day event is jam-packed full of keynotes, breakouts, workshops (and, not to mention, parties!) designed to help attendees take...