Processes and Project Management
Can there be a conflict between processes and project management? Quite often yes, and processes can hold a project up. If the project has to go through a pre-defined process then this may hold up the...
View ArticleCreating Personal Change
As a team leader or project manager you may have traits, or behaviour, or attitudes that are damaging to the project or the morale of your staff. These behaviours/attitudes you have developed as you...
View ArticleCreating Change
There is a lot of discussion about the word “change”, but what does this mean? We all change every day, every hour, every minute, every second, we are changing shape, getting older, gaining knowledge,...
View ArticleCulture Survey
Normally it is the culture of your business that determines whether you will deliver leading edge solutions, become leaders within your sector and achieve exceptional results. To know what your...
View ArticleIs the Client’s belief in the project manager important?
The client’s belief in the project manager and his team is critical to the success of the project. The 3 core aspects of project management of time, cost and quality have been the mainstay of project...
View ArticleProject Success
What is the generic definition of project success that can be applied to all projects? What is the project manager trying to create within the client? For the answers please go to...
View ArticleProcesses, how important are they?
There is a lot of debate about processes and how important they are in the world of project management. There are many different types of process. 1.Legal processes, such as industry regulations,...
View ArticleIs profiling important to project management?
Different size and complexity of projects requires different skill, experience, abilities of the project manager. If you have the wrong project manager for the type of project then it could have...
View ArticleProject Examples
On this website there are examples of real projects with logical diagrams, traditional programmes and critical chain programmes. These projects include:- Transformation project Innovation project Note...
View ArticleHow important is Leadership in a project?
Leadership is the key to a successful project. The characteristics of a successful leader are important. A failed project does not fail because of any technical issue, it fails because of poor...
View ArticleAre all profit making businesses projects?
The quick answer is yes. All profit making businesses have to achieve a unique outcome each year, they have some one responsible for the delivery of that unique outcome, they have a senior team...
View ArticleAre CEOs project managers?
A quick answer is yes. But do they apply the project management principles to manage their business? Generally no. The style of project management techniques that I have developed and teach worldwide,...
View ArticleContact details
A number of people have asked for my contact details, please contact me if you want help to deliver exceptional results. enquiries@projectmanagementbusiness.com www.projectmanagementbusiness.com I help...
View ArticleProcesses, can “process efficiency” damage your business?
You need to be very careful with how you apply “efficiency” within your business. There are some processes/systems that are designed to be inefficient, these are normally the supporting or the “back...
View ArticleCan processes, within themselves, be mini projects?
Yes they can. It all depends on how they are defined. Many organisations define a process as having an “Input” and an “Output”. This is fine, but you can follow a process and achieve the process...
View ArticleWhat is a process?
Many people and organisations have defined a “process” as a flowchart diagram. This is fine. However, a process needn’t be just a flowchart. There are people who do not like flowcharts, they don’t...
View ArticleConstraint management within businesses
All businesses are a series of interlinking chains/processes. Some chains are focused on delivering the client product/service, these are the throughput chains. Other chains have a supporting role....
View ArticleHow important is Critical Chain Project Management?
Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM) some say is the most exciting techniques that has been developed in the field of project management since critical path was developed in the early 1950s....
View ArticleAre beliefs important to project management?
The belief system is fundamental to project management. To begin with your project team must 1. believe in the project, its mission, the reason why the project is being carried out, its purpose. 2....
View ArticleDo CEOs want to achieve excellence within their business?
All CEOs want to achieve excellence within their business, provided it is a profit making business. Are they achieving business excellence? Many businesses are, but a high proportion of businesses are...
View Article
