David Cotgreave
Written Articles
IT Project Management in 2026 looks very different from just a few short years ago, but many of the challenges are the same – just worse.
From April 2026, the Employment Rights Act will increase both the cost and procedural complexity of employing people directly, while also extending important new protections to employees. At the same time, new tax rules introduce joint and several liability for unpaid contractor and umbrella PAYE.
Discover how IT talent shortages amplify every project risk — from scope creep to cybersecurity — and how PMaaS helps break the cycle.
Discover the hidden cost of failed IT hires. Learn why traditional recruitment underestimates real project delays – and how Stoneseed’s flexible model fixes it.
Don’t ignore your IT project warning signs. Stoneseed’s 100-day PMO Plan transforms reactive firefighting into winter-ready governance, quality control and monitoring. Picture this. It’s a crisp January morning, frost covering your windscreen, and you’re about to set off on a critical journey. You turn the ignition and immediately notice the engine warning light glowing ominously […]
The IT project management talent gap is growing—but what if the real issue isn’t a shortage, but a lack of imagination?
Discover why stakeholders keep changing their minds mid-project—and how Stoneseed’s Business Analysis as a Service turns chaos into project clarity.
Most organisations are excellent at delivering projects. Ensuring those projects are still relevant five years later is often a different matter.
Budget season is looming, and leadership teams are asking the same question in different ways: how do we get more for less, without storing up problems for the future?
The tale of an unlikely hero, whose glowing red nose guides Santa’s sleigh through the gloomiest fog, has warmed hearts for generations.
(WARNING: TONGUE-IN-CHEEK BLOG AHEAD)
There’s a dangerous new trend creeping into IT project and change portfolios: organisations quietly swapping contractors and permanent headcount for Project Management as a Service (PMaaS).
Terrible idea. PMaaS is suspiciously good at saving money, reducing stress and getting projects delivered on time and within budget, and frankly, where’s the fun in that?