This is the third of a 3-part article – you can read the first 2 parts via the links below: PART 1: Living Projects PART 2: Living Projects – Complex Adaptive and Living Systems It is not possible to “control” lively self-organizing processes. It is possible to enhance Kauffman’s conditions and intentionally create a […]
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Good project management is fundamental to the success of any project. Without it, a project can fall behind quickly and end up significantly overbudget. Businesses have often been destroyed by just one poorly managed project. The person in charge of managing a project needs to be very qualified and smart. He or she must also
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This is the second of a 3-part article – you can read the first part here. Complex adaptive systems theory has been developing for more than 30 years and is beginning to inform most of the literature on organizations and change. Since the work of Ludwig von Bertalanfy in the 1960’s to describe a “general
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Successful projects are a critical part of our work environment, and we have learned much in recent years about establishing clear objectives and managing deliverables, quality, costs and schedules. Linear planning has given us some useful approaches but we are now faced with more difficult challenges as both the complexity of the outcomes and the
It is always important to focus on the needs of a client but it is just as important for a project manager to retain control of the budget and schedule. A good change management plan can help to balance these, sometimes conflicting, aims. Projects that focus on the needs of the customer generally have more
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The National Audit Office has identified skills shortages in central government as a major source of project failure. It identified that one quarter of programme and project management roles are held by people who are not specialists in these areas. The report highlights the need for professionalism in project management because ineffective skills development can
Having my first book ‘The Lazy Project Manager’ published by Infinite Ideas changed my professional life. I had ambitions to widen my audience and to get on to the international speaking circuit. It was only once I had a book to support and promote me that I began to be noticed. A book lends gravitas and
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In order to improve both productivity and work/life balance the management strategy ROWE (Results Only Work Environment) was devised. But does it work in a complex project environment? The fundamental basis of the ROWE (Results Only Work Environment) approach is that employees are rewarded for the results they achieve rather than the hours worked. Employees
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Updated: 15th September 2020 For many of us there comes a day when we toy with the thought of starting a small business; work stress and failed professional objectives can typically leave us thirsting for autonomy and starting a small enterprise seems to be the perfect solution. But for many who are thinking of starting
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Software testing is very similar in concept to stress testing. Stress testing is the test conducted to understand the reliability and the performance eon the object/material or machine under extreme pressure. After being subjected to above normal capacity, or a breaking point, the changes and the results are noted. In case of this testing, the
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