Författare: David Hinde

Shutting a project down successfully isn’t easy. Some projects never seem to end and drift on and on, whereas others close in a heated mess of confusion as we strive to meet a deadline. Here are seven tips that can help you successfully close your projects. Hold a final product review. As the project draws […]

One of the greatest temptations in any project is to stop analyzing and planning the project and just get on with the “real” work of creating the products. Wasting time with unnecessary analysis is of course a bad thing, but rushing into the work can actually turn out to be a false economy, leading to […]

I was presenting some research recently showing how badly most IT projects do. Did you know that a government audit reckons 50% of UK Government IT project fail or that Mckinsey estimates 80% of global IT projects don’t succeed? During the presentation someone asked me to define failure.  I reeled off my usual theoretical answer about […]

Understanding risk management in project management is a key skill required of all project managers if they hope to deliver successful initiatives and add value for their customer — but what does it take to effectively manage project risks? In this blog, I outline 7 steps to get you and your project team on the […]

If you are a project manager, you know that Agile project management is a powerful approach that can help your project run smoothly. You also know that it is a new methodology that not everyone understands yet, which often leads to misconceptions. In this blog, I outline 7 common misconceptions about Agile project management that […]