Gone are the days where just anybody can be a project manager. Lack of project management experience can be disastrous for organisations as recent high profile failures have demonstrated. Former AIPM CEO Peter Shears said at a Canberra conference a few years ago:...
Good project managers have skills that apply in every management profession. Most people understand the traditional view of project managers. They establish a project’s scope, prepare budgets and schedules, plan communications, monitor and report on all the...
How many times have you read the term ‘Staff Development’ in a duty statement and sighed or rolled your eyes and then set about identifying the right “buzz words” to say at interview to secure you the job? The thing is – a great project team leader is one who takes...
Projects are fundamentally all about innovation. Project Managers are ‘agents of change’ – facilitating what hasn’t been done before. They solve problems to get things done. Taking a project management approach to business is about changing the way things have always...
Managing projects can be both a stressful and rewarding experience. What makes a good project manager? Is it a blend of understanding people and the right level of pressure to apply and when? The skill to read between the lines and carefully negotiate relationship...
Whilst technical are hard to find people, it’s even more difficult to find subject matter experts who also posess the business skills to deliver outstanding project results. A great project manager is able to articulate business and technical needs solve...