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Can Organisations Standardise Their Approach to Project Management and Still Remain Adaptive?

by PM4NGOs | Oct 17, 2019 | Development Sector, Project Management

This article has been originally published at Humentum Our sector is notably opposed to the language of standardisation. So, when preparing to speak at the Humentum conference this year on how large organisations can standardise their approaches to...

Five hidden skills every project manager needs

by PM4NGOs | Oct 7, 2019 | Project Management

This article has been originally published at APM So you’ve decided you would like to climb aboard the project management ride, and feel that your love for planning, passion for budgeting and the pleasure evoked by telling people what to do will get you climbing...

Can agile be scaled?

by PM4NGOs | Jul 3, 2019 | Development Sector, Project Management

This APM Research Fund study builds on the 2015 APM North West Volunteer study on the practical adoption of agile methodologies which provided a review of approaches at a project level, this study aims to investigate the level of practical adoption of those...

The Identification and Design Forest

by PM4NGOs | May 1, 2019 | Project Management

I always wondered why we need to develop the Problem Tree … then the Objectives Tree … then the Alternatives Tree … and finally start developing the Logframe. Once we have identified the core problem, its causes and consequences, why not jumping to develop the...

Long live the Decision Gates

by PM4NGOs | Apr 17, 2019 | Project Management

During the project launch meeting, suddenly, the Project Manager raises from his chair and shouts: “long live decision gates!” Yes, decision gates must live long and walk through the entire project life. But what are decision gates? According to the PMD Pro Guide,...

The End of the Project – Game of Thrones Season Finale

by PM4NGOs | Apr 10, 2019 | Project Management

I am almost sure that I’ve read an article comparing Project Management with Game of Thrones. But, with the coming of the season finale, I cannot avoid thinking on how the project would end if the project manager were one of the Game of Thrones character…...