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Jan 12, 2013
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The Scheduling Conundrum
BlogThe scheduling conundrum is simple:We know effective scheduling makes a significant difference to project success and we know what effective scheduling looks like but in most projects, the schedule is ignored, bad scheduling practice is the norm and ...
Jan 22, 2013
"The Project Must Be Finished On This Date - Or Else!"
BlogThese are words of desperation, a client or senior manager who's got his back to the wall.I was faced with this exact situation on a consulting job a few weeks back, the business owner, facing heavy penalties for late delivery was desperate for answe...
Nov 24, 2012
Good Planner - The foundation
BlogIt is failry common to come across lots of people in planning who are actively engaged in planning but have never visited or worked on the site. This is deeply disturbing. It also applies to other industries as well as you must have noticed. Well, in...
Nov 14, 2012
A though on PMOs and Project Controls
BlogThe quality guru W. Edwards Deming said ‘In God we trust, all other bring data’. However, developments in the Victorian Government health system (Australia) offer a salient reminder to any PMO manager on the value of data.Victorian hospitals are rewa...
Nov 16, 2012
One Contractor + One Employer + One site + Two Contracts = Disaster
BlogThe situation where a contractor has been awarded two or more different contracts for different phases on the same site must be failry common because I have encountered it three times so far in my career.It is a recipe for disaster for the Employer b...
Oct 29, 2012