Tag Archive: business management

Green shoots

Sometimes, even when things are going well with our project delivery, we change the way that we deliver the projects to try and perhaps gain some extra margin. By changing what works, we can end up making things worse,not better!

Going full circle

We must all learn lessons from prior projects in order to protect and then grow our project profit margins. Without this learning, maring will never increase that can threaten the very existence of the business itself.

Perception is everything

Perception of client service provision is critical. At least the clients perception. Regardless of how good the service might be, if the client perception is poor – in their eyes, the service is poor.

All fuss and bother!

Culture of a company or country can make a large difference to how a project is run. Inevitably in any culture, there

Rage against the machine!

Businesses are challenged by clients to continiously reduce the cost of delivery. The drive is focused on cost and services businesses allow clients to undervalue what they are recieving. Mainly because so many businesses are just “the same” and have not created a value proposition that enables them to maintain their pricing.

Where am I going?

When presented with project management or operational management challenges, sometimes it can be overwhelming. The sheer magnitude of the problem at hand seems to defy the ability to address and manage it. And yet it has to be. So how should this be done?

Keep control of the weeds

Project issues always arise. How they are handled will determine whether they come up again or are dealt with once and for all. It is important to deal with the root cause of the issues rather than merely the symtoms.