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The collector

Written by Barney

In project management, all sorts of useful statistics can be collected around project delivery. However, they are only useful if they are acted upon. Collecting statistics and analysing them for lessons that can be applied to future projects is a key part of effective project management.

Kerching – capturing the costs

Written by Barney

When delivering projects, there are both direct project costs and indirect costs i.e. the costs of running the business to backup the delivery of those projects. A factor for operational costs must be included in all projects that are being delivered in order to understand their overall impact on business profitability.

Magic dates

Written by Barney

Project management is about delivering to the assigned project dates. But those dates have to be reasonable. If a business fails to plan a projects timelines correctly, it will fail – leading to losing money or a disgruntled client.

Are you a “Starter” or a “Finisher”?

Written by Eoin

In my experience, the majority of people are starters. These people are often very enthusiastic at the start of the project but appear to lose interest as the project progresses. It’s not their fault, that’s the starter mentality. Finishers are those with great attention to detail and those who gain great satisfaction from completing tasks…

Learning as you go

Written by Barney

Project lessons should be applied to all future projects. But what about applying those lessons straight away when deliving a current project? Why wait until the end to learn and enhance your project delivery?

4 R’s to help you beat the Recession

Written by Eoin

There’s no hiding. It’s been here for a while. It’s a recession. And for a lot of us, it is our first (and hopefully last). Just in case you are wondering, there are very few places to hide. I’ve tried to find them. This one is Global. That means it’s everywhere!!! So now that we’ve…

8 Tips for project success

Written by Barney

In smaller businesses, the project manager is quite often also the business owner or operational manager. The skills for both are quite different. So how does the operational manager try to ensure project success? Eight helpful hints on how to meet those challenges and come out ahead.