We wrote the planning book because we saw so many organisations struggling with the quality of their planning. Schedule problems normally happen because of a lack of preparation in the early stages of the project rather than issues with the schedule itself. We hope that these extracts will help to give you some ideas on how […]
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SRO Survival Guides extract – Vision and Blueprint
MSP Survival Guide for Senior Responsible Owners has been written specifically for the SRO, full of helpful advice to make your hectic life easier There are many reasons why programmes fail, but failure to grasp the scale of the change being delivered and weak leadership of the programme teams are often contributing factors. As they […]
Ever wondered why your projects mysteriously go wrong, when it was all looking so good?
When you did your project management training, how much did you do on planning ? Well here is an indication, APM PMQ has around half a day on planning, and PRINCE2 doesn’t really cover it at all. That is why we wrote the book, to fill the gaps and help you to be more successful […]
NAO insight into major programmes
This is a really interesting article posted on the NAO blog that looks at the major lessons from programmes and projects in the last few years. A systematic look at major programmes The depressing thing is that most of the causes of failure are really well known and documented and yet we still keep making […]
The surprising truth about motivation
After what we have been through with Covid we found this an interesting insight into the surprising truth about what motivates us (at home and in the office). We hope you find it interesting, enjoy!
Establishing Project Priorities
We wrote the planning book because we saw so many organisations struggling with the quality of their planning. Schedule problems normally happen because of a lack of preparation in the early stages of the project rather than issues with the schedule itself. We hope that these extracts will help to give you some ideas on how […]
MSP Survival Guide for SROs – Programme Business Case
MSP Survival Guide for Senior Responsible Owners has been written specifically for you (the SRO), full of helpful advice to make your hectic life easier There are many reasons why programmes fail, but failure to grasp the scale of the change being delivered and weak leadership of the programme teams are often contributing factors. As […]
What is project stakeholder management?
In a world where everyone is giving incredibly helpful advice that most of people ignore and walk, zombie-like, into failure, rather like some of the scenarios in Douglas Adams’ Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, so we thought it would be more fun to help speed up the process and provide you with helpful guidance on […]
Lewis Hamilton – business change manager extraordinaire
There was a radio interview last week with the Mercedes team principal explaining how Lewis Hamilton was heavily involved in the technical development and the amount of time he spent with the construction team. This has made for a great analogy for people trying to understand how the BCM role in Managing Successful Programmes (MSP®) is supposed […]
Risk Management and UK Pandemic
We thought it would be interesting to put on our ‘Captain Hindsight’ hat to think about the information we have collated from recent press interviews and articles that we’ve picked up. Just for fun, we have taken the standard risk register headings and applied them to what we know now to help bring those headings to life.