Optimism is inherently a positive word. It is exactly what our teachers and parents tried to instil within us. However, when it comes to managing a project, it can in fact be the biggest enemy your team could have. Overconfidence and over-optimism can result in...
Now here’s the thing about fighting fires, often pouring water over it just won’t suffice. Especially, if to fight this almighty fire, you are brandishing a mere watering can. Faced with the reality that your project is starting to go up in flames, the last thing you...
Reading The Tea Leaves is about smart sponsorship, looking for the first shoots of trouble and moving quickly to flush out the problem before it can take root.
A sponsor’s life is hard. The project’s yours. For better or worse. People above are asking tough questions. Scope creep. Budget blow-out. Schedule over-run. Recovery plan?? And people below have no answers… That’s a hard place. If you’ve been there you know it. But...
Four ways a recovery specialist will save your project When someone calls Luminate something’s gone wrong. It can take time to realise this - sponsors don’t like admitting there’s an issue. Often we’re called when a project (or sponsor) are nearly terminal. But...
So here’s the question… what do you do when your project is out of control? When scope creep has the better of you, your budget’s shot to hell, and delivery was three months back? And - perhaps worst of all - when none of your project managers can tell you where it’s...
Last week we looked at what was keeping you awake at night. Out of control projects with budget blow outs, scope creep, schedule over-run and a project manager that wasn’t able to provide you with the facts. You’ve been sitting in senior leadership meetings and you...
Let’s face it. How many projects have you been involved with that were planned and executed to perfection? How many have been delivered on time, on budget and with scope and requirements fully met? And how many times did you achieve all this without any conflict...