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Projects are commonly characterised as temporary endeavours, meaning that they (should) eventually come to an end. In practice, however, we often see the closing phase of a project being delayed, sometimes far beyond the identified or required project closure date. In this blog, I explore the top three reasons, as experienced by the Project Portfolio … Continue reading "Project closure – why it drags on and how to make it stop!"

A critical aspect of successful project management is to review completed projects, identify successes and failures, or “lessons learned”, and incorporate them to help deliver value for future projects. “The recent implementation of PPO, Project Portfolio Office’s online project portfolio management (PPM) application, at one of Africa's largest retailers of food, general merchandise and clothing, … Continue reading "Lessons learned – key to project management success"

Why are we so opposed to killing projects? Are we too scared to let go? Is it due to the inflexibility of bureaucratic processes? Or is it based on project stakeholders’ disbelief that the project and management thereof will actually fail? Let’s face it though, there is no shortage of examples of failed projects. The … Continue reading "I think I need to kill this project, but should I, and how do I?"

Project portfolio management (PPM) software allows the project community, including the executives and management within an organisation, the ability to maintain a centralised view of the portfolio, which assists in making key financial and business decisions for the projects. Most PPM software is designed to facilitate, support or enable existing project processes and knowledge, but … Continue reading "Taking on the PPM software myths, part five"