The Antidote: Volume 5 Issue 4
Table of contents
Every silver lining has its cloud
T KippenbergerBelieves modern project management practices only began to emerge in 1939 — just before World War II. Identifies the US Air Force as the main breeding ground for many current…
Using project and programme management to handle ‘unique assignments’
T KippenbergerClaims some organizations produce largely the same products or services year in, year out, e.g. issuing passports or driving licences, treating patients, handling financial…
A new way to create strategic change?
T KippenbergerPosits that the pace of change now means that strategy implementation needs a more co‐ordinated approach than previously was the case. Says that it is common for senior managers…
Recognizing different project types
T KippenbergerReckons that change tends to generate more change and projects should only be undertaken under extreme need to solve a problem — something that may stop one achieving the goals…
Leading project teams
T KippenbergerStates it is not enough for a project leader to be good at project management, or to be aware of the need for fluent communication. Believes a project sponsor not only initiates…
How culture impacts projects
T KippenbergerProjects that even the most battle‐hardened project manager will acknowledge that manager’s mental models, their attitudes, the competences they rate, etc., all have major…
There’s no such thing as a risk‐free project
T KippenbergerStates human progress demands risk‐taking but, conversely, managing risk in projects is always critical to success. Proposes that managers must make project risk management…
Managing the business benefits
T KippenbergerSubmits that benefits management is defined as the identification, optimizing and tracking of the expected benefits from business change to ensure that they are achieved…
Management’s role in project failure
T KippenbergerChronicles some of the reasons for project failure. Defines critical success factors, identifies causes of project success or failure — not satisfactorily explaining reasons…
Pause for thought
T KippenbergerUses headed points to highlight ten issues, involved with projects and their management. Sets the whole thing out as a question item aimed at helping the reader to obtain the…