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Category Archives: Project Management
Do you value the Responsibility Assignment Matrix?
RESPONSIBILITY, n. A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one’s neighbor. In the days of astrology it was customary to unload it upon a star. Good Project Managers don’t trust to Luck As … Continue reading



4 Steps to Chairing Effective Meetings
I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I’m in a cabinet meeting. – Ronald Reagan (1911 – 2004). There can be few readers who have not experienced lengthy, time wasting … Continue reading



Effective Risk Management in 5 Steps
Risk is inherent in all our projects (and, in fact all we do). Risks are often considered in an informal way by the project manager when planning and devising project strategies, but a more disciplined approach to risk management minimises … Continue reading



Improve your Peformance by Measuring Successes and Failures
Previous posts on Project Management Insight have looked at project ‘failures’ and learning from mistakes. This post considers the use of performance measurement to establish where projects and programmes lie on the continuum between failure and success and the application … Continue reading



‘Black Swans’ sink Projects!
Recent research published in the Harvard Business Review Magazine asserts that ‘black swans’ – low probability high impact events – are sinking many projects, particularly in the IT sector. The research considered 1,471 large-scale IT projects and suggests that they … Continue reading


