Enterprise Architecture (EA) is a systems approach to business and organizational design. The framework for enterprise architecting provides a holistic approach to analysing as-is enterprises and d…

Delving beneath the surface In my reflective practice work with mentees from a wide variety of organisations, a good deal of our time is spent exploring ‘beneath the surface’ of events …

Recently I posted a work in progress picture on Linkedin on the Solution Architecture Lifecycle – with a 1000+ views, I thought I would post a more detailed picture on my blog accompanied with some…

Organizational Behaviour - a summary of its constituent parts #HR RapidBI

In this article you will find answers to the most recurring BIM questions and solve the most common doubts on the subject.

Non-profit directors are not usually spies. They do need to gather and analyse ‘intelligence’ however, to inform their governance activities. This includes monitoring the external envir…

— Deliverables: scope — Time: ◦ Meeting milestones/deadlines — Costs: ◦ Cumulative actual amount spent ◦ Cumulative earned value of the work performed ◦ Cumulative budgeted amount planned to be spent ◦ Resources….. Control strategies — Work harder, longer or faster — Re-plan project – levelling? — Extend timescale — Reduce timescale - crashing — Increase/level resources — Reduce scope — Terminate project Focus on: — Goals – time, scope and cost and understand the balance — Know where you are in the project — Critical path and near critical path activities — High risk activities Post Project Review — Evaluate if the project delivered expected benefits to customers — Was customer satisfied? — Was project managed well? — What was done wrong and what contributed to success? — What changes should be implemented for future projects? — Technical performance — Cost performance — Schedule performance — Planning & control — Risk management — Customer relationships — Communications — Recommendations

Bow-Tie is one of the simplest but most helpful risk management tools in the risk management arsenal. And it's highly visual.

They say “hindsight is 20/20”. If only you knew then what you know now, you would have sold that stock, ended that relationship, or taken that job offer in a snap. Of course the tricky part is being…

The argument that strategy and risk are two aspects of one governance activity has been highlighted by many pundits over time. In practice however, some non-profit boards still separate strategic p…

Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) is a method used for software development and business processes optimisation.

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I’d like to amplify some points made in my previous post, which argued that directors need to continuously monitor their internal and external circumstances. The header image above illustrate…

Just as “All models are wrong, but some are useful” (George Box), I’d like to suggest that “All metaphors are oversimplified, but some are quite helpful”. Archery, dar…

The argument that strategy and risk are two aspects of one governance activity has been highlighted by many pundits over time. In practice however, some non-profit boards still separate strategic p…

System boundaries as set by the BS 15978 determine the processes taken into consideration of the object of environmental assessment of construction projects as seen in the Figure above. Cycle phases are classified into stages of the material production and transportation to site, construction processes, in use, and end of life, as described in detail below. Further for simplicity, definitions for the purpose of this study carbon emissions associated with modules A1 to A5 are defined as capital

The Stage Gate Process (also known as the Phase Gate Process) helps you to develop new products and evaluate each stage.

The Project Management Life Cycle Source: springsgov.com

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What is Construction Management? - Introduction to managing Construction, what is involved and the role of the construction manager. Construction Management is scheduling, mobilizing, and directing...

What is product management's role in the PDLC? Learn what product managers should be focused on during each product lifecycle stage.

Darling, I don't know why I go to extremes Too high or too low there ain't no in-betweens — Billy Joel There's a common fallacy known as a false dilemma or false dichotomy. It's where you're artificially presented with a black-and-white, either-or choice: you're forced to choose between all of one or all of the other. 'You're either with us or against us!' It's a fallacy because, most of the time, you're not actually constrained

It has been widely recognised that good governance decisions involve identification of the ‘sweet spot’ where cost, risk, and benefit trade-offs can be achieved. A ‘mirror’ …