Category: Project Clarity
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How to apply simplicity
How to apply simplicity A focus on Simplicity. I’ve been spending a lot of time recently thinking about simplicity and want to share some insights with you. This may help you make your work easier to do well, predictably and with less stress. What is Simplicity Simplicity is freedom from unnecessary complexity, so work is…
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How to build a contingency
How to build a contingency that works Enjoy delivering highly successful projects. Connect with moments of inspiration. This email has taken me 10 years I’ve wanted to make this tool available for a long time. It started in 2016 when I was working with a major engineering organisation and tried to get an internal version…
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Prove It Works: The Power of Small Experiments
Prove It Works: The Power of Small Experiments I want to share a simple idea that sits at the heart of learning by experimentation. I am working with an organisation that wants to transform how it operates. The goal is clear. The direction is clear. What is less clear is how we get from where…
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What is your project’s need for speed?
What is your project’s need for speed? Enjoy delivering highly successful projects. Connect with moments of inspiration. I am working on a project right now where the sponsor is adamant: they want a working version as quickly as possible. On the face of it, the expectation feels intense. Concept, design, testing, working version – in…
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How to think big and start small with projects
How to think big and start small with projects I was talking to a consultant doctor recently and they mentioned an NHS IT programme called a “Millennium” project. Because it’s been around since before 2000, and still hasn’t delivered the value it promised. It’s a familiar problem, especially in IT: It takes too long to…
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Why you should believe in yourself, this Christmas.
Why you should believe in yourself. Reflecting on how you believe in yourself could be the best present you can give yourself. my confidence story When I first started working as a project manager, I remember feeling stress from a lot of uncertainty, unsure how things would pan out. That feeling changed after I completed…
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What I wish I’d known 10 years ago about projects
What I wish I’d known 10 years ago about projects I want to share something I wish I had known 10 years ago. At that time, I was a competent project manager. I had delivered different types of projects and I understood how to run them. What I did not have was a clear language…
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How to decide if your work is a project
Why most struggle with this question, and what you can do about it. A Quick Story From a Managing Director Last week, I asked a Managing Director of a medium‑sized business to complete a project Complexity Assessment. • His initiative scored just one point under the formal definition of a project. • But he insisted…