Value Delivery Management and PMBOK

by jed simms on June 25, 2008

PMBOK is a “body of knowledge that identifies the scope of project management activities” so as to foster comprehensiveness and consistency. Its aim is to be applicable to all types of projects and, therefore, it can tend to contain the (…)

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Project Governance on Steriods

by jed simms on June 17, 2008

As many of you will know, I’ve been pioneering Project Governance since the late 1990s. In the past year I’ve completely revamped and extended our Project Governance program. This complete program is now available under “Business Project Governance” at www.project-sponsor.com. (…)

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Please Mr Client, can I have some more?

by jed simms on June 11, 2008

When I was with what is now called Accenture (which was then Arthur Andersens) our Managing Partner was adamant that if a project went over budget we had to ask the client for additional funds. Woe betide any manager who (…)

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Please sir, can I have some more?

by jed simms on June 3, 2008

When considering a request for additional funding there are three types of funds — sunk funds, the ‘money at risk’ (to be spent in the next phase) and the remaining projected cost of the project. The remaining projected costs have (…)

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