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Do you make your decisions quickly? If not, why not. Not enough facts to support making it? Or fear of getting it wrong? - A very little post! Read More

In business projects, we sometimes have to take an unplanned path that was not foreseen. While there is often no choice but to take this path, a risk assessment should be undertaken so that an informed decision can be made. Doing things "blind" will cause more problems than it solves. Read More

Project costing is still something that businesses get wrong, even if they have done a similar project in the past. Project costing may not be 100% accurate, but businesses can do more to get closer to that number. Read More

Creativity and the spawning of new ideas can happen at any time. Make sure that you capture your thoughts - have a pen and paper handy or any other form of information capture device that suits you! Read More

A team is only as strong as its weakest link. But what are we as managers doing to make sure that that weak link is getting stronger? Read More

In business, we can get lost in the day to day operational activities. But often there are things that we should be paying attention to that can get forgotten or missed to the detriment of our business. I have a giraffe I forgot! What do you have? Read More

Effective customer communication is about talking to them in their language. What is the impact that your project is going to have on their business? Talk in their language and not that of your business. Read More

Some customers just seem to take all our time. The only way of dealing with this is to ensure you have your measures in place so you can deal in the facts and just the facts without any subjectivity. Do you let people hog your time? Read More

Business measurement is critical in helping drive effective management. Many businesses do not put these measures in place early enough and this costs time and money in the long run. Take the time out during the start-up phase to shape business processes and measures. Read More

When doing project cost estimates, don't guess what they are - be sure. Spend enough time understand the project scope so that when you do the project estimate, it's based on facts and not supposition. How many times have you been challenged about your estimations? Read More