Not long ago, businesses concentrated on hiring only a permanent, full-time workforce, upskilling their skill set according to the requirements. The employees were also expected to upgrade their knowledge as per market demands regularly. However, ever-growing competitive markets, technological advances, and the ongoing pandemic have necessitated project managers to rely on contingent resources, adopting resource [...]
A change readiness assessment is one of the most important tools in the change manager’s toolbox. When used properly, they can help managers better understand how ready the organization and employees are for change. That information is essential for designing change strategies that meet an organization’s specific needs. This may seem obvious to an experienced [...]
Covid-19 has shined a spotlight on the need for organizations to embrace new technology – not only to maintain or improve day-to-day operations but to ensure a competitive advantage in the market. While the pandemic pushed companies to think differently about technology to support both employees and customers, we’ve been in the midst of a [...]
This post will outline the organizational change process one step at a time, defining a roadmap that leaders can follow when implementing any business transformation. […]
Synopsis: Smart Program Management Office (PMO) and Professional Services Organization (PSO) leaders can solve the many obstacles inherent in hybrid portfolios. Written by business leader and PMO expert Lauri Klaus, this article covers the challenges and solutions of integrating agile, waterfall and hybrid project methodologies, as well as introduces methods to provide a flexible workflow [...]
To minimize resistance to organizational change, it is necessary to understand why people resist change in the first place. Since that resistance can significantly undermine an organizational change project, change practitioners should take a proactive approach to mitigating resistance. […]
The changes in customer, regulatory and Fintech landscape are pushing Banking and Financial services firms to re-think their business and IT strategy. A multi-modal IT organization can help achieve this transformation by doing the right things at right pace. […]
Highly skilled, agile contractors may be key for you during this period of uncertainty and business recovery to keep critical programs delivering and/or minimise business recovery timeframes Most industries and businesses are under significant pressure to keep delivering strategic and business critical programmes & projects with a view to minimising business recovery time frames due [...]
A number of years back; a clear, bubbly beverage called “Crystal Pepsi” made quite a splash in the market until it completely bombed and went out of production in a few months. Why this project failed had many reasons, even quite interesting ones such as corporate sabotage, the saturation of ‘clear’ products in the market [...]
Most people will say that a project is a temporary management setting needed to deliver some unique benefit to the business. And, project management is the governance — the principles, processes and tools — which is used when delivering projects. But what does this really mean? And, of greater importance, how does project management result in business [...]
