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Bright Prospects for IT Professionals in Australia? 20 Aug 2013 | 02:30 am
The Global Financial Crisis (GCC) has had a squeezing impact on the availability of contracting work in the IT industry in Australia. While Australia has been somewhat sheltered from the aftershocks o...
Project Management Psychology Corner – Escalation of Commitment 16 Aug 2013 | 02:30 am
On a number of occasions I have spent time discussing reports highlighting deficiencies in the way governments execute large infrastructure projects (see, for example, Ombudsman findings regarding Vic...
Additional Thoughts on the Queensland Government Ban on IBM 14 Aug 2013 | 02:30 pm
I mentioned in an earlier post the fact that the Queensland (QLD) government has decided to blacklist IBM due to its poor performance with the implementation of the Health Payroll System. In today’s ...
About Outliers 13 Aug 2013 | 02:30 am
I just finished reading “Outliers” by Malcolm Gladwell (note: Affiliate link). What a fantastic book. The paragraph that, for me, summarizes the book is quoted below: …success follows a predictable ...
Quote of the Day – About Greed 10 Aug 2013 | 02:30 pm
Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we’re looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn’t test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignor...
Some Initial Thoughts on the Queensland Government Ban on IBM 9 Aug 2013 | 02:30 pm
For those living in the Northern Hemisphere, and who might not be familiar with or knowledgeable of Australia’s system of government; well Australia is a federation of six states: Queensland, New Sout...
Quote of the Day – Why Science Is Essential to Modern Democracy 1 Aug 2013 | 02:30 pm
“For a democracy to function correctly, we need as many citizens as possible to at least have an understanding of the scientific method. -Brian Cox Think about it! *With gratitude to Brain Pickings
About Delivering Bad News 30 Jul 2013 | 02:30 am
My attitude to delivering bad news (in the context of managing projects) has been fashioned, many years ago, by a lesson I learned from a scene from the original “The Godfather”. It all boils down to ...
Earned Value Management Images Using Prezi 26 Jul 2013 | 02:30 am
Few days ago I raised the below question for discussion in the Earned Value Management group on LinkedIn: The Prezi presentation below was created based on comments and contribution made in the ab...
Are Truthfulness and Project Management Mutually Exclusive? 24 Jul 2013 | 02:30 am
If there is one facet of project management that binds all other facets together it is communication. Without communication, both as a concept and as a set of actual activities, there will not be p...
