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Why do projects fail? (Includes examples!)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The Scottish Parliament may well have been over budget and delayed, but it was a success in the eyes of the may when the innovative building, designed by Enric Miralles, won the Stirling prize for architecture in 2005. A version of this article first appeared on this blog in 2007. The Scottish Parliament building.

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Project Innovation and “Crossing the Chasm”

Tony Adams

How do we plan with certainty when we are working in an disruptive environment that requires rapid, innovative thinking? How does an organisation’s business and innovation context affect the way it approaches project management? Shenhar and Dvir (2007) pose an interesting argument about innovation in a project management context.

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Project Innovation and “Crossing the Chasm”

Tony Adams

How do we plan with certainty when we are working in an disruptive environment that requires rapid, innovative thinking? How does an organisation’s business and innovation context affect the way it approaches project management? Shenhar and Dvir (2007) pose an interesting argument about innovation in a project management context.

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Embracing an Innovative Mindset

Tony Adams

A new paradigm for commercial success is emerging, grounded in speed to market, innovative thinking and the ability to reimagine the customer experience. I want to use an innovative mindset to reimagine the way we deliver project change and ask why we keep getting this wrong. Something needs to change.

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Implications of Artificial Intelligence on Project Management

The IIL Blog

Improving these factors offers an immense opportunity to fortify successes and minimize failures for the project management community, where innovation and growth are becoming as crucial as prioritization and execution. The future of AI in project management will depend on how we implement, use, and govern it!

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Project Management Worker Engagement

The IIL Blog

Impact of Diversity Many of the new types of projects have put significant pressure upon companies to find new ways to meet the needs of employers, clients, and government agencies. creative, innovative, and imaginative) Agreeableness (i.e., Pendry et al., The Big-Five include: [2] Extraversion (i.e., DOI: 10.1007/s10869-012-9266-5.

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

Taking Out the Garbage – How to Get Good Risks into Your Risk Tool,” Vikki Parker, INCOSE Advanced Risk Management Seminar , November 9, 2007. On IT Project Performance,” Chris Sauer, Andrew Gemino, and Blaize Horner Reich, Communications of the ACM , November 2007. INCOSE, November 8 & 9, 2007. 29 April 2010.