Lucid Thoughts - Chapter 5

Human beings make projects and programmes work. We continually search for new methods and tools perhaps as a way of avoiding the fact that eventually we have to look to our own and others’ behaviour to make things work.

Much of our current thinking and work with other close colleagues is to look to human beings and their behaviour as the factor that will transform the application of project and programme management in future. The opportunity for improvement remains huge and we must keep striving to find ways of making a marked difference.

39 The pros and cons of knowledge based qualifications

40 International team working; what makes a difference?

41 Taking responsibility for making the sponsor/project manager partnership work

42 Using the team; don’t be a ‘jack of all trades and master of none’

43 Is project management counter-cultural; where are we stopping ourselves doing the right thing?

44 Domain experience: a double edged sword

45 Core competences for Project Managers - avoiding the need to ‘walk on water’

46 Popularity vs. Profession: the project management dilemma

47 Making the theory work for those impossible projects

48 The double edged sword returns

49 Culture eats strategy for breakfast!

50 50 ways to lead your project

57 Conflict in Project Management: what an opportunity!

58 Project Management ‘Western’ style

59 The gift of energy

71 In a virtual world, every word counts

75 Questioning the value of project management

76 How hungry are you for risk?

77 What shapes our choices in risky and important situations?

80 Professional Posturing: The Path to Under-Performance
 

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