by Saskia Botha | Apr 8, 2024 | Governance, Project Governance, Project Governance, Project Management, Project Management, Risk Management, Risk Mitigation
“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom.”– Lao Tzu One of the best ways to get to know yourself is to understand what your weaknesses are. This is true for any business, and for any project as well. Evaluating risks is not fun but,...
by Saskia Botha | Jan 16, 2024 | Performance Management, Project Governance, Project Management, Project Management
If, like most people, you made a New Year’s resolution – and you are reading this more than three weeks into the new year – you have most probably already messed up or even failed at your resolution. Regardless of what your resolution is or was, I’m sure...
by Saskia Botha | Nov 23, 2023 | Project Governance, Project Management
When and why you should choose an external project manager This is a tale about two very similar projects, with similar results. The results were not good for either project, but for different reasons. The outcomes for both projects would have been different, had the...
by Saskia Botha | Jul 4, 2023 | Project Governance, Project Governance, Project Management, Project Management
This project was a software implementation for two divisions of a listed company. They needed to replace their current ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system, as the current version was no longer going to be supported by the service provider. So why not upgrade to...
by Saskia Botha | Jun 6, 2023 | Performance Management, Project Governance, Project Governance, Project Management, Project Management
This case study does not have a happy ending. It is a story of why this project failed, and what could have been done to prevent it. The names of all involved have been omitted to protect both the innocent and the guilty. What was the aim of the project? This was a...
by Saskia Botha | May 9, 2023 | Project Governance, Project Governance, Project Management, Project Management
We have all seen it before: the project was going so well, everything was on track, green light after green light, and then… from one week to the next, seemingly without warning, the project goes from green, bypasses amber, straight into red. The reason for this is...
