Stakeholder Management is one of the core skills that every Project Manager or Change Manager needs to master. However, in my experience it is something that is often done badly or even ignored completely. In this blog, I will present the Power Interest Matrix as one of the tools I use to help manage project […]
Project management
New Product: Triyo project collaboration software
According to the Gallup 2017 Digital Workplace Survey, 31% of senior executives state their biggest workplace challenge is the lack of “Cross-Departmental Collaboration”. The same survey reported that 33% of executives stated their biggest digital priority was “Enterprise Social / Real-Time Collaboration”. My experience working with organisations of different sizes is that enterprise wide collaboration […]
Now that the fog is clearing on GDPR, it’s time to speed things up
This is a guest post by Solitaire Associate, Robert Toogood and first appeared on his website, www.projectsystemssupport.com. When did you first hear about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) legislation and the need to comply with it by May 2018? Was it recently or possibly many months ago, when the legislation was formally adopted by the […]
When do you celebrate project success?
One of the technology projects I’m currently managing is nearing ‘go-live’ and I’m working with the client team to complete user acceptance testing and get the inevitable test issues resolved. This project has been a bit of a hard slog and the project team is feeling a bit demoralised and just want to go back to […]
Understanding IT Systems Change Part 4
In this final article in my series on IT systems change, I will discuss how you can best work with your technology providers to ensure a successful systems implementation. Previous articles in the series can be found by clicking these links: >>> Understanding IT Systems Change Part 1 – Context and initiation <<< >>> Understanding IT Systems Change […]
Understanding IT Systems Change Part 3
This is the third of a series of articles on understanding IT systems change. In this article I will discuss the importance of continuing the change management effort once the new system has gone live. Read the first two articles in the series here: >>> Understanding IT Systems Change Part 1 – Context and Initiation […]
