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Upcoming Breakfast Session: CBA's Road to Success in Project Delivery

Sydney: 7th July, Melbourne 9th July - 7.45am to 9:00am

You are invited to join us for a Project Management Briefing by Pete Wilson, Executve Manager Enterprise Capability (EPC), Commonwealth Bank of Australia. This session will focus on how CBA successfully implemented and maintains an enterprise wide project delivery structure. To reserve your complimentary place please click here

NEW PMP Exam Preparation Course based on PMBOK 4th Edition, 7-9 September 2009

From July 1, 2009 PMI will be offering all PMP® Exams based on the new PMBOK 4th Edition. Project Minds public course on the PMP Exam Preparation on the 7th September is based on the 4th Edition. Bookings are now being taken. For further details on the PMP Exam Preparation Course please click here.

Course of the Month: Making the Business Case

A business case is an analysis of the overall business benefits that justify the initial ommitment of time, resources, and funding for an investment project or any on-going investment. Do you know how to develop the business case to ensure a successful outcome? For more information on our 2 day Business Case Course please click here

Score Carding Business Benefits

Increasing recognition of the business analysis role in project management can be seen in the recent update to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® 4th Edition). It recognises the need to get the business case right with the introduction of new processes and the expectation that all projects use the business case as a major input. In many cases the critical business drivers of our project are either relatively intangible or else extremely difficult to measure. As a a result, the project manager yet again delivers perfect technical result without satisfying the real objectives of the business case... Score Carding Business Benefits

Does Project Management Actually Provide Value to Your Organisation?

Visit Mike's Blog to have your say... Mentor Mikes Blog

Ask Mentor Mike?

Hi Mike,

Our organisation has an extensive project management methodology based on PMBOK which works well for large projects, however in our department all our projects are relatively small, typically $50,000 to $150,000 in value and take weeks rather than months and we find that the methodology is a serious overhead in delivering these within their time and budget constraints, what do you suggest we do?

Steven

Hi Steven,
Firstly let me say that this is a common problem of large organisations that they seem unable to scale down the methodology to handle smaller projects. In fact . Continued...