Collaboration
When an IT Project “Goes Red”
Declaring that a project everyone is excited about is in trouble can be demoralizing. But it’s exactly what can turn things around.
Project Management
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Collaboration
How to Compensate For Overoptimistic Project Leaders
Leaders can avoid unhappy project status surprises if they understand how — and why — people avoid sharing bad news.
Data & Data Culture
Preparing Analytics for a Strategic Role
The way health care is billed in the U.S. system is part of the reason costs are so high. WellPoint is looking to analytics to play a strategic role in changing that.
Culture
The Pitfalls of Project Status Reporting
Will your next big IT project be on time and deliver what was promised? Maybe — but maybe not.
Executing Strategy
Driving Change Through Corporate Programs
When CEOs use corporate programs to drive strategic renewal, program design is key.
Collaboration
The Question Every Project Team Should Answer
Asking why before you begin a project raises its chances of success.
Project Management
Five Steps to Digitally Transforming City Government
Cities aren’t known as tech innovators, but Boston has used technology to transform public service.
Project Management
Does Data Have a Shelf Life?
When is the right time to refresh data to support organizational decision-making?
Developing Strategy
How to Change an Organization Without Blowing It Up
Mining the middle ground between wholesale change and pilot projects can improve your organization.
Organizational Structure
Inside the World of the Project Baron
New research offers insights into the leadership — and politics — that typify project-based firms.
IT Governance & Leadership
The Secrets to Managing Business Analytics Projects
It takes a special breed of project manager to execute business analytics projects.
Project Management
The Project Leader’s Branding Tool Kit (5 Point Chart)
Charts explain how to brand a project to internal audiences to get it funded and create engagement.
Marketing Strategy
Why Every Project Needs a Brand (and How to Create One)
Project leaders should frame projects the same way marketing managers frame branding efforts.
Collaboration
Why Project Networks Beat Project Teams
Project networks provide the expertise to handle complex, knowledge-intensive team projects.
Project Management
What Great Projects Have in Common
From time to time a project truly stands out, creating exceptional value and having an impact on the industry.
Project Management
Putting It Together: How to Succeed in Distributed Product Development
Outsourcing complex product development work subjects companies to significant uncertainty.
Executing Strategy
Best Practices for Industry-University Collaboration
To extract the most business value from university research, companies need to follow seven rules.
Project Management
The Downside of Real-Time Data
Receiving information more frequently isn’t always helpful.
Innovation Strategy
Implementing a Learning Plan to Counter Project Uncertainty
Project managers need a systematic, disciplined framework for turning uncertainty into useful learning.