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Getting Fixed

by Hans Robbers December 20, 2010

How do you make a fixed-price contract work? This article investigates the reasons why IT projects tend to overrun the budget--and the mitigating actions that can be applied.

Getting Procurement to Support Projects: Mission Impossible?

by Mark Mullaly, Ph.D., PMP September 12, 2011

Where evolving procurement requirements come from, and why, is in reality no different than how requirements evolve in any organizational area. The challenge is that they compound themselves, layering restriction upon constraint upon requirement. What can an organization do to improve its procurement efforts? What can be done to make procurement work in support of projects rather than be a barrier, roadblock or black hole?

Getting Risky with Project Phases

by Barath Balasubramanian May 14, 2018

Managing early-phase risks is akin to laying a solid foundation on which future project success can be built. The central theme of this article is to identify and create an awareness of major risks that can have a deleterious impact if not managed well—and propose some practical steps to manage them.

Governance for Success — Six Elements Program Sponsors Need to Address

by Todd Bagley, Jim Gorski September 22, 2014

No one is positioned to view the big picture like a program’s executive sponsor. Programs vary widely, but they share many characteristics. Understanding these commonalities and how to address them effectively is the key to an initiative’s success. This paper offers six critical elements of which program executive sponsors should be aware and ready to manage.