After a few days of enjoying the scenery of the southern coast, and the fun of whale watching every day, we ventured back to Cape Town. The Southern Right Whales had begun their migration up from Antarctica – what a sight! The local branch of IIBA hosted a presentation on “CBAP/CCBA Application Tips and Tricks.” …
Continue reading South Africa Journal #5 – IIBA Cape Town – Aug 10, 2011
The time has flown by, and class ended today. Both Elizabeth and I noticed we had very little jet lag – that will probably hit us when we return home. Our delegates (notice I adopted some local terms) worked hard and made good progress. The CBAP candidates said they were more motivated to complete their applications …
Continue reading South Africa Journal #4 – Classes End – Aug 5, 2011
Our visit coincided with the South African chapter of IIBA’s Annual General Meeting. Steve Erlank, our host, is also the President of the chapter, and he gave a lightning-fast review of the past year. They have found it more beneficial to have one national chapter, with satellite chapters in the major cities of Johannesburg, Cape …
Continue reading South Africa Journal #3 – IIBA Meeting – Aug 4, 2011
Controlling projects is a good thing. Controlling people is not. What does it mean to control projects, not people, and when have you crossed the threshold from controlling the project to micromanaging the people? When you start telling people how to do their jobs instead of focusing on the results they create is usually an indication …
Continue reading Control Projects or People? It’s All in the Details!
I’m posting this late, mainly due to challenges in Internet access, and being super busy on our trip to South Africa. I wrote some entries on the plane ride back home. Our first classes in South Africa got underway Aug. 3. The students – delegates as they are called here – were very similar to those in …
Continue reading South Africa Journal #2 – Classes Began – Aug 3, 2011
Elizabeth and I arrived in Cape Town on Monday, and basically crashed due to the long, 18-hour flight. The trip over the Atlantic seems short compared to the Amsterdam to Cape Town flight. We were literally at the bottom of Africa, at the point where two oceans meet: Atlantic, meet Indian. We started our trip …
My last couple of ProjectBrief posts have pertained to risk management best practices. The first post was about the value of articulating risks as events, and my last blog was about including the consequence of risks in the register. This time, I want to remind people of a PM best practice that lends itself well …
In my last ProjectBrief post, I talked about the importance of clearly identifying risks as events and making sure they aren’t simply stated as facts. Here I’d like to briefly highlight the importance of including the consequence of those identified risks in the risk register. Risk registers often include risks with little or no indication …
I recently heard on NPR a doctor named David Loxtercamp, author of “A Measure of Days: The Journal of a Country Doctor.” He described his views of the medical profession, and sounded like a wise and thoughtful physician. During his interview, he read some of his pearls of wisdom, one of which really resonated with …
These next few weeks I will be sharing thoughts about Project Risk Management. In my training experience, I find that most people know what risk management is, but many people struggle with identifying risks. Often, people create a list of risks that includes things like “The infrastructure is outdated,” or “We aren’t sure how much …
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