Leadership

This is the second of a 3-part article – you can read the first part here. Complex adaptive systems theory has been developing for more than 30 years and is beginning to inform most of the literature on organizations and change.  Since the work of Ludwig von Bertalanfy in the 1960’s to describe a “general […]

Successful projects are a critical part of our work environment, and we have learned much in recent years about establishing clear objectives and managing deliverables, quality, costs and schedules.  Linear planning has given us some useful approaches but we are now faced with more difficult challenges as both the complexity of the outcomes and the

It is always important to focus on the needs of a client but it is just as important for a project manager to retain control of the budget and schedule. A good change management plan can help to balance these, sometimes conflicting, aims. Projects that focus on the needs of the customer generally have more

In order to improve both productivity and work/life balance the management strategy ROWE (Results Only Work Environment) was devised. But does it work in a complex project environment? The fundamental basis of the ROWE (Results Only Work Environment) approach is that employees are rewarded for the results they achieve rather than the hours worked. Employees

Software testing is very similar in concept to stress testing. Stress testing is the test conducted to understand the reliability and the performance eon the object/material or machine under extreme pressure. After being subjected to above normal capacity, or a breaking point, the changes and the results are noted. In case of this testing, the