At Ten Six Consulting we provide advice and health checks for companies embarking on change initiatives. We also help companies that are struggling with implementing new things. Change initiatives fail more often than business owners would like, but you can stop that from happening to you. Here are five reasons
The Top 10 Reasons Why Earned Value Fails
Earned Value (EV) is an incredibly powerful tool when used properly. Unfortunately, we see a lot of EV implementations that are less successful than they could be, and we are often called in to help companies get the best out of their EV systems.
Earned Value Management Crossword
If you want to test your Earned Value management knowledge and like crosswords, then check out Ten Six’s Earned Value Crossword.
Four Types Of Dependencies
Wouldn’t it be great if projects existed in isolation? Project managers would have full control over the project environment, users would never change their minds about requirements because of something they saw elsewhere, and you’d never be caught out by a shift in office politics. Unfortunately, that never happens. Projects are always dependent on something […]
3 Ways to Realize Project Benefits
The point of completing projects is to get the benefit from the change that is delivered. Projects are done to improve things, so it is important to know what benefits you can expect from a project and how these will be measured.
Getting Things Done Through Others: A Framework For Influencing
Project managers are rarely in direct control of their project team members. Team members are seconded on to the project, or loaned from another department. If you aren’t their direct boss, how do you get them to do anything?
Primavera P6 EPPM R8.2 Enhancements – Video
Want to see Oracle’s Primavera P6 EPPM R8.2 new capabilities in action? Here’s a short 3 1/2 video overview taking a look at the latest enhancements introduced in Primavera P6 EPPM R8.2. It shows the performance improvements together with real time speed test and
5 Myths About Using Social Media On Projects
Everyone is talking about using social media at work. There are still some barriers to adopting new technologies though. Today we are going to look at 5 myths about using social media on projects.
The Problem of Co-Sponsorship
Problems with Co-Sponsors From time to time, we come across projects that have two sponsors, often called co-sponsors. It’s rare to have more than two executives sponsoring a project, but even having two can cause problems. A project to launch new software for the sales force, for example, could be sponsored by the IT Director, […]
Dealing With Conflict On Projects
Wouldn’t it be great if everyone got on? If projects had no points of conflict? Well, if you have ever worked on a project where everything was perfect all the time and no conflict arose, give us a call. We want to know how you did it.