There is a lot of confusion in the market place about the two products from Oracle called Primavera P6. What is the difference between P6 Professional and P6 EPPM (Enterprise Portfolio Project Management)? It’s important to clearly understand what these two Primavera P6 applications are in order to select the appropriate Ten Six training class […]
5 Reasons Team Members Don’t Deliver On Their Promises
When project team members fail to complete tasks on time, it’s tempting to believe it is because they don’t want to. Somehow, however hard we try, we can’t help thinking that they don’t care about the project as much as we do. This is very unlikely to be true. If you have started the project off correctly, built a
Do You To-Do?
“The to-do list is nothing but a set of goals – not the big goals of live but the small day-to-day ones that we have to get through on our way to achieving our vision,” writes Subroto Bagchi in
New ISO 21500 Guide to Project Management Is Released
It’s taken over 5 years! The long awaited ISO 21500 Guide to Project Management is now released. The final draft standard was approved by all the participating countries and once this process was completed, the standard was then
Distributed Teams: Making Them Work
ProjectsAtWork.com has recently released a new white paper about working in distributed teams. The focus is really on Agile teams, but many of the findings apply to all sorts of project teams where people are based in different locations.
Make Your PMO More Effective With Learning Transfer
Do you make a point of ensuring that everyone who goes on a training course transfers what they have learned to their work environment? It’s worth doing. A new study by ESI International shows that when training is transferred back onto the job, Project Management Offices (PMOs) are considered more effective by project teams and […]
The Barometer On Change: 5 Themes for Change
Moorhouse has recently released the results of their survey into what is driving change and how effective it is. The team surveyed around 200 UK Board members and those who report directly to the Board. As a group,
5 Reasons Why Change Initiatives Fail
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
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.