17
OCT
2024

Business confidence in uncertain times – navigating risk and reward

Business confidence is a fragile commodity, easily shaken by political, financial, and market instability. In the UK, a combination of domestic and international pressures is testing the resolve of companies across all sectors. With elections, fiscal uncertainty, and...
29
JUN
2022

What are Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) and why are they important?

For our latest feature, we caught up with Swapnil Ruparelia to talk to us about Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) and their impact on business projects.
10
FEB
2021

Future of remote working

Many of us have had to adjust to 100% remote working due to the impact of Covid-19. But what does its future of remote working hold post-pandemic world? Will companies go back to ‘business as usual’ and require employees to return to the workplace full-time? Or has the pandemic...
05
NOV
2020
project management

How to overcome project management failure

Project management failure… The words project managers dread to hear. Let’s be honest we’ve all been there haven’t we? Excited about starting a new project. The research is done, the plan is set, you have the right team in place – what could go wrong? Suddenly, deadlines are...
09
JUN
2020

High performing programme team – 8 critical success factors

There are many blogs, materials, literature, courses and advice that try to explain the methodology and approach of delivering a successful programme or project. They cover everything from clarifying objectives and tracking/controlling costs to fixing scope and managing it...
19
AUG
2019

How one simple question could transform your programme results

Many transformation programmes require management and completion of complex tasks, combined with large sub-projects. Some of these are more time sensitive than others, hence why teams generally use a form of tracking. Using trackers, in Jira, in Excel or otherwise, to highlight...
10
JUN
2019
Number seven to illustrate the number of project management tips

The 7 don’ts of project management

Every project offers its own complexities. These could be multiple phases taking many years, working with large teams from various technical disciplines, backgrounds, locations, and even different time zones. All these mean successful project management and being an efficient...
24
MAY
2018

The importance of integration management and continuous planning to project success

It’s been reported that business analysis professionals within highly mature organisations spend *83% of their time working and applying business analysis to projects and programmes. In the same report, they researched into how business analysts spend this time. Respondents...