Project Management and Change Articles

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Andre Malowney writing at a desk, working through project management reference texts and printed process diagrams

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Articles on project delivery, governance, risk, predictive, Agile and hybrid practice, alongside a growing PMP® knowledge library for professionals preparing for the current exam.

Sprint Review vs Retrospective

Two events an hour apart in most calendars, and what separates them is not the agenda. It is who is in the room, which is why combining them costs so much.

Coaching vs Directing: Choosing the Right Leadership Response

Directing has acquired a reputation as a failure of leadership. Four readable conditions in the situation settle the choice, and none of them is about what kind of leader you prefer to be.

CPI and SPI Explained Without Formula Memorisation

Both indices are simple to calculate and easy to misread, and the misreading costs more than the arithmetic ever saved anybody.

Story Points Are Not Hours

The request for a conversion rate is always reasonable when it arrives. The rate is easy to produce and it removes the thing the points were for.

The PMBOK 8 Scope Performance Domain: What It Really Covers

Scope has a property none of the other domains share. When it is wrong, nothing tells you, and two organisations can disagree for a year without either one noticing.

Project Manager, Sponsor, Product Owner and Team: Who Does What?

Role confusion is rarely about job titles. It is about decisions, and it shows up when a decision belonging to one person is taken, helpfully, by another.