Project Management and Change Articles

AI Governance for Project Managers: What to Check Before You Use It

The decision to use AI on a project is narrower than the debate around it. Four checks settle most of it, and one of them is the only one you cannot take back.

Six PMBOK 8 Principles You Can Actually Use

Principles are easy to agree with and hard to act on. Here are the six, each paired with the question it makes you ask when a decision could go either way.

Stakeholder Power Is Not the Same as Engagement

Power is what somebody could do to your project. Engagement is what they are doing about it this month. Reading one as evidence of the other is a common and expensive habit.

Power/Interest Grid vs Salience Model

A power/interest grid is quick, useful and has one predictable blind spot. Knowing what the salience model adds tells you when the extra effort is worth spending.

PMBOK 8 Performance Domains vs the Old Knowledge Areas

Six of the ten knowledge areas carry across almost intact. The interesting part is the three that do not, and what their relocation says about how the Guide now thinks.

Project Governance vs Organisational Governance: What’s the Difference?

Project governance is the interface between a piece of work and the rules of the organisation around it. Knowing which parts you inherit saves a great deal of wasted effort.

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