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

Practical thinking for project professionals

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

What Changed in the PMP Exam in July 2026?

Two things changed in 2026 and they are frequently confused: the examination content outline was restructured, and the PMBOK Guide moved to its Eighth Edition.

PMO Maturity Models: Useful Diagnostic or Corporate Theatre?

A maturity assessment measures which practices are present, which is a genuinely useful thing to know and a long way from knowing whether the practices help.

Which PMO Model Fits Your Organisation?

The PMO model question is usually asked as a choice between three labels. The answer comes from what your organisation needs decided, and who it will let decide it.

Plan Risk Management Before Listing Risks

Most risk registers fail before a single risk is written down, because nobody agreed what counts, who owns it, or what a score is supposed to mean on this project.

Closing a Project or Phase: What Good Closure Actually Looks Like

Closure is a decision somebody takes on evidence, and most organisations never define what evidence it needs. Phase closure is where the habit is cheapest to build.

Managing Project Execution Without Becoming the Bottleneck

Most project managers become the constraint on their own project by accident, because nobody ever wrote down which decisions were theirs to take.