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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.

Governance Without Bureaucracy

Delivery teams rarely complain about governance in the abstract. They complain about waiting. The fix is usually not less control, but control that is tied to a decision someone actually has to take.

When Delivering the Scope Destroys the Value

A project can meet its baseline in full and still leave the organisation worse off than before it started. Here is how completed scope destroys value, and what a project manager should do once the signs appear.

How to Recognise a Governance Question on the PMP Exam

Governance situations rarely announce themselves with governance vocabulary. Reading a scenario for authority, boundaries and reporting obligations is a far better test than scanning for the word "sponsor", and it works on real projects as well as on the exam.