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We know what keeps a body healthy - nutritious food, exercise and good sleep, but what about keeping your project health in top shape? Unfortunately, there is no scale or stethoscope for this job. Project health relies on best practice, professional intuition and attention to detail. Over time, taking the “pulse” of projects will become second nature. To help, here are 10 ...

At the top of many CEO's strategic agendas is digital transformation. This is a result of the significant change that CEOs and their businesses are facing - digital disruption, global competition, the speed of product commoditisation and ever-changing customer needs. In this digital age, organisations will continue to face intense competition and market disruption. ...

PM-Partners is a company known for its pragmatism, successful execution of complex programmes and an unwavering focus on achieving outcomes. Our success in these areas is due to the individuals we hire - we look for results driven people with high performance qualities and a track record of delivering. So, how do you recognise these qualities when hiring? There are a few ...

“DevOps isn’t a thing. It’s not a product, standard, specification, framework or job title. DevOps is about experiences, ideas and culture.” Gareth Daine Have you ever seen that silo mentality when development have completed their work on an application and then it is ‘thrown’ over the fence to operations to suddenly use? This fence, or ‘wall of confusion’, is ...

Did you realise that having effective change management produces a 6 times greater likelihood of achieving project outcomes? (Prosci 2016 Benchmark Data). Programmes and projects mean change, at the organisational, team and individual level. Change is typically neither entirely ‘good’ or ‘bad’: for one person the change may be a great opportunity whilst for another it may ...

When the Manifesto for Agile Software Development[1] was written in 2001, it represented a seismic shift in the way software is constructed and delivered. Adoption may have been more incremental than swift in the early days, but its immediate influence meant the days of waterfall planning were numbered. Today, nearly 20 years later, “agile” is not only the preferred way to ...

Sydney, August 31, 2018 PM-Partners group, a specialist in the execution of projects, programs and transformations, today confirmed it has finalised an offer by OUTSOURCING Inc (OSI) to acquire the business effective September 3, 2018. The sale means PM-Partners group will become a specialist arm of a major global company with access to increased resources and customers. ...

Did you know that ITIL is the world’s most used IT Service Management Framework? Organisations applying ITIL practices include Microsoft, IBM, NASA, HSBC, Disney, Proctor & Gamble, Shell and HP. Did you also realise that when you are awarded your ITIL Foundation Certificate you are eligible to claim one year’s subscription to ITIL Membership? ITIL enables organisations ...