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Enterprise AI in 2025: What the latest global research means for productivity in Australian organisations
AI is reshaping how work gets done, yet most organisations are still struggling to realise meaningful productivity gains. While investment in AI has surged, capability uplift has not kept pace, leaving many teams overwhelmed, under-prepared and unable to translate AI tools into measurable outcomes.
OpenAI’s latest State of Enterprise AI 2025 report provides one of the clearest views yet into how high-performing organisations are using AI to improve productivity, and where others are falling behind. For Australian organisations navigating rapid change, the findings offer a practical roadmap for where to focus next.
The business analyst’s guide to stakeholder engagement
Organisations are increasingly acknowledging that a skilled business analyst plays a critical role in the success or failure of a project, however, what we know, understand, and essentially live and breathe as BAs isn’t necessarily congruent with stakeholder thinking. As analysts, we need to take the time to understand our stakeholders better and consciously facilitate
Risk and Agile: A Non-Event?
Agile ways, practices, approaches, philosophy and techniques are filtering in as a way of life in many projects today. For some, agile ways of working address many ‘traditional’ project threats, by facilitating iterative and incremental delivery, being customer focused, encouraging collaboration and empowering team members. Where and how does risk management fit into an
PRINCE2®: Can we get this project started?
Did you realise that PRINCE2®, as the leading project management methodology worldwide, is actually quite pragmatic? That it isn’t about embarking on a project and a mountain of paperwork for the sake of it? Instead, the first process in this method (Starting up a Project) looks at doing the “…minimum necessary in order to decide
6 Steps to Prepare for Change
An organisation that is ready for change will find it easier to implement and sustain the new ways of working, and therefore reap the benefits of the change. View our latest infographic on 6 Steps to Prepare for Change.
Debunking 5 Misconstrued Project Management Myths
The first attempt to codify the Project Management Body of Knowledge dates back to 1983. Since then, the Project Management Institute’s (PMI)®, A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) has become a globally recognised standard for project management. The PMBOK® Guide is seen as a foundational reference for project management that
The Lean Six Sigma Debate
Business Performance Improvement and Project Management As Project Managers we have PRINCE2®, the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® guide), Agile Project Management and the list goes on. Where does Lean Six Sigma fit? Does it mean that I can execute my projects faster and more efficiently just by applying Lean Six Sigma ? Here
Top 5 Facilitation Tips
The word facilitation can be interpreted differently by different people. So what does facilitation really mean for project managers, business analysts, PMOs and the business? I like to think of facilitation as the process of planning, designing and running a productive and impartial meeting or workshop (“event”). As a Facilitator (unlike a trainer) I do not
After Midnight: Agile and the Pumpkin Theory
It’s nearing midnight on your project: are you ready? In today’s fast-paced world, executives want results now; time is of the essence. But what happens if your project team isn’t there yet? You haven’t completed 100% what you set out to do! Agile approaches are part of business and project life for many organisations today.
9 Tips for Embracing an Agile Mindset
Google the word ‘agile’ and you will end up with more than 13 million results. The word agile is a very broad umbrella term which can be viewed in many ways. Consider the following tips when embracing an agile mindset: Agile is a way of thinking. You can’t learn to be ‘agile’ from a textbook. There
5 Reasons why you need a Business Analyst on your Agile project
Agile – it is one of the most common words used in the project world today. We want our projects to be ‘agile’; we want to reap the benefits of agility; we want to be flexible, responsive and adaptive. So if we make the decision to build some or all of our solution using an