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How to get out of the current doom spiral: Q&A with Andy Murray, Major Projects Association Blog

It’s time to reappraise what project success looks like so that project professionals can be liberated from a constant fear of failure, urges Andy Murray, Executive Director at the Major Projects Association (MPA).


Avoiding project failure — and ensuring success Blog

Project management can sometimes be challenging, but a challenge doesn’t have to end in failure.



Is project failure a choice? Blog

Why has so much lack of success become tolerated on our projects, and what does that say about our attitude to failure?


How to set a project up for success Blog

Knowing how to set a project up for success is a key part of any good project manager’s job.


When the facts change, I change my mind Blog

After 20 years of delivering public sector projects, now more than ever, a depressingly common theme is emerging, which is that key public sector projects and programmes are failing to deliver.


How past failure led to future success on Edinburgh’s tram extension Blog

The construction of street-running trams in this country has had a chequered history since their UK renaissance began in Manchester in 1987.



How to run peer-assisted project pre-mortems Blog

A process for reducing risk in projects is for a newly formed team to undertake a pre-mortem.


Managing projects in uncertain times Blog

Project uncertainty: a phrase often mentioned but is it truly understood? The APM defines uncertainty as “A state of incomplete knowledge about a proposition.


How to get out of the current doom spiral: Q&A with Andy Murray, Major Projects Association

It’s time to reappraise what project success looks like so that project professionals can be liberated from a constant fear of failure, urges Andy Murray, Executive Director at the Major Projects Association (MPA).


Avoiding project failure — and ensuring success

Project management can sometimes be challenging, but a challenge doesn’t have to end in failure.



Is project failure a choice?

Why has so much lack of success become tolerated on our projects, and what does that say about our attitude to failure?


How to set a project up for success

Knowing how to set a project up for success is a key part of any good project manager’s job.


When the facts change, I change my mind

After 20 years of delivering public sector projects, now more than ever, a depressingly common theme is emerging, which is that key public sector projects and programmes are failing to deliver.


How past failure led to future success on Edinburgh’s tram extension

The construction of street-running trams in this country has had a chequered history since their UK renaissance began in Manchester in 1987.



How to run peer-assisted project pre-mortems

A process for reducing risk in projects is for a newly formed team to undertake a pre-mortem.


Managing projects in uncertain times

Project uncertainty: a phrase often mentioned but is it truly understood? The APM defines uncertainty as “A state of incomplete knowledge about a proposition.


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