Most organizations know where they want to go. The real challenge is getting there. In many government organizations, the challenge is not the absence of a vision but rather translating that vision into coordinated actions. Between planning and implementation exists a gap defined by real constraints: limited staff capacity, varying skill sets, and competing operational demands. This gap is not a reflection of leadership ability but rather highlights the complexities of modern

Since large scale enterprise-wide projects are often referred to as ‘marathons’, I wanted to offer my thoughts from a former runner’s...

Most organizations do not anticipate project failure. Instead, they plan for success, governed by budget, next step deliverables,...

How do you know if project failure lies ahead? Often you don’t. But if you stand back and look at the situation as if you were watching...

From a project management perspective, transformation projects resemble most large scale technology or system implementations because at...

If you work in the business world, you have likely heard of or experienced horror stories with complex software implementations that...

Software implementation project teams have long advocated ‘vanilla’ as the preferred flavor for packaged software implementations. But...