Archive for the Project Management Category


Rugby and Projects

What, you may ask, does Rugby have to do with Projects. So did I, until I read the article by Baron Christopher Hanson on RugbyRugby (linked here). The article is called “How the Culture of Rugby Parlays Into Business, Workplace and Hiring Character” Seems like rugby is not just a simple ball sport. Seems like […]

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The Great Professionalism Debate

So here is the Big Question: Do you, or Don’t you? Do you certify, or don’t you? In today’s South Africa, where the pressure to deliver is greater than anywhere else in the world, once you have carved up your precious 24-hour day into pieces for work (too big), the wife and kids (too little), […]

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Travelling again

After a few weeks of (what feels like) solitary confinement at home, sorting out the building alterations and generally shouting at workers that are delivering shoddy workmanship, I’m ready to try anything to get as far away as possible from the local scene. And as things would have it there is a trip to Accra, […]

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Are we there yet?

“Rome wasn’t built in one day” my mother used to say. And neither were the pyramids, I’m sure. Or any other worthwhile project. But how do you know it will be built at all? Or when it will be completed? How can you keep your enthusiasm, your motivation going while the going gets rough? It […]

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