Blogs - Straight Talk on Project Management

47% of agile projects are late, have budget overruns, or result in unhappy customers and on top of this a further 11% of agile projects fail outright and end up delivering nothing (Scrum, 2021). This statistic was first brought to

“In the five years since we last researched PMO status, performance and capability, PMOs have solidified their organisational role, becoming strategic partners and a powerhouse of execution within their organisations.” The State of the PMO 2022 – PM Solutions Amen!!

From your kids interacting with the My AI Snapchat-bot, to an artist fessing up to entering and winning a prestigious photography award with an AI-generated image, to AI-generated music causing controversy (a TikTok creator used AI to make an “original

Almost six out of ten project managers are managing between 2 and 5 projects (59%), according to recent research. 11% run 6 to 10 projects, and 15% are running more than 10 at a time – that sounds about right,

An astronomer, a meteorologist and a teacher agree to meet for a drink on the first day of summer at midday. Who turns up first? I love this pub quiz question! I’m writing this in May 2023, Meteorological Summer starts

Forbes recently published an article where 16 Project Management experts shared best practices. For “fun”, one rainy lunchtime in the Stoneseed office, we played a game of “Best Practice Bingo” to see if we could guess them all. This is

He is SO entitled!! She is such a mood hoover!! It’s like they have a cloud that follows them everywhere, like a cartoon character!! These are three complaints I’ve heard levelled by a project manager at a colleague in just

When Microsoft launched Loop, a new Project Management and Collaboration App, clients asked for my professional verdict. My gut response was – it doesn’t matter how fancy or new your project management software is, without the right people, mission clarity

When we posted the blog “How To Fail Well In IT Projects” on our LinkedIn Newsletter, reader Tom Brouillette asked a brilliant question in our comments section… “how do you deal with colleagues who profess to want to help when

A paradigm shift for a prospective client this week, pivoting from “there’s a talent shortage” to “we’re not attracting the right candidates” and totally reframing their resourcing strategy in the space of a call. THERE’S A TALENT SHORTAGE – OR

I noticed something today, on my morning commute. Due to the many potholes on our roads, I’ve subconsciously started to drive differently. Instead of looking ahead into the middle distance, I’ve found myself fixing my gaze on the road just

“Over the last decade or so, most companies have adopted a team approach in virtually every aspect of their business,” writes Yaniv Shor, author of ‘Time to Deliver’. “Companies have become very clear in their messaging that the entire team

You’ll be aware that the IT Project talent market is a challenging one. The traditional model of having a fully populated IT Project team is, for many, a thing of the past. Teams are more fluid and adaptable, actually, as

Need help with a large IT strategic decision? Need independent advice? Try Googling “IT Advisory”. Actually, don’t. You’d be wasting your time. It’s mostly job adverts for IT ‘advisers’ aka support staff or companies selling their products or managed services.

As it’s International Women’s Day, I thought I’d re-share this blog , written by Nicol Cutts, Stoneseed’s Head of Project Management ….. March 8th is International Women’s day. Aptly, adverts for the PMI UK Chapter, International Women’s Day webinar: “The

Failure Is the new success. Here are five ways that you can embrace failure and enjoy its unexpected benefits. Knowing when to say enough is enough and kill an IT Project must be among the hardest skills to learn. I’m

Q: Are you getting the maximum value from “as a Service” IT Project resourcing? When I recently took a helicopter view of Stoneseed’s business to see if there were any patterns or opportunities that had escaped my busy attention. I

From lorry drivers to nurses, from automotive semiconductors to hospital beds, from eggs to (I learned today) sink plungers – it seems lately that you’re never far away from a story about one shortage or another! A few weeks back

So … you’re introducing change in an environment where people are resistant to change, and you think they’re just going to fall in love with it? Get real! Like love, business change through IT Projects can make an end-user’s tummy

If you work in the public sector, this time of year can feel like the movie Brewster Millions. If you’re not familiar with the film, the lead character has thirty days to spend $30m to be eligible for a $300m