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Here’s something interesting, in Gartner’s IT Glossary there is no entry for “Scope”. Now, there could be two reasons for...
The Most Expensive Phrase in IT Project Management? “Senior Knows Best”
When junior team members flag risks and get ignored, IT projects pay the price. Why “senior knows best” is costly, and how leaders can make challenge safe. “#@*&%# boomers!” The young project manager entered the office kitchen, slamming the door
The Loneliest Number in Your Project Portfolio
Our new article series, The Questions Behind the Questions, takes the questions IT leaders ask us most and follows the logic wherever it leads. No sales pitch, just the thinking. Part one is below: The Loneliest Number in Your Project
IT Project Success: When The Data You Can’t See Is As Valuable As The Data You Can
Why do project post-mortems miss the real cause? Learn how survivorship bias hides missing capacity and capability in IT project data and dashboards. These days, almost everything can be measured. And IT IS!! From social media algorithms to Fitbit watches
First Spark to Grand Finale: What Makes an IT Project Rocket?
Five Bonfire Night lessons for IT leaders: from choosing the right project to proving value after go-live. What makes an IT project rocket, not fizzle? Ahhhh Bonfire Night! Great time of the year! There’s something satisfying about a well-executed firework
P-U-M-P-K-I-N: Seven Ways to Keep IT Project Horror Stories at Bay
Seven practical ways to stop IT project horror stories, from scope creep to hidden technical debt. Stoneseed’s P-U-M-P-K-I-N checklist for project managers. Every project manager has a story that keeps them awake at night: The project challenges that kept coming
The business case for the business case: Your “before greenlight” to “after delivery” project essential
Why Business Cases Matter After Greenlight (Not Just Before): Use the Five Case Model to Prove Value Through Delivery Picture this all too familiar scene. It’s the third week of a project. Someone senior asks, in a perfectly friendly tone:
Who’d Wanna Be A BA? IT Project Business Analysts Have An Image Problem
Too many questions? Spotting problems early? Five real complaints about IT project Business Analysts, and why each one proves you need one. Business Analyst … busy-body more like it! Business Analysts have an image problem. As a BA I hear
Why Project Managers Are Creative and How Projects Benefit
Why Project Managers Are Creative Professionals (Not Just Admins) – Project management is creative work. Discover why PMs are artists at heart, how AI frees up time for ideation, and why creativity is the fun part of the job. “I
One BA Can’t Be Everywhere: How a Support Model Kept Multiple Workstreams Moving
How one client added focused BA capacity around their existing lead Business Analyst, keeping multiple transformation workstreams moving without adding a second senior lead. We often talk on this blog about the value a brilliant Business Analyst can bring to
Happiness is an IT Project Delivery Strategy (Not Just a HR Metric)
A satirical playbook for International Week of Happiness at Work: 7 “tactics” that guarantee burnout, turnover and endless hiring. Don’t do this. Are you a happy CIO, PM or BA? I hope so. International Week of Happiness at Work is
IT Project Management: The Value of Empathy That Nobody Budgets For
An IT Project or programme that needs everyone present, every week, has a single point of failure built in. Why empathy, and capacity, decide if IT projects survive. A programme that depends on every single person being present, every
We Are The S in RASCI, And So Much More
Should your PMaaS provider just be “Supportive” in RASCI? Stoneseed explores when it makes sense to own the R and even the A -and why that changes delivery outcomes. Don’t judge me, my current obsession is a matrix. Not The
IT PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND AI: Let Robots Report, Let Leaders Lead
AI can write your status report, but it can’t read a room. Here’s why PMaaS makes the case for experienced project leadership stronger, not weaker. If AI can produce your status report, update your RAID log and turn yesterday’s meeting
What’s Stopping You Being the Happiest Project Manager on Earth?
71% of project managers say their role harms their wellbeing. Discover how PMaaS reduces admin overload and lets PMs focus on the work they love. What’s Stopping You Being the Happiest Project Manager on Earth? When I saw a headline:
Stoneseed’s Project Management as a Service: The Recurring Dream Team
Discover why Stoneseed’s PMaaS clients treat project resourcing as an ongoing relationship, not an emergency call — and how that pays off in delivery. Stoneseed’s PMaaS clients keep coming back. Discover why treating project resourcing as a relationship, not an
How PMaaS Helps IT Project Teams Get Real About What’s Wrong
IT project teams often avoid hard truths until it’s too late. Discover how PMaaS creates space for honest diagnosis and course correction. When You’re Inside the Jar, You Can’t Read the Label I love this saying. It’s one of those
Attention IT Director: Do Your IT Projects Need a PMO Specialist, or a Really Good Generalist?
Struggling to resource IT projects? Learn when your projects need a dedicated PMO specialist versus a skilled generalist — and how to decide.Do Your IT Projects Need a PMO Specialist, or a Really Good Generalist? Now, there’s a question worth
“Who Asked For This?” Google Reminds Project Managers Of A Crucial Question
Google I/O just changed search as we knew it. But the real lesson is one every IT project manager recognises — what happens when “can we?” replaces “should we?” Google has quietly (and then all at once) blown up the
PMO as a Service: What It Is, What It Isn’t, and Whether You Need It
When PMO as a Service Makes Sense (And When It Doesn’t): Discover what it is, what it isn’t, and if you actually need it. A project rarely announces that it’s in trouble. Not loudly, anyway. There’s no “Breaking News” ticker-tape
Keeping Projects On Track: What Extreme Heat Can Teach Us About Project Resilience
Extreme heat setbacks railways for the same reason unexpected setbacks break IT projects: they’re built for normal. Here’s how PMaaS builds in the flex to cope. It happens every time. Proper hot weather arrives and everything falls apart around us.
When junior team members flag risks and get ignored, IT projects pay the price. Why “senior knows best” is costly,
When junior team members flag risks and get ignored, IT projects pay the price. Why “senior knows best” is costly,
