Rafael Ochoa (MPM '17) talks about his life growing up in Venezuela, how he became a project manager, and what he loves most about the field. Rafael Ochoa (MPM '17) always considered himself a problem ...

When I’m in full-on growth mode, whether it’s one of my own companies or a company I’m working for, I’m doing at least a dozen full-time jobs at once. Some of those jobs involve project ...

While a good plan is critical for successful delivery of a project, following a plan too blindly in the face of the inevitable changes that projects face can be a recipe for failure. The best project ...

“Projects don’t fail from a lack of charts, graphs or reports, they fail from a lack of communication and collaboration.” So opine the chaps at 37signals who, no surprise, have a solution. I covered a ...

Organizations aim to improve their processes’ efficiency and effectiveness by reducing waste, which creates a need for experts in project management frameworks and process improvement techniques such ...

If you’ve ever written a research proposal, the chances are that you will have planned the work as a list of sequential activities, often visualized in a Gantt chart. The idea behind this ‘waterfall’ ...

The past 18 months have been characterised by rapid digital transformation -- and Agile management, with its focus on collaborative working styles, has been cast as the best way to deliver digital-led ...

Large-scale, open-ended team projects from selected fields of industrial engineering. Systems approach requiring establishment of objectives and criteria, analysis and synthesis of alternatives, ...