by Leonie McCarthy | Mar 13, 2020 | Processes, Project Management
Procedures for project kick-off are often developed, to ensure we don’t repeat mistakes of the past. Typically to kick off a project we need: A solid business case. Someone who’s going to pay for it. An assembled team with the right expertise. Some analysis of...
by Leonie McCarthy | Apr 22, 2019 | Project Management, Team & People
An upsetting recent experience Have you ever felt like the person you’re speaking to is just not listening? Last week, we pulled the plug on a server migration. If you’ve ever done a move like this, you know how hard a call this is to make. The team had been...
by Leonie McCarthy | Jun 19, 2018 | Project Management, Team & People
“In good decision making, frugality matters,” says Malcolm Gladwell;taking complex problems, and reducing them to the key levers that help us choose is a critical skill. Getting to the heart of the decision, however, isn’t always so easy! I was recently...
by Leonie McCarthy | Jun 2, 2018 | Project Delivery, Team & People
Years ago, I worked on a project where we took a legacy horse race rating system used by a bookmaker and upgraded it to a modern technology platform. I spent a lot of time with guys who were professional gamblers, they were incredibly knowledgeable about horses and...
by Leonie McCarthy | Sep 21, 2017 | Project Management, Software selection
Chatting to someone I had just met at a business breakfast, we were ‘finding common ground’ that you do when you first meet. She shared that her organisation is undergoing a significant software change project. They have appointed a vendor (software...