“The meaning of benefit is something that produces good or helpful results or effects or that promotes well-being” (Merriam Webster Dictionary). So, how do you ensure benefits realisation for your project?   There are lots of formal and precise definitions of project benefits available...

According to Aberdeen Group implementing a new ERP could reduce operation costs by 23% and administrative costs by 22% and increase on-time delivered by 24%. But do you have the right business transformation agenda to deliver, measure and exploit these benefits?  Getting an ERP Implementation over the line can be...

“How do I cut costs and still deliver value for my customer?” The age-old question which may now have found an answer.  A recent report by Autodesk and Dodge Data & Analytics found that “57% of construction project spending equates to waste. (1)” There is clearly huge scope to improve this by embracing efficiencies in construction which will dramatically reduce waste. Embedding Lean will allow you...

In the first part of this series, we covered a short history of Agile and had a brief look at its four underpinning values. Considering the many misconceptions out there, it is important to stress that these values are not to be considered opposites,...