Procurement tip: The Pitfalls of Overprescribing your RFP
When most client run into a challenge problem, they have already spend time thinking, Googling, and researching all the possible solutions....
08 December, 2021
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The IT Crisis Part 4 | Unravelling the Secret to High Performing ICT Projects
This article is a part of a series of articles unravelling the secret to improving information and communication technology (ICT) project performance. Previous articles have already...
03 November, 2021
Procurement Tip: How to Spot an Expert
Buyers are required to procure a wide range of services including IT, construction, marketing, travel, etc. As technology and techniques are continually improving, it has become increasingly more difficult—if not impossible...
27 October, 2021
The Best Value Approach and Project Management
Project management (PM) is a fundamental component of delivering services. In 2010, the Project Management Institute identified that 99% of global senior executives identified the importance of the PM method ...
19 October, 2021
How to Use Performance Metrics Effectively
How do you know a vendor or contractor is successful? How do you know a project or service is going well? What value is your project generating? Performance metrics were originally created...
16 September, 2021
Best Value Case Study – Recycling Services
A large organization was introduced to the Best Value Approach (BVA) in 2017. After reviewing the documentation and results of BVA, the client was interested in running a test-project using the BVA. The organization...
13 September, 2021
Procurement Tip: The Pitfall of Minimum Standards
Today’s procurement tip is on minimum standards. As the buyer defines their requirements, they are apt to set minimum standards. Minimum standards have become common practice in the industry as a means...
18 August, 2021
The IT Crisis Part 3 | How to Solve the Problem
The information communications technology (ICT) industry has had perceived performance issues for years. Performance issues have been identified as early as 1969 when in a NATO software engineering conference...
28 July, 2021
The IT Crisis Part 2 | Complexity is in the Eye of the Beholder
The information communications technology (ICT) industry has struggled with performance issues for years with failure to be completed on time and on.....
21 July, 2021
Procurement Tip: Having to Trust Someone is an Indicator of Problems
Today’s procurement tip is on trust. Many people believe that trust is key to project success. Most managers believe that project functions (including communication, contracts...
30 June, 2021