PROJECT AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT GAINING MOMENTUM

World GDP was estimated at about USD61 Trillion in 2008. It is further estimated that about one third of this is spent in attempts at change. Changing systems, changing curricula, changing locations, changing manufacturing processes, changing methods of collection, in fact, any change from status quo.

Project management is the management of change, and yet, most organisations do not have the capability, the capacity, nor the competence to manage change effectively. To compound this, there is a culture that is embedded in the status quo, and this culture is at odds with the culture required for effective change.

The worst of it is that almost all management information systems require that critical data be shoe-horned into inappropriate formats to suit the regular reporting requirements. Consequently, the famous project failures that are so common, come as a complete surprise. 

This is the sentiment of Elmar Roberg, Independent Consultant for project management and software engineering. Come and hear what he has to say about this topic.

Thereafter, Nerien Venter of Harmony Gold Mines will discuss their experiences and how they implemented their project office.

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