Why successful projects need project offices
[Johannesburg, 8 February 2012] -
Projects that are embarked upon without an operational project office can result in the exploitation of people, constrained delivery, and doubt cast on the credibility of the team, among other issues.So says Barend Cronjé, CEO of CoLAB, who explains that, without a project office in place, overall project success is seriously hampered and organisational capability eroded.“The running of a project without the proper support structure in place has a widespread effect across an organisation,” he continues. “From a 'people' point of view, project managers and their teams are put under even greater pressure to deliver successful projects. Projects activated are done so without consideration for the effect on the available capacity of the project team or the burden placed upon the individual now forced to focus on short-term only delivery. Productive capacity then becomes constrained to the individual person (hero) instead of growing productive teams.
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