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The four-lens approach to project delivery – Part 5
by jed simms on November 17, 2010
The four lenses – cumulative or conflicting? Depending on how they are managed and executed, the primary project delivery lenses — investment strategy, business value, and project cost control — can be complementary, generating cumulative results; or they can be (…)
The four-lens approach to project delivery – Part 4
by jed simms on November 10, 2010
Understanding the project management/cost control (builder’s) lens Project managers, systems implementers, contractors, and consultants are builders. They will use their knowledge and skills to build what you specify. But they won’t and don’t live with or benefit from the result. (…)
The four-lens approach to project delivery – Part 3
by jed simms on November 3, 2010
The four lenses and project delivery What do the four lenses mean for conventional project management? Firstly they clearly illustrate that successful project delivery is not achieved by excellent project management alone – but requires all four project delivery lenses (…)
The four-lens approach to project delivery – Part 2
by jed simms on October 21, 2010
Last week we introduced the notion of two additional project delivery lenses – the business value and investment strategy lenses… Expanding the vision The business value and investment strategy lenses enable you to improve your project performance and consistently maximize (…)
The four-lens approach to project delivery – Part 1
by jed simms on October 14, 2010
To date the predominant driving force behind projects has been the cost control ‘lens’. This single lens has been widely adopted by all parties as their primary measure of success (ie ‘on time and budget’). The trouble is that it (…)