Feb 28, 2023 | Project Management Blog
A glossary of terms and the A-Z of acronyms used in project and portfolio management and across the world of business. Overview The next time you’re listening to a presentation and the speaker says, “if you’re not using EVM to manage your EACs, how are you going to...
Jan 25, 2023 | Guide Books, Project Management Blog
2022 ended up being a lot more challenging than any of us had hoped for. Just as we’d finally begun to emerge from the pandemic, the world was once more plunged into turmoil with war in Ukraine. The costs of energy and commodities immediately spiralled, ushering in...
Nov 24, 2022 | Project Management Blog
“According to a 2017 Global Status Report by the United Nations, buildings and the construction industry are responsible for 39% of global carbon emissions (aviation, by contrast, clocks up just 2.1%).” The Financial Times1 That’s because you need huge amounts of...
Nov 15, 2022 | Project Management Blog
Cement is the binding agent for concrete, which is the core ingredient in all urban centers. That’s because it’s fire and water-resistant, can be moulded into any shape, is incredibly strong and durable and is cheap to produce. It does however have one enormous...
Oct 14, 2022 | Project Management Blog
“The iron and steel industry is responsible for 9% of CO2 emissions worldwide.”1 Making steel requires two steps. First, you feed rocks into a Blast Furnace (BF) to make iron. And second, you feed that iron into a Basic Oxygen Furnace (or Converter, so BOC) to...
Oct 12, 2022 | Project Management Blog
Like everyone else, the biopharmaceutical (biopharma) industry is having to adapt to the sizable challenges that a more politically volatile world presents. Three areas in particular will determine how successfully companies navigate those increasingly choppy waters....