 A lot of bad things can happen when you're taking care of 20,000 miles of track, 40,000 bridges and tunnels, 17 major stations, 2,500 other stations, and 8,200 commercial properties that make up Britain's railway infrastructure. Yet, Jeremy Harrison, head of Project Risk and Value Management for Network Rail, believes that any discussion of risk management really needs to focus on how to use creative thinking to harness opportunities and embrace uncertainty. Read article ›
 When your organization is introducing a major initiative that changes processes and requires people to behave differently, how effective are you in getting them to care enough to do the right thing even when nobody else is looking? As Pcubed's Darius Johnson explains, what you need to do is to get them to recognize the relevance of the problem to them by helping them "feel" the heat. Read article ›
 Hosting major sporting events such as the Olympics or FIFA World Cup brings major financial and branding risk to the countries and cities that undertake them, reports Pcubed's Peter Henderson. As Western economies struggle to achieve equilibrium and regain their former stations, the appetite for investing billions in such complex and risky ventures against doubtful rewards is likely to continue dwindling. So who are left to come forward as potential host countries? Read article ›
 Deadlines for making changes to banking systems that require regulator sign-off are hard and unforgiving. In this fast-paced recounting of an IT development initiative gone awry, Pcubed's David Winters wonders whether the team's efforts will be fast enough - or good enough - to pull his client's project out of red status in time. Read article ›
 How do you build lean schedules that encourage high-performance and that are achievable time and time again? Pcubed's Glenn Searle shares a valuable PERT macro for Microsoft Project 2010 to help you develop a mean-based performance baseline and forecast the probability of completing a project within your given duration objectives. Read article ›
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