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NOTES ON RUNNING AND SCALING A BUSINESS
Practical thinking from inside the operations and projects of growing companies across APAC and Australia.
Things you can use, not theory.
Project delivery
Getting critical projects landed on time and on budget in growing SMEs: ownership, one-page plans, governance without a PMO, and rescuing stalled work.


Rescuing a Stalled Project: Three Moves
Three moves restart a stalled project, in the only order that works: freeze and establish the real position, restore the decision, then cut to a core you can finish.


Everything a One-Page Project Plan Actually Needs
Most project plans we inherit run between eight and twenty pages. Almost none of them answer the six questions that decide whether the project lands on its date. That is the argument here: the page limit is not a style preference, it is a forcing function. A plan that cannot fit on one page has usually not been decided yet, only described. What is a one page project plan? A one page project plan is the shortest written document that still carries every commitment the project


Who Owns the Date? Accountability in Project Delivery
Ask the room who owns the date. If two people answer, or if the answer takes longer than three seconds, the date is already at risk and the project does not know it yet. This is the most common delivery failure we see in founder led SMEs across APAC and Australia, and it is almost never a planning failure. The plan is usually fine. The milestones are usually fine. What is missing is one person who is accountable for the end date and who also has the authority to protect it. T


Why Projects Stall: The Anatomy of a Failed Initiative
Projects rarely fail at the end, they fail at the start. The anatomy of a stalled initiative and the cheap disciplines that prevent it.


Scope, Time, Budget: Managing the Iron Triangle Without Breaking It
Scope, time, budget: the iron triangle every project lives inside. How to decide which corner flexes and protect quality under pressure.


The First 30 Days of a Project: Setting It Up to Win
The outcome of a project is decided in its first 30 days. A practical setup sequence, charter, RACI, critical path and RAID, that sets it up to win.


Running Projects Without a Full PMO: A Lightweight Governance Model
You do not need a heavy PMO to run projects well. A lightweight governance model that adds control and visibility without adding weight.


Managing Project Risk Before It Becomes a Crisis
Most project crises were predictable. How to manage risk with a register, a probability and impact matrix, and a pre mortem before it bites.
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