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Beginning with the end in mind

Tuesday, 17 January 2012 13:17

The delivery of social development outcomes is key to the success of stakeholder-sensitive projects

Earlier this year, I was given the opportunity to meet with project managers working for the City of Cape Town in the Informal Settlements Department. They discussed the professional, personal and practical dilemmas they faced while delivering projects that have a profound impact upon the well-being of members of the Cape Town community. With their co-operation, this article examines the fundamental process of stakeholder engagement in the context of these complex and politically sensitive projects.

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Inside Project Management South Africa

Tuesday, 17 January 2012 12:52

PMSA is the autonomous, local representative professional body for project management, which strives to advance professional project management in South Africa

The most established and esteemed professions available to career-minded people have bodies and associations designed to promote that profession, represent its practitioners, prescribe a desirable code of conduct, promote best practices and develop a sense of community. A professional body exists to further the particular profession and, in doing so, consider the interests of the stakeholders in that industry and the professionals who comprise their membership.

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Carbon- conscious

Tuesday, 17 January 2012 12:34

The state-owned Industrial Development Corporation expects a flood of applications for Green Energy Efficiency Fund loans of up to R50 million from energy-intensive companies that wish to clean up their act

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Power to the people

Tuesday, 17 January 2012 12:24

Conceptualising and operating Medupi: Challenges and insights on project management principles at work in SA

On any given day, 11 000 workers make their way to Eskom’s Medupi Power Station, which stands visible on the Limpopo landscape amid the cranes and equipment supporting one of the biggest developments on the continent. It is a major project, designed to ensure South Africa’s energy security for the decades ahead in the context of a global economic environment where Africa’s growth prospects have proven to be immense in the midst of global downturns.

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Blame game

Tuesday, 17 January 2012 12:00

oil_opt2.0 Rejoinder from Rich Maltzman and Dave Shirley, co-authors of the award-winning book Green Project Management, to the article by Ronald Smith entitled “BP is not the enemy”, on the BP oil spill (March 2011 edition of The Project Manager)