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Intended Value vs Realised Value
Intended value is what the business case predicted. Realised value is what the organisation actually gains once the output is in use. Most of the distance between them opens after handover, and more of it sits inside a project manager's reach than is usually assumed.
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Insourcing vs Outsourcing: A Project Governance Decision
Sourcing decisions are usually presented as a cost comparison. They are actually decisions about accountability, specification and what your organisation will still be able to do once the work is finished.
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Governance Without Bureaucracy
Delivery teams rarely complain about governance in the abstract. They complain about waiting. The fix is usually not less control, but control that is tied to a decision someone actually has to take.
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When Delivering the Scope Destroys the Value
A project can meet its baseline in full and still leave the organisation worse off than before it started. Here is how completed scope destroys value, and what a project manager should do once the signs appear.
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How to Recognise a Governance Question on the PMP Exam
Governance situations rarely announce themselves with governance vocabulary. Reading a scenario for authority, boundaries and reporting obligations is a far better test than scanning for the word "sponsor", and it works on real projects as well as on the exam.
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