Assurance

The old saying that the fish rots from the head provides a good analogy for why a culture of accountability is so important in project delivery.

If forewarned is fore-armed, why is it that managing risk continues to be a significant challenge for organisational project delivery?

There are important lessons and consequences for leaders beyond the financial sector and their teams in what happens when only the good news story is told.

Starting a project is easier than killing one and while no one likes to see a project die, there are some realities around the potential for success that means we have to ask the hard questions about viability and priorities.

In sport we hear about ‘defensive structure’ and ‘offensive agility’: Can you utilise and leverage both at the same time to seize unexpected opportunities in project delivery?

What happens when organisations favour good news over bad? Can we take the ‘good’ or ‘bad’ out and really state it like it is?

Is it possible to embed assurance in an agile way so that it is possible to manage up without stifling a project's innovation or delivery?

High profile projects attract a high level of scrutiny and this major Sydney infrastructure project is no exception.