Author: Paul

Being unrealistic about timelines… Wow! This is a biggie.  Often organisational behaviour creates this too, but well estimated projects are the most successful, and are based on no more than experience and common sense. There Read more…

We’ve been having a discussion recently within the business about what makes a good test plan.  We’ve written many and most have varied quite a bit.  The content should be directly related to the circumstances Read more…

Siamang are proud to sponsor the new launched Redingensians Sirens women’s Rugby Team.  Sirens will run out this Sunday, 3rd September wearing their new kit, adorned with the Siamang Logo on the sleeves.  Follow us Read more…

Not being careful enough when negotiating supply contracts… This is so important especially in today’s day and age.  I have already alluded to supply issues, but there are more, and some are surprising. Often, negotiators Read more…

Spending too little time at the beginning and end of a project…. from our experience there is a lot of pressure on Project Managers to “get things going”.  People seem to think that deciding what Read more…

No credible success criteria… It is important to define at the beginning of a project what the success criteria are, and to measure along the way how you are performing to meet them. There is Read more…

Those of you who follow us on Twitter @siamangltd will know that last week I found a couple of hours between meetings and such to book my attendance at a ‘symposium’ with a local marketing Read more…