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World Computer Congress
– September 9, 2010Posted in: News
I'm going to the congress for just one day, to present a poster on the MAWA-funded reserach on knowledge discovery in pathology databases. Here's the conference website. -
Avoiding project fiascos – after the election
– August 22, 2010Posted in: Uncategorized
This presentation was given at the University of Canberra (UC) in a public seminar prior to the election. The argument was made that whichever party wins, new initiatives will be undertaken. Most of the inititiatives will be undertaken for very worthwhile goals such as increasing... -
Advancing the state of project management – insights from Cynefin
– June 23, 2010Posted in: Uncategorized
How does new knowledge get created? Julian Jenkins a colleague from strategy consultancy Second Road showed me a model which progresses from (1) conversations between concerned individuals to (2) a community of like minded people sharing common concerns then (3) a leading edge book or manifesto... -
Should academics [or anyone] blog?
– June 8, 2010Posted in: News
A famous put-down is that "those who can: do, and those who can't: teach …" This put down is not meant to be defended, but it doesn't hurt to point out that education is Australia's second biggest export generating around $18 billion every year (The Australian... -
University of Canberra students contribute to MySchool
– May 26, 2010Posted in: Uncategorized
To my surprise, the University of Canberra (UC) teaches project management in a superior way to the brand name universities that I’m aware of and in a vastly superior way to commercial project management courses. Quality on-time on-budget are all covered but the emphasis is... -
Director Briefings since moving to the University of Canberra
– May 26, 2010Posted in: Governing programmes and projects, News
I've been warned by a class of MBA's at MGSM "we think you're onto something [project governance] … but it is so confronting that you'll probably be ostracised for the next 10 years and only then will suddenly everyone say 'of course'". I'm more optimistic... -
Happy New Year
– January 5, 2010Posted in: Agents, Artificial Intelligence, Fuzzy Sets, Genetic Algorithms, Information Technology, Software
Well, it's been a while since I've posted last. I have been rather busy for a variety of reasons (research, work, wedding) So I thought it was about time that I posted an update to the blog summarising the research I've been doing up until the... -
Executive salary caps are a red herring
– October 15, 2009Posted in: Governing programmes and projects, News and Features
The new legislation on executive remuneration is a red herring. Our inaction has forced the government’s hand to do something. We are our own worst enemy in not being able to self regulate on the things that actually matter. The problem relates to managerial over-optimism [iii] and the board must take responsibility to see it is addressed (a) 60-75% of business failures are due to managerial incompetence, (b) 50-67% of all project investments deliver no business benefits whatsoever (Projects matter because they are the primary way of delivering strategy). -
Sergey M. Sergeev
– August 10, 2009Posted in: Uncategorized
Adjunct Professor of Mathematics, Statistics, Mathematical and Theoretical Physics MSc in Theoretical Phyiscs (1989) Chair of Quantum Field Theory and High Energy Physics, Faculty of Physics, Moscow State University PhD in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (1991) Institute...