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Project Management

Execution risk has a cash cost: What boards don’t see in the pack

Most boards see project risk as a traffic‑light problem. Packs arrive with statuses, milestone charts and assurance statements that suggest risk is being “managed”. Then, months later, the same projects surface as write‑downs, scope cuts, emergency bailouts or audit findings.

Juanita Krauser

Project Management

You don’t need a project manager, you need a project solution

When a project becomes urgent, most organisations reach for the same solution: hire a strong project manager and let them “get it done”. It feels simple. It feels fast. But in a high‑stakes, governance‑heavy environment that’s not enough. A single

Juanita Krauser

Industry Trends

What value-complete means to EPMO

Most executives don’t approve projects because they want more activity. They approve them because they want more value such as higher sales, lower leakage, reduced risk or better service delivery. Yet in many organisations, success is still defined as “on time, on budget, in scope”. The

Lwando Tsembeyi

Industry Trends

From delivery instrument to governance function 

Many organisations continue to position the PMO as a coordination mechanism. It manages timelines consolidates reports and tracks milestones. In stable operating environments that may be sufficient. In capital intensive and publicly visible programmes it is not. The central

Juanita Krauser

From Values to Victory

In today’s whirlwind business world, having a strategy isn’t enough. Execution is everything. Projects and strategy enablement are the engines that turn bold ideas into real-world result, but hitting deadlines and budgets is just the starting line. True success comes

Juanita Krauser

November 11, 2025

Strategy Without Action Is Just Decoration

Strategies don’t usually fail because they’re poorly designed — most fail because they’re never executed effectively. As Patrick J. Stroh reminds us in Business Strategy: Plan, Execute, Win!: “Ideas are great, but execution is everything.”

Juanita Krauser

November 11, 2025

Project Management

No More Awkward Silences: Why Tough Project Talks Matter

Communication is the project manager’s superpower. But let’s be honest, some conversations are about as fun as a root canal. When opinions clash, tempers flare, or the stakes feel personal, even a routine check-in can turn into a pressure cooker.

Juanita Krauser

November 11, 2025

Industry Trends

Public-Private Partnerships in Africa: What Works and What Fails

Having worked on and observed PPPs across sectors, from telecommunications network infrastructure to rail projects, we’ve seen the good, the bad, and the “never again.” And if there’s one thing to say upfront, it’s this: PPPs are not magic.

Juanita Krauser

November 11, 2025

Industry Trends

Transportation Corridors as Growth Catalysts: Lessons from African Highways and Rail Projects

If there’s one thing years of working across African projects has taught us, it’s this: you can’t build prosperity on photo ops. You build it on corridors.

Juanita Krauser

November 11, 2025

Industry Trends

The Future of African Infrastructure: Building Cities for 2050

Africa is urbanising at breakneck speed. By 2050, over 1.5 billion Africans will live in cities — that’s more than double today’s number. Lagos, Kinshasa, Nairobi, Cairo, Dar es Salaam… these names won’t just be cities; they’ll be megacities. If

Juanita Krauser

November 7, 2025