Insights

PM in Policy

Light project management in the policy shop

Karen Clarke | Mar 1, 2021

Developing and delivering effective policy is critical to the public sector. 'Light' project management processes and tools provide value by facilitating the planning and implementation of the outcome as Ben Hansen outlines in this paper.

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Business Case

Creating successful business cases - why we're different (and why you should care)

Rose Percival | Oct 28, 2020

Business cases are a vital part of the investment decision process for organisations. We're regularly approached to provide assistance in this area, and are just as frequently dismayed by requests that only require a ‘business case writer’. As Tregaskis Brown Partner, Rose Percival, describes in this paper, ‘writing’ the business case is the output of a process that includes bringing together the right people, working through options to develop a coherent story, to then finally produce the document that contains the culmination of the critical thinking, analysis and decision-making. If you're looking for assistance, we have vast experience in guiding organisations through the creation of successful business cases.

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Post COVID-19

Restarting Work - aka taking work out of the fridge

Sue Powell | Sep 4, 2020

Food for thought - Partner Sue Powell suggests some key questions you should be asking when considering restarting work that has been on 'Hold' due to the impact of Covid-19.

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Agile

Agile Benefits Management; A Case Study

Kaushiki Roy | Sep 2, 2020

A large NZ agency initiated a transformational IT programme using Agile. As the programme approached its first major delivery milestone, they wanted to gain assurance that the programme benefits were on track to be realised.

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A new way of working

Rethinking our Organisations for the Future

Margo Ray | Jun 4, 2020

Back at the start of COVID-19 Alert Level 4. Principal Consultant Margo Ray released a video discussing how organisations are having to rethink the way they and their teams are working. Below she provides some additional insights and some of the lessons we have learned along this unprecedented journey.

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Post COVID-19

Navigating through the fog

Karen Clarke | May 20, 2020

Tregaskis Brown Chief Executive Karen Clarke shares the importance of knowing and understanding your 'True North' as you manage effectively through the current fog of uncertainty.

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Governance

Governing through a crisis

Janie Elrick | Apr 9, 2020

Tregaskis Brown Associate Janie Elrick discusses the key points outlined this week by the Auditor General, in a letter to the NZ public agency Chief Executives, on the importance of strong governance in this time of crisis

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COVID-19

Putting work on 'Hold'

Sue Powell | Mar 31, 2020

Are you having to put work on hold to free your time up to focus on your COVID-19 responses? Read the article below by TB Partner Sue Powell offering some good advice to ensure the work can easily be picked up again in the future.

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Agile

Servant Leadership

Kaushiki Roy | Feb 4, 2020

When we think of leaders and leadership, we often think of people 'at the top' of the organisation, commanding, making decisions and being 'the boss'. However, some of the best leaders actually 'lead from behind', demonstrating quite different characteristics. This article offers some insights and reasons for why those working in an Agile environment would benefit from developing this style of leadership over more traditional approaches

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Change Leadership

It seems Elephants can Dance

Karen Tregaskis | Jan 14, 2020

A story of change where the odds weren't great, but the leadership resolute. This brief case study highlights how Defence managed to avoid some common errors I see frequently occurring across many organisations wanting to create significant change.

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Agile

What comes first - doing Agile or being Agile

Kaushiki Roy | Dec 19, 2019

More and more organisations both in the public and private sector are talking about "Agile transformation" and are investing in the adoption of Agile delivery methods. Download our article by Senior Consultant Kaushiki Roy for some thought provoking reading.

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Programme Management

Creating a programme war room

Karen Tregaskis | Oct 8, 2019

A programme (or project) 'war room' can be a highly effective tool, depending on how it is set up and used. This quick guide provides some things to think about.

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