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89% of CEOs expect to increase their workforce over the next three years
KPMGs 2026 US CEO Outlook, which surveyed 400 CEOs of large American companies.

When an organisation retires a project management platform
When an organisation retires a project management platform

Bank migrated its core systems to the cloud
A bank migrated its core systems to the cloud, maintained 100% uptime during the transition and reduced the time needed to launch new products by approximately 80%.

A project can be delivered exactly as promised and still leave the management wondering
Consider an organisation that invests in a new customer service platform to reduce response times and operating costs. The system goes live on schedule, the budget is controlled, and all agreed deliverables...

Having people assigned to every project does not mean an organization has the capacity to deliver them all
I think one of the mistakes organisations make when planning projects is confusing resource allocation with actual resource availability. A project gets approved, names are assigned to different roles...

Project is not behind schedule because the team is struggling
I think this is an aspect of project delivery that deserves more attention, particularly when project managers are held accountable for delays caused by decisions outside their authority...

Project can have someone accountable for each task, without anyone accountable for what happens between teams
I think this is one of the less obvious problems in project and programme delivery, especially in organisations running multiple interconnected initiatives...