Category Archives: Projects@Risk™ – Malcolm Peart

#393 – COVID VACCINATIONS: MARKETING 101 OR 1984 MANIPULATION – MALCOLM PEART

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There is no doubt that the appearance and subsequent outbreak of COVID wreaked havoc on the world’s population humanitarianly, medically, socially, politically, and economically.  The death toll, albeit far less than predictions, -unfortunately happened.  The declared pandemic is now considered to be endemic.  We are told that the lockdowns, travel restrictions, and social distancing helped but, above all, the vaccines ‘saved us’, as will the boosters as more information comes to light and more data is gathered, and statistics are revisited. Continue reading →

#392 – CAN PM COMMUNICATIONS KILL COMMUNICATION – MALCOLM PEART

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Video Killed the Radio Star…went the 1979 music video by The Buggles.  MTV used this as their first ever video in 1981, but despite the prophecy and MTV’s 40 ongoing years, radio stars aren’t dead.  Radio revolutionised popular music, vinyl discs gave us today’s disc jockeys but even though technology evolves it demonstrates that the fittest will survive and not everything will be killed. Continue reading →

#392 – MEDICAL DISRUPTION – GREG HUTCHINS PE CERM

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How Tech Can Turn Doctors into Clerical Workers
Title of New York Times Article

I bounced the above article among several of my doc buddies. The conversation went like: “You spent 10 years going to med school. Now, you push paper. And, BTW: you may be replaced by a robot. Huh. Yeah. Well. ….”

Not good for one of the most respected professions. But, an undisputable sign of concern among one of the most lucrative and respected professions during the COVID pandemic. It’s all about medical disruption. Continue reading →

#390 – PROJECT MANAGEMENT DASHBOARDS: DATA, DECISIONS, & HORSESH*T – MALCOLM PEART

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A project controls colleague of mine recently wrote:

“Really, I never had to deal with delivery directors / managers who did not understand or appreciate the effort which goes behind a digital data fed dashboard”

Sarcasm, according to Oscar Wilde, may be the lowest from of wit but it’s the highest form of intelligence.  While being humorous at the expense of those who demand dashboards it’s a sad truth that most demanders have no idea as to the effort required in producing a dashboard.  For them dashboards can be instantly tailored to any whims or fancies at the flick of a switch or the stroke of a key on a keyboard. Continue reading →

#389 – PROJECT MANAGEMENT IGNORANCE & BREAKING LAWS – MALCOLM PEART

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Project Management – it’s not covered by a discrete law but when it’s practiced under a contract it’s open to accusations of negligence, just consider the UK’s Hedley Byrne case.  Project Management is seen as a risk mitigation measure and, contractually speaking, this requires a duty of care by its practitioners and/or the legal entity represented.  Ignorance of legal requirements is no excuse for not knowing they exist. Continue reading →