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Robin Hornby

Robin Hornby PMP is President of Tempest Management in Calgary. Robin’s career began in the UK as a systems engineer. He moved to Canada in 1977, and worked in the telecommunications sector before embarking on a 30-year project and delivery management career in the IT professional services business. Robin set up his consulting company in 1997, taught at Mount Royal University for ten years, and is the author of three books. He is a long-time member of PMI, has presented frequently at PMI symposia, ProjectWorld, and at client conferences. Robin now writes, consults, and conducts seminars that focus on aspects of project management he believes are neglected – commercial practice, project business management, and PM leadership to achieve project quality. www.tmipm.com
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Articles by Robin Hornby

Project Prospects: Three rules for good judgment

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This 5-minute read provides guidance when the project manager is under pressure to quickly assess, judge, and decide. This is leadership-focused project management, second of a three-part discussion on the Basic Rules of Project Management.

Project prospects: vendor best practice

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This is a 4-minute read that makes the case for a disciplined approach to selling and delivering a contracted project.

Project prospects: Three rules for action

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This is a 4-minute read, first of a three-part discussion on the Basic Rules of Project Management. You might be surprised that a management activity has rules, but they have been discovered; and I am not just parroting clichés like ‘make a plan’. They cover action, judgment and alignment.

Project Prospects: Confront the commercial reality

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In this 6-minute read, Robin presents a top-down view of the poorly-recognized differences commercial ‘for-profit’ projects impose on project management; the implication is an increasingly urgent need for new standards, skills, techniques and methods.  

Project Prospects: Put quality in its place

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This is a 9-minute read that describes four quality models, focusing on the inherent quality requirements for projects. This is the second part of...

Project Prospects: Did you give up on quality?

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This is a 7 minute read that summarizes the author’s frustrations with today’s approach to quality and proposes a model that characterizes quality as an...

Project Prospects: 5 questions to ask to find out if you’re really in control

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This is a 4-minute read that explains what it means to be in control of a project, and the five questions you can ask...

Project Prospects: Winning at the RFP game

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This is a 5-minute read about the frustrations and inefficiencies of the usual procurement process. In previous posts, I have discussed the bid decision and...
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