We are excited to provide you with a new long-form video from our Breakthrough Project Barriers series on our YouTube channel. For this instalment, we focus on project risks – and how those can be effectively managed.

Want to know more about the “Breakthrough Project Barriers” free series? It’s a series of free webinars, provided by Scatterwork, which you can join at any point and complete the cycle to sharpen your leadership and delivery capabilities.

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Exciting News! We are now able to provide you with the sixth video in our series on our YouTube channel. This time, we highlight various strategies to keep projects on track, while ensuring that all stakeholders are being engaged with.

Want to know more about the “Breakthrough Project Barriers” free series? It’s a series of free webinars, provided by Scatterwork, which you can join at any point and complete the cycle to sharpen your leadership and delivery capabilities.

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The fifth video recording of the “Breakthrough Project Barriers” free webinar series is now available in its full form on our YouTube channel. In this instalment we provide insights into how to ensure your project flows smoothly. In order to make sure to complete everything that needs to be done.

Want to know more about the “Breakthrough Project Barriers” free workshop series? You can join at any point and complete the cycle to sharpen your leadership and delivery capabilities.

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Now, the fourth instalment of the “Breakthrough Project Barriers” webinars is available in its full form on our YouTube channel. This time, we focus on the beginning stages of a project and with that, presenting ways to make sure your project is on the right track from the get go.

Want to know more about the “Breakthrough Project Barriers” free workshop series? You can join at any point and complete the cycle to sharpen your leadership and delivery capabilities.

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You can now watch the full recording of the third part of the “Breakthrough Project Barriers” free workshop series, which are one-hour sessions delivered approximately monthly, on the Scatterwork Youtube channel. This time, we talk about how to foster stakeholder engagement for project success.

Watch now:

Want to know more about the “Breakthrough Project Barriers” free workshop series? You can join at any point and complete the cycle to sharpen your leadership and delivery capabilities.

You will get:
 Actionable tips for real-world project issues
 Results-driven strategies that reduce delivery time, cost, and risk
 A flexible approach that works with Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid or custom methodologies

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You can now catch the full recordings of our past “Breakthrough Project Barriers” free workshop series, which are one-hour sessions delivered approximately monthly, on the Scatterwork Youtube channel. Alongside the complete workshop replays, you’ll also find short, focused clips that highlight the most critical insights for project success—perfect for a quick boost of learning.

Watch our most recent workshop recording here:

Want to know more about the “Breakthrough Project Barriers” free workshop series? You can join at any point and complete the cycle to sharpen your leadership and delivery capabilities.

You will get:
✔️ Actionable tips for real-world project issues
✔️ Results-driven strategies that reduce delivery time, cost, and risk
✔️ A flexible approach that works with Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid or custom methodologies

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I am frequently amazed at the answers I get in workshops in response to the question: “please explain to me briefly how Agile Project Management works”. Many answers emphasise “flexibility to do what the client wants” and “requirements can change” and other attractive features but are unable to explain how or why this is so.

This is not surprising as the formulation of predictive project management (Schedule networks, Gantt charts etc) predated Agile by roughly three decades. This means that many senior professionals have never looked closely at what Agile Project Management is and rely on hearsay.

This free limited-participation workshop, on 10 July, addresses this issue. As there are only a couple of places left at the time of writing, register here now to get your zoom link for access. Please also forward this event link to your colleagues to make them aware of this opportunity.

When starting a new project, one of the most critical early decisions is choosing how the work will be structured and managed. Should you follow Agile, Scrum, a traditional Predictive (Waterfall) approach, or a Hybrid method that blends both? This choice is not just about preferences – it has a fundamental effect on the likelihood of project success and impacts the communication patterns, accountability structures and team dynamics.

Match the Methodology to your Project

If a project team dives into delivery without a clear, organization-wide agreement on methodology, there will be problems leading to confusion about expectations, roles and responsibilities. For instance, Agile Project Management encourages iteration and collaboration with the client, while Predictive Project Management emphasizes detailed planning and linear progression. If the rest of the organization operates differently than the project team, misalignment and friction are almost guaranteed.

To avoid this, it is crucial that the chosen project methodology is not just a team-level decision. It needs buy-in and understanding from leadership, stakeholders and supporting departments. Clear alignment ensures that everyone—executives, delivery teams, and support functions—understands their role in the process and can work together efficiently toward common goals.

In our upcoming free workshop, Project Challenge 2: Organizing Your Project, the key features and the pros and cons of Agile vs. Predictive approaches will be explained, to provide guidance on selecting and implementing the right one for your context. Whether you are launching a new initiative or refining an existing process, this session will help you make a good decision on methodology and increase the chances of project success.

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Do you ever experience the feeling of guiding a project through an environment lacking clarity, as if navigating in the dark? A perceptive colleague of mine had a crucial insight: a project should not be perceived merely as a technical undertaking, driven by a few specialists. Instead it is a hive of human interaction and collaboration, with technology serving to provide the support structure.

This perspective highlights the critical role of communication, interpersonal skills, and team dynamics in achieving project success, often overshadowing the purely technical aspects.

Another aspect of project management is the tendency for projects to be viewed as discrete tasks with defined deliverables. The moment you say ‘yes,’ it often vanishes from everyone’s radar until the looming deadline.

During this apparent lull, project managers must skillfully navigate a world that is at best indifferent and at worst actively obstructive. This requires resilience, proactive risk management and the ability to maintain momentum and focus despite potential distractions or lack of immediate visible support.

Within this demanding context, a particularly effective strategy for achieving progress is to adopt a mindset that reframes every situation not as an insurmountable difficulty, but as a specific Challenge that can be solved. This fundamental principle underpins the entire knowledge base of Scatterwork. Our extensive practical experience and accumulated knowledge are systematically categorized and presented under various “Challenges.”

We have observed that this proactive and solution-oriented perspective consistently yields better outcomes compared to simply reacting to “issues,” which can often carry a more negative and potentially blocking connotation. The language we use shapes our approach and our ability to find effective resolutions.

This central framework serves as the engine for our diverse range of consultancy and training initiatives. Whether we are designing foundational events for individuals who are new to the discipline of project management, providing them with essential tools and methodologies, or acting as a catalyst for deeper discussions and strategic thinking with seasoned professionals, our core principles remain consistent.

Our approach is always fundamentally driven by a thorough understanding of the client’s unique situation, their specific requirements and their overarching objectives. This client-centric focus ensures that our interventions are highly relevant and adaptable, leading to the development of customized case studies that directly address their challenges, bespoke workshops designed to build specific skills and the creation of new modular content to address emerging topics and evolving needs within their industry or organization.

Our basic catalogue of expertise is structured around what we refer to as the “9 Challenges” as shown in the graphic. Engaging Scatterwork to provide expert advice or to actively implement specific aspects of your project execution can be a strategic step towards achieving greater efficiency and more successful outcomes.

Reach out to us now to explore any thoughts you may have about how to increase the impact of your projects significantly while reducing the personal burden and workload associated with their management.

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Pros, Cons & What’s best for You

This webinar is designed for Engineering Project Managers at all career levels, from beginners exploring certification options to experienced professionals looking to advance their credentials. If you are considering a career in project management or want to enhance your job prospects, this session will clarify the best areas to explore, to help you make an informed decision.

What You’ll Learn

This webinar will introduce you to the world’s most recognized project management certifications and their benefits.

To help select a personal route to qualification which is the best fit for your career goals, they will also be compared for costs, difficulty levels and time commitments.

Whether you are new to project management or looking to advance your career, this will help you navigate the best accreditation options for your professional growth.

Link here to the event publicity.

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Stable systems in the back office are essential to support Scatterwork’s client interventions, bids, promotions and everyday processes such as bookkeeping.

As a virtual organisation, the aim is to leverage as much as possible from available apps and processes, so that the team can get the best payback from their efforts.

While our consultants are spread throughout the world, our back office team is in Switzerland so that they can meet from time to time and build up their relationship with Scatterwork.

The current search is for an IT Student to consolidate the overview of all app and IT usage in one person, who will also develop and automate as much as possible.

Who do you know who is in touch with students in Switzerland? Please send them this link to the job advertisment!

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