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The Muscles to Manage Change
Posted on May 21, 2012 | No CommentsTweet We have been working with several large organizations lately that are trying to build their internal ability to manage ongoing change. Change is the new normal for many organizations.... -
Some Twitter Handles Project Managers Dig
Posted on May 9, 2012 | 2 CommentsTweet As Lindsay Scott revealed in this space last Wednesday, Arras People’s 10th birthday celebrations opened in March with some great book prizes from Gower Publishing. As part of the... -
When Should I Take the PMP Exam?
Posted on May 8, 2012 | No CommentsTweet As you prepare for the PMP® exam, one of your most important decisions will be when to actually take the exam. For many people, the question of when is... -
Book Review – Project Sponsorship
Posted on May 4, 2012 | No CommentsTweet During my 8 years as a project and programme manager, I’ve experienced a great variety of project sponsorship styles and approaches. While there are many popular and mature project,... -
Will float sharing be a problem ever in BIM age?
Posted on April 10, 2012 | No CommentsTweet For decades, CPM scheduling, as a project management tool, has played a core role to plan, coordinate and schedule the execution of construction-related projects. Through the traditional means and... -
Should Project Managers be Professionally Licensed or Chartered?
Posted on April 5, 2012 | No CommentsTweet One of our goals when writing articles is to create awareness about the thinking within the global project management community. One subject in particular that we have been considering for... -
Natural Disasters: A Study on Working Together to Mitigate Risk
Posted on March 23, 2012 | No CommentsTweet A UK aid review recently launched by ex-Liberal Democrat leader Lord Ashdown, says more lives could be saved by faster UK response times to natural disasters. Estimating an increase... -
The state of learning technology in 2012
Posted on March 13, 2012 | No CommentsTweet The eighth edition of the Towards Maturity benchmark report was released recently. It makes interesting reading, and they have found an unusual and engaging way of presenting a summary... -
National “Be Nice to your Suppliers” Week
Posted on March 7, 2012 | No CommentsTweet EDITOR’S NOTE: Written on behalf of Global Knowledge, this post’s author is Barry Corless, the Business Development Director for Best Practice at Global Knowledge and Chairman of itSMF UK.... -
What makes a ‘Good’ Project Manager?
Posted on February 16, 2012 | 7 CommentsTweet The traits of a good project manager are becoming ever more discussed on LinkedIn message boards. The subject has many diverse perhaps controversial views we are going to debate.... -
Projects with Suppliers and Vendors – Seven Factors to Consider
Posted on February 7, 2012 | No CommentsTweet At some point in their lives, many projects need the expertise of external third parties to ensure that certain activities are carried out. Much research and advice is available... -
The Meaning and Purpose of a PMO
Posted on February 6, 2012 | No CommentsTweet Let me start in the spirit of that classic US game show ‘Jeopardy!’ … Answer: ‘a PMO’ Question: (and therefore actually the correct answer; that is just the way... -
Can I Earn PDUs for Writing Project Management Articles?
Posted on January 30, 2012 | No CommentsTweet Yes you can! Ever since the Project Management Institute (PMI) published the new Category and Structure for Professional Development Units (PDUs) in March 2011, earning PDUs has become much... -
Book Review: “Your Brain at Work”
Posted on January 26, 2012 | 2 CommentsTweet Overall Impressions I had a difficult time getting into and through this book. Unfortunately, I really can’t tell you why. I think the main problem is that the writing... -
Project Management As Business?
Posted on January 19, 2012 | 1 CommentTweet When looking back at the year 2011 it is natural to base on our past predictions, especially considering I made a bunch of them. Reading my guesses for the... -
Is 2012 the year to maximize the value your Projects deliver?
Posted on January 6, 2012 | No CommentsTweet 2012 will see the newly-launched MoV (Management of Value) Practitioner course. In the current economic climate there has never been a better time to learn MoV. MoV supplements the... -
Presentation Skills for Programme and Project Managers
Posted on January 4, 2012 | No CommentsTweet We always appreciate a good presentation! There is a good deal of excellent material and advice on presentation skills available, and we are not trying to cover every aspect... -
Using Project and Programme Management Groups on LinkedIn
Posted on December 12, 2011 | No CommentsTweet EDITOR’S NOTE: This post, courtesy of the PM Oracles series of articles, is about the benefits of using project and programme management groups on the LinkedIn social network. In... -
The Future of Project Management Development
Posted on December 5, 2011 | No CommentsTweet A quick sample of what people in project land are talking about TODAY: A glance at a Linkedin project management discussion group. What are the discussions about? What are... -
Implementing a PMO is a Project in Itself
Posted on December 1, 2011 | No CommentsTweet When we began our collaboration on this article, we wanted to ensure that our readers didn’t see it as another article on how to manage and/or define the benefits... -
Great Project Leaders – Facet 7 – Group Orientation
Posted on November 25, 2011 | No CommentsTweet FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK: Guest contributor to the Great Project Leader series of posts for How to Manage a Camel, Global Project Leaders have just released the third, improved... -
MoV – The New Buzzword in Project Management?
Posted on November 17, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Management of Value (MoV) has evolved from over 50 years of value engineering, to form the missing link in developing successful IT and Change Management projects. Tried and tested... -
Great Project Leaders – Facet 6 – Communication
Posted on November 14, 2011 | No CommentsTweet EDITORIAL REMINDER: Our friendly regular contributor Global Project Leaders have just released the third, improved version of a psychometric test to try and measure the results of our research... -
Root Cause Analysis and Corrective Action for Project Managers
Posted on November 2, 2011 | 2 CommentsTweet Project managers have the immense task of juggling requirements and resources that are often not under their direct control in order to produce the required project deliverables within the... -
Great Project Leaders – Facet 5 – Motivation
Posted on November 1, 2011 | No CommentsTweet NOTE: Our guest contributor, Global Project Leaders, have released the third, improved version of a psychometric test to try and measure the results of our research and provide useful... -
PMO – The Value Proposition
Posted on October 26, 2011 | No CommentsTweet My good friend Andreas Splett and I had a discussion over email a few months back about PMOs. Andreas is a Head of Project Management for a firm based... -
Great Project Leaders – Facet 4 – Stability
Posted on October 24, 2011 | No CommentsTweet EDITOR’S NOTE: Today’s guest contributor are Global Project Leaders, who have just released the third, improved version of a psychometric test to try and measure the results of our... -
Is Agile Project Management the New PRINCE2?
Posted on October 19, 2011 | 1 CommentTweet September and October are conference season in the world of business and projects, where the lucky ones of us escape the office for a couple of days and get... -
Book Review: The Power of Interpersonal Skills in Project Management
Posted on October 12, 2011 | 2 CommentsTweet The Power of Interpersonal Skills in Project Management is a well-researched book that attempts to cover what is a very important and relevant topic for the project leader. Deborah... -
Leading Successful PMOs: Part 1
Posted on October 11, 2011 | No CommentsTweet EDITOR’S NOTE: Many of you will know Peter Taylor from his popular book – The Lazy Project Manager – but did you know Peter also recently released a new...
