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Book Review: “A Short Guide to Operational Risk”
Posted on February 18, 2013 | No CommentsTweet David Tattam’s ‘A Short Guide to Operational Risk’ fits into a series of Short Guides about risk published by Gower. The series is planned to comprise around 15 books,... -
Book Review: “Benefits Realisation Management”
Posted on January 31, 2013 | 3 CommentsTweet Gerald Bradley has been involved in Benefits Realisation Management (BRM) since the 1980s. His company specialises in providing services to support and train for BRM at all levels within organisations. The 2nd Edition... -
Put Your Best Foot Forward: The Nonverbal Interview
Posted on January 11, 2013 | No CommentsTweet You never have a second chance to make a good first impression. Believe it or not, others form their opinion of you within minutes of seeing you, and much... -
Nine Steps to Embracing Risk Analysis in the Enterprise
Posted on January 7, 2013 | No CommentsTweet In the commercial environment, businesses make decisions daily, irrespective of whether they are operating in a boom or a recession. Each decision has an associated level of risk: where... -
Resource Scheduling
Posted on December 18, 2012 | 2 CommentsTweet Over the years, I have written a number of schedule risk analysis programs, the latest being Full Monte for Microsoft Project. From time to time, I have been asked... -
Project Management and Software – a Personal View
Posted on August 3, 2012 | 1 CommentTweet I have often been asked “What is the best project management software and how can I get trained on it?” My answer is always the same: “It doesn’t matter... -
How To Find The Correct Answer On PMP Exam Questions
Posted on July 4, 2012 | No CommentsTweet You have studied the PMBOK® Guide and numerous additional materials; you believe you have a solid understanding of project management theories and the application of those theories; and you... -
PRINCE2 or PMP?
Posted on June 11, 2012 | No CommentsTweet This week the Camel features posts related to PRINCE2. We kick off with the basics. Students often ask me which methodology is most useful in a project management environment.... -
Calm in the Eye of the Storm
Posted on June 6, 2012 | No CommentsTweet Storm chasers are professionals (or should be) who watch for tornadoes and hurricanes during the summer months in the southern and Midwestern United States. Their goal is to get... -
12 Easy Ways to Earn PDUs
Posted on May 28, 2012 | No CommentsTweet Note: This is an update to the article “10 Easy Ways to Earn PDUs” that was published in July 2010. The update is necessary because PMI changed the categories,... -
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... -
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... -
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...
