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Latest Update on Apprenticeships and Project Management
Posted on January 23, 2012 | No CommentsTweet Back in September 2011 we looked at the apprenticeship programme that had been put together by BAe Systems which showed how they were managing their project management talent pipeline... -
A decade of project management
Posted on January 10, 2012 | 1 CommentTweet Whoop! Arras People is a decade old this year and time seems to have flown by. The UK project management industry has changed quite a bit over that decade... -
Merry Christmas from the Camel
Posted on December 23, 2011 | No CommentsTweet The Camel wants to wish all its readers a great Christmas holiday and best wishes for 2012 Now hit it Five Camel Band….. Personalize funny videos and birthday... -
Can Social Networking Help My Job Search?
Posted on December 16, 2011 | No CommentsTweet “How are social networking and community sites helping project managers in their careers?“ - Radha, London Lindsay Scott of Arras People says: Much of the feedback from our own... -
The Importance of (Project) Meetings – Termination
Posted on November 29, 2011 | No CommentsTweet In this final part of the research from the Advanced Institute of Management Research on the importance of meetings we look at meeting termination. This is the part of... -
The Importance of (Project) Meetings – Conduct
Posted on November 24, 2011 | 1 CommentTweet Following on from last week’s post on recent research conducted about meetings from the Advanced Institute of Management Research in this week’s post I’m going to look at conduct... -
The Importance of (Project) Meetings – Initiation
Posted on November 18, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Last week I got out of the office to see what the human resources field were up to at their annual conference and exhibition. I came across the Advanced... -
Guesting at the #PMChat Pre-Game Show
Posted on November 11, 2011 | No CommentsTweet We related to our readers three weeks ago a nifty Twitter-inspired chat session introduced for the project management community by Robert Kelly and Rob Prinzo. It’s called #PMchat, a... -
Tipoffs Just One Week Away
Posted on November 10, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Project Management Tipoffs, the project management & recruitment issues newsletter from Arras People, will be in inboxes next Thursday morning. Subscribe today for free to get an initial look... -
Finding Our Voice
Posted on November 4, 2011 | No CommentsTweet The Arras People Podcast has gone through some name changes and dealt with the usual nebulous, development stage stuff (complications with the recording equipment, the need for an audio... -
The Best Spooky Project
Posted on October 31, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Time for a little spooky fun. Events management is often seen as a poor relation to project management; maybe it’s because an events project is seen as low risk,... -
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... -
Higher Education v. Experience: All-Out War or Peaceful Co-Existence?
Posted on October 6, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Is a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in project or programme management a differentiator in the project marketplace? Does having a degree make you a better project manager? Do employing... -
Have Your Say – What the Broader Project Management Community Says
Posted on September 19, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Taking to the social media spheres at our disposal, including an online poll we’ve conducted and shared below, the thoughts of the wider project management community about higher education... -
A Book and a Reminder
Posted on September 8, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Two things this morning: 1. Project Management Tipoffs will be in your inbox next week, provided you’ve subscribed to it for free. (And woe to the project manager who... -
Arras People at APM in the Midlands
Posted on September 5, 2011 | No CommentsTweet John Thorpe and Lindsay Scott from Arras People will be presenting at two APM branch meetings in September and October 2011. An opportunity to find out more about the... -
Stakeholder Management and the Politically Savvy
Posted on August 12, 2011 | No CommentsTweet It’s a common cause of project failure directly attributable to us human beings if it is not carried out effectively. It’s considered to be one of the arts of... -
Q&A Project Management Careers – LinkedIn
Posted on August 9, 2011 | No CommentsTweet This week’s Q&A is taken from my PMI PM Network careers column which was published last week. I’ve recently signed up to LinkedIn to reconnect to people I’ve previously... -
Q&A Project Management Careers – Business Think
Posted on August 2, 2011 | No CommentsTweet This week’s Q&A is taken from my PMI PM Network careers column which was published this week. I’ve been PMP certified for a number of years however I want... -
Rapport in Project Management – NLP Insights
Posted on July 12, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Last month at the Rethinking Leadership conference (see the previous post on the Project Management Decade) Peter Parkes from NLP4PM talked specifically about NLP and Project Leadership. You might... -
Resources for Modern Project Career Development
Posted on June 16, 2011 | 1 CommentTweet Career development goes beyond the simple booking of a training course or starting a commitment to any one number of the project management certifications and accreditations available. These five... -
Q&A Project Management Careers – Performance Review
Posted on June 13, 2011 | No CommentsTweet This week’s Q&A is taken from my PMI PM Network careers column which was published last week. My performance review is coming up next month and I think I’ve... -
Tipoffs for June Out in 1 Week
Posted on June 9, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Project Management Tipoffs is back for June next Thursday, tackling matters related to career development. For this issue, we’ve tapped the expertise of some members of our Training Directory,... -
Q&A Project Management Careers – Company Mergers
Posted on June 7, 2011 | No CommentsTweet This week’s Q&A is taken from my PMI PM Network careers column which was published last week. I’ve been working for a number of years in the same organisation... -
A Few More Nuggets on the RPP
Posted on May 23, 2011 | 6 CommentsTweet Last week I managed to catch one of the Association for Project Management‘s roadshows on the new RPP – Registered Project Professional standard. The presentation by the Product Development... -
Tipoffs out next Thursday
Posted on May 12, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Project Management Tipoffs is back for May next Thursday, tackling matters related to public and private sector employment and the current practices, trends and views on how they affect... -
Tipoffs out next week
Posted on April 14, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Project Management Tipoffs, the monthly newsletter from Arras People, takes another crack at the issues and concerns facing project management & recruitment next week. On Thursday, subscribers to this... -
Project Management Career Success
Posted on March 17, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Today we launch our March newsletter looking at Project Management Success; taking a look at what makes a successful project management professional. So who better to ask about success... -
Q&A Project Management Careers – How to Switch to Freelancing
Posted on October 6, 2010 | 1 CommentTweet This week’s question is from Anon; Can you please advice on how an experienced project manager can switch from permanent employment to contractor? Thanks for your question; there are... -
Tipoffs out Thursday, Subscriptions Still Available
Posted on September 21, 2010 | No CommentsTweet The September edition of Project Management Tipoffs will be released first to our subscribers Thursday, a look both back and forward at PRINCE2. We’ve got a heavy dose of...
