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EPISODE 27 – PM: Think, Teach, Do
Posted on May 18, 2012 | No CommentsTweet We’re bringing the Arras People Podcast even more in house now! Each month, you’ve counted on the AP Podcast for a simple, free and easily compact delivery of Project... -
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,... -
Project Management Competencies and Age
Posted on April 19, 2012 | 1 CommentTweet In this month’s project management newsletter from Arras People we are delving deeper into the results from the annual Project Management Benchmark Report (PMBR). Specifically we’re looking at the... -
Four of 5 Practitioners Use Books as a PPM Resource
Posted on April 12, 2012 | No CommentsTweet Results from the survey we cast for the March edition of Ten in Ten: A Celebration of Project Management gives us some insight into the media resources PPM practitioners... -
Review a Pocket Guide & Enter the March Draw
Posted on March 26, 2012 | 2 CommentsTweet Things are rolling to a close this week on the first month of our year-long birthday celebration of prize draws, which you’ll know by title as Ten in Ten.... -
Days To Go: Tipoffs on Project Management Challenges
Posted on March 12, 2012 | No CommentsTweet As some of the UK’s #pmot brethren are in London next week for another installment of the bi-annual Project Challenge, Project Management Tipoffs comes out Thursday with a mind... -
Project Management Recruitment Ideas – Recruiting PMO Staff
Posted on March 2, 2012 | No CommentsTweet As PMO lead my PMO is at a point where it is at a good level of maturity and we feel it is time to expand it, can you... -
Project Management Recruitment Ideas – Recruiting a PM for the First Time
Posted on February 20, 2012 | No CommentsTweet The nature of what we do has changed significantly and we find ourselves needing to recruit a project manager for the first time. What should we be looking for... -
Project Management Recruitment Ideas – Hiring Right First Time
Posted on February 13, 2012 | 2 CommentsTweet As the hiring manager how do I “ensure” that more often than not I get the right person for the role first time of asking? What a great question... -
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... -
5 Tips for Managing Your Project Team
Posted on December 15, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Every great team has a great manager. This is the same for sports teams as it is for project teams. Here are some tips to help you manage your... -
Arras People PPM Bookshop: Your Secret Santa!
Posted on December 13, 2011 | 1 CommentTweet It’s good ol’ “our back needs a good scratchin’” time. As it stands today, we’ve got three different editions of project management and careers books to give away today,... -
Book Review: The Eight Constants of Change by Change Guides
Posted on November 30, 2011 | No CommentsTweet The Eight Constants of Change may seem like an oxymoronic title to some, but in my experience there are many common issues that need to be managed during any... -
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... -
An Agile Advocate Speaks Out
Posted on October 18, 2011 | No CommentsTweet We recently put out an All Social Media Points Bulletin for advocates of agile project management. Ultimately, we’ve been seeking professionals from a variety of backgrounds (Agile to PM,... -
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... -
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... -
Book review: Human Resource Skills for the Project Manager
Posted on October 5, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Broken down into seven chapters tackling areas such as communication, conflict and negotiation; Verma talks briefly about methods and topics for consideration although nothing groundbreaking and often quite light... -
Book Review: Stop Playing Games
Posted on September 27, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Starting with a call to arms in the battle against devaluing the profession, Rick Morris explains the state in which the project management profession finds itself arguing that a... -
Book Review: Rescue the Problem Project
Posted on August 19, 2011 | 1 CommentTweet Anyone reading this book must first face the uncomfortable truth that most projects have issues, and in many cases this will lead to the 25% failed projects claimed by... -
Change Management Book + Pocketguide Up for Review
Posted on August 15, 2011 | 1 CommentTweet UPDATE (16th August): The first to come was Mr Geri McLeary, and he’s the winner. Check us out in the near future for other titles to review. First come,... -
The Stakeholder Rundown
Posted on July 28, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Managed successfully or to failure, all projects ultimately have consequences – not just on the resources you are using, but on the people who feel the effects of the... -
Book Review: Project Management for Healthcare
Posted on July 26, 2011 | No CommentsTweet On first impressions this book looks like something which was published in the ’70s with its orange, brown and yellow ochre cover; not to mention the photograph of an... -
Book Review – A Short Guide to Facilitating Risk Management
Posted on July 18, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Penny Pullan and Ruth Murray-Webster’s ‘A Short Guide to Facilitating Risk Management’ fits into a series of Short Guides about risk published by Gower. The series currently includes books... -
Don’t forget your soft skills!
Posted on July 15, 2011 | No CommentsTweet When it comes to career development, it is easy to focus on the technical aspects of a particular role and easy to lose sight of the soft skills that... -
Book Review: The Critical Thinking Toolkit
Posted on July 7, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Hard up for ideas on how to make a certain presentation about handling endless questions with quick thinking recently, I asked around the office as to tactics or courses... -
Book Review: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
Posted on June 27, 2011 | 1 CommentTweet The Five Dysfunctions of a Team is a work by Patrick Lencioni, author of eight previously well recognised books in the USA. Patrick is the founder and president of... -
Project Management and the Big Society – a not-for-profit perspective
Posted on May 19, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Aidan Kelly wears a number of hats: chartered physicist, photographer, and PRINCE2 practitioner are the leaders. He is also a big proponent of innovative solutions in project management. After... -
Five Ways to Use Us: Part Trois
Posted on March 23, 2011 | No CommentsTweet You know those blog posts that are trying to get you to check in and maintain readership each and every day with regular – perhaps weekly – features, then... -
Book Review: Social Media for Project Managers
Posted on March 22, 2011 | 1 CommentTweet Social media is slowly but surely creeping into the world of project management; with two thirds of the project management profession using social media in some way in their...
