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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... -
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... -
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... -
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,... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
Book Review – “The Success Healthcheck for IT Projects”
Posted on February 22, 2011 | No CommentsTweet This is the book review offered in the January edition of Project Management Tipoffs, the newsletter from Arras People. Check out the full version of this review by going... -
What the Project Practitioners Say About Portfolio Management
Posted on January 26, 2011 | No CommentsTweet It matters little to simply know where portfolio management is going and wait with fascination for the future of its very practice without first knowing where it has been.... -
Book Review – Re-imagining the Office
Posted on October 15, 2010 | No CommentsTweet Author: Adryan Bell Publisher: Gower Size: 126 pages Reviewed by Nicola Thorp This book starts out talking about the changes in technology within the office workspace – a few... -
July Tipoffs Q&A – PRINCE2
Posted on August 13, 2010 | No CommentsTweet “Being a project management professional who has been made redundant and actively seeking a role to no avail for the past few months, would employers take notice of me... -
CV Writing Services & The Professional Job Hunter: An Oxymoron?
Posted on July 27, 2010 | No CommentsTweet In an ongoing tough recruitment market your CV is still the one document that recruiters and employers will use to make those all important decisions about whether your capabilities... -
Skills Shortage Fever: The Last Five Years
Posted on July 22, 2010 | 7 CommentsTweet This article is from the July edition of Project Management Tipoffs, the project management & recruitment issues newsletter from Arras People. Subscribe today and we’ll send you free monthly... -
Book Review – ReWork: Change the Way You Work Forever
Posted on July 6, 2010 | 1 CommentTweet Author: Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson Publisher: Vermillion Size: 288 pages Just Another Self-Help Book? A big resounding No! A brilliant book that aims to “Change the Way You... -
Hidden Vacancies – Where Else Can You Be Looking?
Posted on June 21, 2010 | 2 CommentsTweet In today’s marketplace most candidates we engage with are working two well trodden paths when looking for a new position – the online job boards such as Monster and... -
One Full Day to Go
Posted on June 16, 2010 | No CommentsTweet In case you haven’t heard yet, Project Management Tipoffs for the month of June goes out tomorrow (complete with accompanying podcast). The theme for the sixth month of 2010? The... -
APM Weighs In: Do We Need a Coalition to Determine How a Professional Should Act?
Posted on June 11, 2010 | No CommentsTweet Though there is no recent update regarding the application for Chartered status, the Association for Project Management (APM) appear to be putting significant effort into phase 2 of their... -
Convincing The Recruiter: Looking Professional in Your Job Search
Posted on June 1, 2010 | 1 CommentTweet In the May issue of Project Management Tipoffs, we introduced our Tipoffs audience to how a candidate can look like a professional project manager in their job search. The... -
Reality Sets In: Redundancy and Beyond
Posted on April 30, 2010 | No CommentsTweet Having worked for the same organisation for five years I was informed I was at risk of redundancy and subsequently received scheduled “counseling” meetings leading up to eventual redundancy.... -
From Redundancy to Tabloid Coverage: One Jobseeker’s Story
Posted on April 21, 2010 | No CommentsTweet For one Senior Estimator, getting the news that he was made redundant set a few extraordinary wheels in motion that have led to successful employment once again just two... -
Book Review – Project Management Circa 2025
Posted on March 31, 2010 | 2 CommentsThe immediate effect of Circa 2025's structure - 29 articles - together with the absence of a chapter attempting to bring all those articles together, is that the reader will have to draw their own conclusion as to what will be the overall shape of things to come for the project management profession. I reckon this is a shortcoming of the book, as there would have been value in summarizing the various authors' findings. -
From Benchmark Report: Thoughts on Competencies
Posted on March 19, 2010 | No CommentsTweet Does the successful project manager have the same core of competencies as a successful programme manager? If so, is the progression on the PPM hierarchy given due attention to... -
Tipoffs Preview: “How a Dead Language Hurts Your CV”
Posted on March 11, 2010 | 1 CommentTweet Next Thursday we release the March edition of Project Management Tipoffs, the free newsletter from Arras People. This month’s issue focuses on Career Development. To sign up, go to... -
The Working Resume™: A New Approach for Job Applications
Posted on February 26, 2010 | No CommentsTweet The Working Resume™ has been popularised in recent years thanks to Nick Corcodilos, an American head-hunter and management consultant who runs the popular job search/hiring tips blog “Ask the... -
Tipoffs Preview – Fair Warning For Chronological Holes in Your CV
Posted on February 17, 2010 | No CommentsTweet This article gives a preview of what to expect in Thursday’s Project Management Tipoffs, the Project Management Jobs & Issues Newsletter from Arras People. This edition will focus on... -
From Tipoffs: Arras People Interviews Bas de Baar
Posted on February 11, 2010 | No CommentsTweet Arras People had some follow-up questions for Bas regarding project management and social media. Here is the interview pieced from some emails we exchanged earlier this month. Arras People:... -
Career Development: Social Media and the Five Tools for the Professional Job Hunter
Posted on January 29, 2010 | No CommentsTweet “You need to stand out from the crowd if you’re going to find your ideal job”. How many times have you heard this over the last few months? The... -
Book Review: The Program Management Office Advantage
Posted on January 21, 2010 | 1 CommentTweet PMO (Programme Management Office) is still relatively new in the field of programme and project management, a browse through the business books tell us that it’s an area which... -
Guest Blogger Previews Predictions for 2010
Posted on December 17, 2009 | No CommentsTweet I arranged to meet a friend in a local coffee shop. He was late and sent a text message saying he was held up in traffic. While waiting, I...
