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New Project Paradigm for Civil Servants
Posted on February 8, 2012 | No CommentsTweet The launch of the Major Projects Leadership Academy sees a new approach in the delivery of government funded projects. With a portfolio of some 200 projects amounting to in... -
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... -
My First Management of Value Webinar
Posted on January 24, 2012 | No CommentsTweet Did you tune into the MoV (Management of Value) webinar I presented last Wednesday? Like all first times, it was a fascinating experience, so I thought I would share... -
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... -
Pace of Change – Portfolio Management
Posted on October 28, 2011 | No CommentsTweet This week I went along to an APM branch meeting in Yorkshire. It was hosted at Leeds University and the main speaker for the evening was James Butler... -
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... -
APMP Diary – One Week ’til Exam Time
Posted on October 7, 2011 | No CommentsTweet With my week long APMP Course just around the corner, I thought I’d put together a final installment of my diary for now before embarking on my APMP adventure... -
APMP Diary – Project Management in Context and Organisation / Governance
Posted on September 23, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Three weeks on Friday I will be sitting my APMP exam. I’m not sure where the time is going to be honest but I’m now getting well and truly... -
APMP Diary – 1 month to go…
Posted on September 16, 2011 | No CommentsTweet As the leading Project Management recruitment specialists, at Arras People we pride ourselves on being at the forefront of the profession, not only in terms of industry knowledge but... -
Combining PMP Certification, APMP and PRINCE2 into a Global Project Academy
Posted on August 10, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Project management, which was born in the 1960, is increasingly being recognised as a true project profession with recognised standards and accreditation routes. However around the world a number of... -
Thinking About PPM Education
Posted on August 1, 2011 | No CommentsTweet For those of you keen on our monthly newsletter, Project Management Tipoffs, you might know that we try to keep our readers abreast of what’s happening in both project... -
Reminiscing About Podcasts
Posted on April 28, 2011 | No CommentsTweet We’ve got some equipment upgrades on the way for the benefit of the quality of our podcasts, which you’ve willingly downloaded by the thousand. The Project Management Tipoffs Podcast... -
Direct Learning from Home – the End Has Come!
Posted on April 13, 2011 | No CommentsTweet It is over, the end has come. My distance learning experience has finished after 8 weeks of directed learning. Am I sad? Yes. Am I glad I undertook an... -
Villano-More: School’s Out
Posted on March 30, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Indeed, my time as an online classroom student came to an official end Tuesday morning, 2:59 GMT. My Essentials of Project Management course is a wrap, complete, finito. One... -
Project Management Leadership Competencies (PMLC)
Posted on March 28, 2011 | No CommentsTweet There was a time where hiring companies believed that having someone with a PMP©, Six Sigma Blackbelt/Master Blackbelt, Prince2, etc designation meant that the individual would be a great... -
Criminal Business Case Writers and Medieval Fools
Posted on March 14, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Last week I went along to the PMOSIG conference in Coventry, the theme for the day was portfolio management and the delegates were specifically interested in what this means... -
Direct Learning from Home – the Half Way Story
Posted on March 4, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Wow, that has been a busy 4 weeks! Alongside working I have been undertaking an online course in Advanced Strategic Project Management being offered by Villanova University in the... -
Experience versus Classroom
Posted on February 16, 2011 | No CommentsTweet This is the second in our line of archived Question & Answer columns ripped from Project Management Tipoffs. The entirety of the article is available here. Though this Thursday’s... -
PMO Resourcing – Recent Findings
Posted on February 2, 2011 | 1 CommentTweet Last week I listened in on a webinar from Terry Doerscher from Planview, the webinar featured their findings from a recent survey focused on PMOs. If you’ve not had... -
Directed learning from home – does it work?
Posted on January 31, 2011 | No CommentsTweet I get frustrated when I hear people comment that they ‘do not have time in my busy life to study’ or that ‘the organisation cannot afford to send me... -
Project Management Recruitment Ideas – Showing PRINCE2 on your CV
Posted on January 12, 2011 | 1 CommentTweet And another Project Management Recruitment Ideas for this week, I’ve been looking at what some of our readers have been searching for on The Camel and what might seem... -
PMOSIG – Raising the PMO Bar
Posted on December 7, 2010 | 3 CommentsTweet The latest conference from the PMOSIG has just been announced and it looks like 2011 will be the year of portfolio offices and Agile PMOs. If you’re not already... -
Classic Chicken or Egg: Portfolio Office!
Posted on November 29, 2010 | 3 CommentsTweet Here’s the classic conundrum; after the launch of P3O in 2008 where Portfolio Offices are described for pretty much the first time in a UK based textbook, we’ve started... -
Best Management Practice Update
Posted on November 18, 2010 | 1 CommentTweet Last week I went along to a APMG breakfast seminar at the Caledonian Club in London. APMG are the organisation that accredits training organisations in qualifications and certifications such... -
PRINCE2:2009 One Year On
Posted on November 15, 2010 | No CommentsTweet I can’t believe that at the time of writing this article that 15 months have passed since the latest version of PRINCE2 was launched. The refresh project itself took... -
Programme & Project Management Accreditations and Qualifications
Posted on October 29, 2010 | 1 CommentTweet As the list of available accreditations and qualifications for Programme and Project Management (PPM) practitioners increases, we thought it would be a good idea to try and get an... -
A Princely Mess!
Posted on October 27, 2010 | 4 CommentsTweet During the recent APM Conference I took the time to listen to a presentation by David Pitchford the Executive Director of Major Projects within the Efficiency and Reform Group... -
How the Select a Project Management Training Provider?
Posted on October 19, 2010 | 3 CommentsTweet An insider’s guide to selecting a good quality Project Management Training Provider? Project management training is a significant investment of your time, cost and effort. The quality of your... -
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...
