PM Benchmark Report 2012
Training Directory
Recent Comments
- Mr. Rudzani Nethengwe: Programme & Project Management professional bodies broaden the scope of programme and project managemt horizons,...
- Dan Strayer: Jim, Thank you very much for pointing this out. I should have been on top of that. I do find it interesting and a great tribute to...
- Carl Beet: P2 is as much a right of passage as it is a fundamental for anyone setting off down the Project Management road. APMP however will give...
- Jim Anderson: Dan, sorry to let you know that Rita Mulcahy lost her battle with cancer in May of 2010 and her Twitter feed hasn’t been...
- Lindsay Scott: Thanks Colin. If your briefing document would be useful to others in the community please feel free to consider creating a post...
- Colin McKenzie: I enjoyed reading the articles about different project management methodologies. Helpful as I am preparing my own briefing document...
- Lindsay Scott: These bloggers were voted for by people who took part in a recent survey by Arras People
Events
Software Directory
Recent Roles at Arras People
Guest Blogger Archive
-
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... -
Book Review: 59 Checklists for Project and Programme Managers
Posted on November 11, 2010 | No CommentsTweet 59 Checklists for Project and Programme Managers Rudy Kor, Gert Wijnen Gower Publishing When I got this book in the mail I was expecting a checklist collection, the title... -
Book Review: The Project Management Communications Toolkit
Posted on November 3, 2010 | No CommentsTweet EDITOR’S NOTE: Both How to Manage a Camel and Project Management Tipoffs will regularly feature Book Reviews pertaining to project & programme management issues, many written by our stable... -
Tipoffs Preview: Pawel Brodzinski on “Why So Unhappy?”
Posted on August 17, 2010 | No CommentsTweet EDITOR’S NOTE: Our August 3rd post asked the project and programme management community to weigh in on the matter of candidate unrest with their working status. Specifically: Why Do... -
Tipoffs Preview: Chris Walters on “Why So Unhappy?”
Posted on August 16, 2010 | No CommentsTweet EDITOR’S NOTE: The August 3rd How to Manage a Camel post asked project and programme management practitioners to weigh in on the matter of candidate unrest with their working... -
Which PMI Credential is Right for me?
Posted on April 22, 2010 | 2 CommentsTweet The Project Management Institute (PMI)® offers 5 credentials in project management. Are you confused about which is the right one for you? Well, then here I am to help... -
Social media in a project environment – the results
Posted on March 22, 2010 | 4 CommentsTweet When I started researching my new book on social media in a project environment, I had a couple of project managers contact me and say that they couldn’t see... -
Tuesday with Morning Links: February Edition
Posted on February 2, 2010 | 2 CommentsTweet I have to admit, in January and February I was in an absolute fuzz. I had no one on board. It wasn’t that I didn’t know what I was... -
Guest Blogger – Read It Again
Posted on January 22, 2010 | 3 CommentsTweet I admit it. I have kept almost every textbook from my college years. There were a scant few that didn’t quite make the cut, but most have stood the... -
Guest Blogger – Are you working too hard as a Project Manager to be successful?
Posted on January 15, 2010 | No CommentsTweet “Progress isn’t made by early risers. It’s made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.” - Robert Heinlein The 2009 Standish Group report shows more projects... -
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... -
Break in the Chain
Posted on November 25, 2009 | 1 CommentTweet No matter how much we stress communication, there will always be a breakdown or two somewhere in the process. Despite the sometimes dire consequences, we accept that humans make... -
Sending out an S.O.S.
Posted on November 24, 2009 | No CommentsTweet Back in the days when I edited a sports page for a daily newspaper in the U.S. of A., I’d print off the final template of pages I was... -
Book Review – The Lazy Project Manager
Posted on November 20, 2009 | 2 CommentsTweet Author: Peter Taylor, available through Amazon See details on how to win this book below It is extremely unusual for me to pick up a ‘management book’ involuntarily. I... -
Guest Post – Follow Through
Posted on October 20, 2009 | No CommentsTweet One of the greatest frustrations that any manager can experience is that of giving an instruction, only to have it not properly or completely carried out. There is a... -
Sending Out a Guest Blogger Request For How to Manage a Camel
Posted on September 29, 2009 | No CommentsTweet We, the people behind the blogs of Arras People (How to Manage a Camel and our own internal happenings Arras People blog), want you to know we’ve taken great pleasure... -
GUEST POST: You Want it When? For How Much?
Posted on September 28, 2009 | 1 CommentTweet A question that I’ve had to wrestle with on a number of occasions is when do I (as the project manager) know how long the project will take? And,... -
Guest Blogger – What do Project Managers need to know about Social Media?
Posted on September 16, 2009 | 2 CommentsTweet As Project Management professionals we all know that change is part of business life. If this were not the case then most of us would be out of work,... -
Guest Blogger – What is Project Management 2.0?
Posted on September 9, 2009 | 6 CommentsYou’ve probably already heard this term, but most likely, you’re still not sure what it means. You may know that it has something to do with Web 2.0 and technologies like blogs, wikis or social networks, but this information is not enough for making up your mind about this new phenomenon. In this post, I’ll try to answer a few popular Project Management 2.0 questions, help you understand the basics of this new trend and see for yourself whether you want to join the movement of innovators or just sit around and wait to see what happens. -
Guest Blogger: Who Put You In Charge?
Posted on September 2, 2009 | 2 CommentsTweet A project manager’s job is never performed in a vacuum. Not only is he or she responsible for the project team, the customer, and the various support staff, but... -
Wanted: Knowledgeable Project Management Writers
Posted on August 21, 2009 | No CommentsTweet We have had numerous responses within the last week concerned with our blog post requesting Guest Bloggers for How to Manage a Camel. You may have also noticed the immediate... -
Guest Blogger: PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
Posted on August 18, 2009 | 1 CommentTweet Don’t steal, don’t cheat, and don’t lie. This short sentence pretty much sums up the PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct (the Code). It describes the expectations that... -
Communicate, communicate, communicate
Posted on August 7, 2009 | 1 CommentTweet NOTE: This article is reprinted from the July 2009 edition of Project Management Tipoffs. Subscribe to PM Tipoffs today by clicking here. Does your project have a communications plan? It’s... -
Guest Blogger – Nothing Stays the Same: Leadership Techniques to Empower People During Change Initiatives
Posted on July 30, 2009 | No CommentsTweet EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is reprinted with permission from Material Handling Wholesaler, 30th April 2009. Every organization is affected by change, especially during times of economic volatility. However, project... -
Guest Blogger – The Flip Side – Accepting Delegation
Posted on July 23, 2009 | 1 CommentTweet It isn’t hard to find resources promoting effective management – whether of projects or people. From IT to manufacturing to engineering, one of the most common recommendations – nay,... -
5 Steps To Recovering Your Project Sanity
Posted on June 10, 2009 | No CommentsTony had just finished a year-long project, and was exhausted. As a good project manager should, he had been keeping a lessons learned file throughout the project, and now that it was completed he was making a final entry, looking back over the whole year. Let's peek into... -
Guest Blogger – Two Laws You Must Know
Posted on June 9, 2009 | No CommentsTweet Project Managers – especially younger staff – are equipped with education and a few years of experience from which many complex decisions must be derived. It is common for... -
Guest PM Blogger – What’s wrong with the ‘Triple Constraint’?
Posted on May 19, 2009 | 8 CommentsTweet Naoman Sheikh, a project manager currently working with Virgin Media to expand the reach of their Triple Play Services (Digital TV, Broadband and Telephone) to the far corners of...
