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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... -
It Started with a Vision
Posted on June 28, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Imagine a scene from a psychadelic Willy Wonka-esque village where little multi-coloured houses sit side by side with odd artifacts slavaged from mansion houses far and wide. Now plonk... -
Q&A Project Management Careers – Working for Free
Posted on June 2, 2011 | No CommentsTweet This week’s question from Mr N.S: I would consider working for no renumeration for a trial period if that is what it would take to get my foot in... -
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: “Green Project Management”
Posted on May 5, 2011 | 1 CommentTweet I’m a typical German with a green attitude – I sort my waste and try to avoid additional packaging, pick for long rides the train as preferred transportation and... -
Big Society and Project Management
Posted on November 8, 2010 | No CommentsTweet Last week I went along to a local Third Sector event run by a local council group, Tameside Third Sector Coalition. The Third Sector is the name given to... -
Celebrating International Project Management Day with a Success Story
Posted on November 4, 2010 | No CommentsTweet 4th November is the International Project Management Day, a day intended “to encourage project based organizations worldwide or organizations who utilize project management methodologies to schedule some type of... -
Best Practice Showcase – The Best Thing a PM Could Do in June
Posted on May 28, 2010 | 4 CommentsTweet Well this and of course praying for further B-B-Q weather! If you’re not already aware of the Best Practice Showcase and what it is and why you should attend,... -
New Project Management Certification for the International Development Sector
Posted on May 7, 2010 | No CommentsTweet Last month, on the 22nd April, saw the launch of a new project management certification for the International Development (or NGO) sector. The PMD Pro (Project Management in Development... -
A shout out to our first MPMM victor!
Posted on February 18, 2010 | No CommentsTweet Derek Huether is the winner of the very first Freedom of Speech February (FOSF) giveaway from How to Manage a Camel, as his comments last week on a blog... -
Book Review – Public-Sector Project Management #pmot
Posted on December 11, 2009 | No CommentsTweet Author: David Wirick Length: 288 pages Publisher: John Wiley & Sons When I first picked up this book for the review and started reading my first thoughts were not... -
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... -
Still think green project management is a fad? #pmot
Posted on November 18, 2009 | No CommentsTweet That’s because you might not be looking at it with your “opportunity eyes” wide open! Last week I went along to present at a North West eGovernment Group (NWeGG)... -
Monday Morning Links – 9th November
Posted on November 9, 2009 | 3 CommentsTweet Cliche Quote of the Week… Come together right now over me The Beatles, “Come Together” Only the most important day in project management across the entirety of the universe,... -
Our Project Management Volunteer Checks In
Posted on October 14, 2009 | No CommentsTweet Oh, how one loves making an impact. One of the tools available in the dashboard that publishes our particular blog creates the ability added ‘stickability’ to a new post.... -
Arras People Interviews Earth PM Co-Founders
Posted on October 9, 2009 | No CommentsTweet As green initiatives have infiltrated both public and corporate conscience in recent times, we at Arras People wanted to learn more about the green sector as it applied to the... -
Monday Morning Links
Posted on October 5, 2009 | 4 CommentsTweet Welcome to the first full week of October. Today at The Camel we introduce a new running theme for the start of each week – some links regarding project management... -
Book Review: The Green Guide for Business
Posted on October 2, 2009 | No CommentsTweet Authors simply have a comfort zone in which they can write most effectively, as you are no doubt aware. When you think John Grisham, you know you’re getting good... -
Do You Feel Lucky?
Posted on October 1, 2009 | 1 CommentTweet You’ve just gotta ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Whoa, sorry about that, caught ’Dirty Harry’ flipping through some telly channels the other night. Must’ve slipped into the subconscience... -
From Tipoffs – The Energizing of Green Awareness & Business Practices
Posted on September 25, 2009 | No CommentsTweet NOTE: This article is reprinted from the September 2009 edition of Project Management Tipoffs. If you wish to contribute an article to a future edition of Tipoffs, email us at this address, and... -
From Project Management Tipoffs: Q&A, September 2009
Posted on September 18, 2009 | No CommentsTweet Every week, How to Manage a Camel reprints an article from the latest edition of Project Management Tipoffs, our highly competitive & popular newsletter. The September issue, released Thursday, concentrates... -
Tipoffs Preview: Why Eco-Friendly PM Is Essential
Posted on September 14, 2009 | No CommentsTweet We understand where some of our readers may be coming from when the light bulb hasn’t clicked on yet about green PM. The green sector may be emerging, but... -
Brighton of the North – APM Meeting
Posted on June 11, 2009 | No CommentsTweet On Wednesday night I attended the APM North West branch meeting which was being held in Morecambe (seaside town, famous for its cockle pickers and comedy connections), specifically at... -
Visit to the Glass City
Posted on June 3, 2009 | 1 CommentTweet Just had a few hours out in Manchester visiting an e-commerce exhibition which was being hosted at the Hilton in Deansgate, apart from the exhibition we were lucky enough... -
Time out to see a local community project
Posted on May 18, 2009 | No CommentsTweet We just had a few hours out of the office this afternoon to visit a local animal sanctuary, Bleakholt. Last year we raised £500 for Bleakholt to help them... -
The Month of Seven – Arras People’s Seven Modern Projects of the World
Posted on April 7, 2009 | 1 CommentTweet All month long, in congruence with Arras People’s celebration of its seventh birthday, we here at the Camel will take a weekly look at the number 7 – the... -
End of Days – Not Opportunities – For Community Volunteer Project
Posted on December 9, 2008 | No CommentsTweet To those who’ve kept track of our weekly postings regarding the sponsorship of Zoe in her volunteer project work with Groundwork Oldham & Rochdale, you’ll be sad to hear... -
A New Feature on the Community Volunteer Page
Posted on October 17, 2008 | No CommentsTweet Last week, I took a stab at analysing the community volunteer performance thus far of Zoe, a Groundwork Volunteer sponsored by Arras People. The aim was to give some... -
The early goings for a Project newbie
Posted on October 7, 2008 | 1 CommentTweet If you check in regularly with Arras People’s vast and informative website, you’ll likely have noticed the expansion of that vast forest of project management knowledge. Not to mention... -
Arras in the Community – The Groundwork Volunteer Project – Week One
Posted on September 15, 2008 | No CommentsTweet We at Arras People are often confronted via telephone with eager young workers ‘looking to get into project management’ (in spite of all the literature trying to show them...
