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New Year’s Resolution – Is THIS the year for the Results Management Office?
Posted on December 21, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Deloitte have been pushing something called a “Results Management Office” (RMO) for a couple of years now. The RMO is all about moving the PMO on to the next... -
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... -
9 Characteristics of Outstanding Leadership
Posted on January 19, 2011 | No CommentsTweet I was conducting some research the other day on employment and work and came across this excellent report on Outstanding Leadership from the Work Foundation. The Work Foundation are... -
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... -
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... -
Is English Football a Project or a Programme to Capello?
Posted on June 23, 2010 | 1 CommentTweet Footballers for the English team may hold the same sway over the success of a World Cup campaign as a project team holds over the success of a project.... -
PMO Gathering
Posted on June 3, 2010 | No CommentsTweet If you’re a PMO professional (PMO Manager, Project Co-ordinator, Project Support) you might not be aware of the new gatherings in London which are free to attend and last... -
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... -
Guest Blogger – Is Programme Management Right for Me?
Posted on April 19, 2010 | No CommentsTweet Programme management is the co-ordinated management of a portfolio of projects that change organisations to achieve benefits that are of strategic importance. Programme management involves; working within and changing... -
PMO Competency Levels – The Market View
Posted on March 25, 2010 | No CommentsTweet Last week I presented at the PPSOSIG conference, which was focused on Competence and Competencies, I focused on PMO Competencies in the Marketplace, trying to bring a marketplace view... -
Guest Blogger – Project Management the Teenage Years
Posted on January 19, 2010 | No CommentsWhat will be the project management trends in the teens? They say the past is no predictor of the future but what will be the up and coming trends for the teens 1) The fallout from the credit crunch and severely reduced public spending lead to a severe reduction in the demand for project management and a decade of cost cutting and cancelled projects? 2) Will the increasing pressure for change lead to an increasing demand for truly professional project managers, maybe (or maybe not) linked to chartered status? 3) Will pressure for consistency continue with consolidation between the different methodologies (PRINCE2, APM, PMP)? 4) Will new social media tools such as Google Wave help us organise the mass of information generated by projects using meta tags and search tool in the same way Google Search Engine made sense of the web. Or (5) all of the above? VOTE NOW -
Permanent placements in Dec 09 UP whilst one in three workers ‘ready for change’!
Posted on January 7, 2010 | No CommentsTweet Personneltoday.com are reporting that according to a recent study by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), One in three UK workers would leave their existing job if they could! A staggering 33% of... -
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... -
IMPACT 2009 – Free Virtual Trade Show from ESI
Posted on September 24, 2009 | No CommentsTweet Title: IMPACT 2009 Location: Online – Virtual Trade Show Link out: Click here Description: ESI International, a world leader in professional business education and consulting services is launching its... -
PPSO SIG Conference – From Acorn to Oak
Posted on September 23, 2009 | No CommentsTweet This year’s PPSO Conference in Coventry took place between the 16th and 17th September. Given the conference title of ‘PMO Maturity in your organisation, Your Team and You’, the... -
Book Review: Project Governance
Posted on August 6, 2009 | No CommentsTweet Project Governance by Ralf Muller (available through Gower Publishing) A night to read and some real practical solutions to implementing governance in your organisation – either at portfolio, programme... -
The many types of programme and project office professionals
Posted on August 5, 2009 | 1 CommentTweet Programme Management Offices (and the many variations on a theme) have become much more popular in recent years, in fact I would say it is one of the fasting... -
Managing Successful Programmes
Posted on July 6, 2009 | 2 CommentsTweet Before I evangelize the merits of programme management I want to clarify what a programme is and what a project is. This might seem a little trivial but I’ve... -
“To PRINCE2 or not to PRINCE2″ Outcome to the Debate
Posted on June 4, 2009 | 3 CommentsTweet Yesterday I travelled to the Aston University Business School to attend the ‘To PRINCE2 or not to PRINCE2’ debate which was hosted by the Centre for Project Management Practice.... -
New Service Offering from Arras People – DWP Executive Support
Posted on May 28, 2009 | No CommentsTweet Given the turbulent nature of the job market at present and that thousands of highly skilled workers have found themselves out of work, it comes as no surprise the... -
Space Aged PM Advice and Presentations
Posted on May 13, 2009 | No CommentsTweet If I think about organisations that runs challenging programmes and projects that we should all be able to learn from there is always one that comes to the top... -
Guest PM Blogger – Project Disaster = Satisfied Customer
Posted on May 11, 2009 | No CommentsTweet Steve Romero, the IT Governance Evangelist provides our first guest PM blogging spot. Do you think the title of this blog posting adds up? Can you think of a... -
Guest PM Bloggers – Interested?
Posted on May 7, 2009 | No CommentsTweet Fancy contributing an article to the Camel? We’re looking for Project Management bloggers to contribute an article to the popular How to Manage a Camel. Do you have something... -
PMO Watch #18 – Why you shouldn’t consider P3O
Posted on May 6, 2009 | No CommentsTweet Back to the PMO series, I’ve not updated the PMO Watch since Nov 08! The PMO Watch brings together news and views in relation to Portfolio Management Offices, Programme... -
Real Issues that Project Professionals are Facing Right Now
Posted on May 5, 2009 | No CommentsTweet Talking to project management professionals during our recent project management careers clinic sessions, we’re seeing a common picture relating to real issues that people are facing in the current... -
Managing and Saving Programmes in a Changing World
Posted on April 27, 2009 | No CommentsTweet Title: Managing and Saving Programmes in a Changing World Location: Webinar Link out: Click here Description: In this webinar, Managing and Saving Programmes in a Changing World, ESI will... -
How to maximise short term project management contracts
Posted on April 24, 2009 | No CommentsTweet Just a follow on from the Short Term Contract blog piece, just been speaking to a colleague about a role we have at the moment, it’s a four week... -
Are we to blame?
Posted on April 22, 2009 | 1 CommentTweet Project Managers seem to be getting a fair share of bad press at the moment as we seem to be deemed a primary factor in the failure of many... -
Continuing Professional Development for Project Managers
Posted on April 20, 2009 | No CommentsTweet At the beginning of the year we launched our annual project management benchmark report, part of the report looked at Continuing Professional Development or CPD for short CPD is... -
Update to the “Understanding the PMO” section
Posted on April 9, 2009 | 1 CommentTweet When we launched our Project Management Benchmark Report back in February 2009 we included a section in our findings about the role PMOs play in our respondant’s organisations. We...
