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Presentation Counts
Posted on April 25, 2012 | No CommentsTweet EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is an extract from ‘The Lazy Project Manager and The Project from Hell’ – Peter Taylor’s new book, currently free as an eBook from Amazon... -
Natural Disasters: A Study on Working Together to Mitigate Risk
Posted on March 23, 2012 | No CommentsTweet A UK aid review recently launched by ex-Liberal Democrat leader Lord Ashdown, says more lives could be saved by faster UK response times to natural disasters. Estimating an increase... -
Projects with Suppliers and Vendors – Seven Factors to Consider
Posted on February 7, 2012 | No CommentsTweet At some point in their lives, many projects need the expertise of external third parties to ensure that certain activities are carried out. Much research and advice is available... -
Root Cause Analysis and Corrective Action for Project Managers
Posted on November 2, 2011 | 2 CommentsTweet Project managers have the immense task of juggling requirements and resources that are often not under their direct control in order to produce the required project deliverables within the... -
Book Review – A Short Guide to Facilitating Risk Management
Posted on July 18, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Penny Pullan and Ruth Murray-Webster’s ‘A Short Guide to Facilitating Risk Management’ fits into a series of Short Guides about risk published by Gower. The series currently includes books... -
Risk Management – the PM’s Best Friend
Posted on May 11, 2011 | 1 CommentTweet Here’s a question for you to quickly consider: effective risk management underpins a successful project – true or false? Was “true” your first reaction? We believe that you’re right.... -
BP and Risk Assessment: In Hot Water
Posted on July 28, 2010 | 2 CommentsTweet It goes without saying that some projects inherently present higher levels of risk to higher amounts of people and environment than others. You also would nod your head in agreement that... -
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.... -
Monday Morning Links – 11th January
Posted on January 11, 2010 | No CommentsTweet A Programme Manager got challenged by a subordinate this week and was subsequently suspended from an ongoing project. That was my immediate reaction to David Stern’s decision to suspend... -
Tuesdays with Morning Links
Posted on January 5, 2010 | 1 CommentTweet So the noughts, aughts, double-0′s, infinity-turned-its-side decade is left to the historians and now. Just figuring out what to call this decade past has been a trip. With that... -
Significant Weaknesses in Commercial Skills & Expertise
Posted on December 9, 2009 | No CommentsTweet £200billion Government Projects at Risk Projects, like businesses, often fail because they are not properly managed, and concern is growing over the lack of experienced project managers with the... -
What IS Your Risk Management Philosophy?
Posted on November 27, 2009 | No CommentsTweet If the content in the headline doesn’t stop you in your tracks, it will definitely do so when inserted into the content of a job interview question instead. When... -
Book Review: Managing Project Uncertainty
Posted on August 13, 2009 | 1 CommentTweet Few quotes from Managing Project Uncertainty resonate nearly as well with the project manager as Field Marshal Helmuth von Moltke’s ‘No plan survives contact with the enemy’ (pg. 28)....
