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And the winner is …….
Posted on December 20, 2011 | 3 CommentsTweet Well, nobody at the moment. I was looking for a tag line that may grab some attention! I currently have a conundrum and would appreciate any thoughts that you,... -
Project Management Census Out Now
Posted on December 8, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Lucky Number Seven will have some sizzle. Back now for its seventh edition, one would be inclined to think that if the 2012 Arras People Project Management Census were... -
The Future of Project Management Development
Posted on December 5, 2011 | No CommentsTweet A quick sample of what people in project land are talking about TODAY: A glance at a Linkedin project management discussion group. What are the discussions about? What are... -
Book Review: The Eight Constants of Change by Change Guides
Posted on November 30, 2011 | No CommentsTweet The Eight Constants of Change may seem like an oxymoronic title to some, but in my experience there are many common issues that need to be managed during any... -
The Importance of (Project) Meetings – Termination
Posted on November 29, 2011 | No CommentsTweet In this final part of the research from the Advanced Institute of Management Research on the importance of meetings we look at meeting termination. This is the part of... -
The Importance of (Project) Meetings – Conduct
Posted on November 24, 2011 | 1 CommentTweet Following on from last week’s post on recent research conducted about meetings from the Advanced Institute of Management Research in this week’s post I’m going to look at conduct... -
The Importance of (Project) Meetings – Initiation
Posted on November 18, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Last week I got out of the office to see what the human resources field were up to at their annual conference and exhibition. I came across the Advanced... -
International Project Management Day 2011
Posted on November 3, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Once you’ve put down the sandwich (Sandwich Day), got a bloke to make dinner (Men Make Dinner Day) and found light at the end of the tunnel (National Cliché... -
The Best Spooky Project
Posted on October 31, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Time for a little spooky fun. Events management is often seen as a poor relation to project management; maybe it’s because an events project is seen as low risk,... -
PMO Leadership – Free Event
Posted on October 29, 2011 | 2 CommentsTweet There’s a free event taking place in London on Tuesday 29th November 2011 on the subject of PMO Leadership. It’s being hosted by the PMOSIG which recently became part... -
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... -
Agile Options – Training and Qualifications for PMs
Posted on October 20, 2011 | No CommentsTweet In today’s release of our monthly newsletter we’re covering Agile project management (or should that be agile project management?). In it we find out more about what Agile is... -
Next Week in Tipoffs: Agile Project Management
Posted on October 13, 2011 | No CommentsTweet A week from today, Project Management Tipoffs is tackling Agile Project Management. Drawing on various sources we tackle some of the confusion – what exactly is agile project management?... -
Take Pride, Project Managers!
Posted on September 28, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Among the hordes of exhibitors, presenters and topics of discussion on display at Project Challenge last week, colleague Terry Winstanley and I had a small window to work with... -
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... -
Great Project Leaders – Facet 1 – Pragmatism
Posted on September 20, 2011 | No CommentsTweet NOTE FROM ARRAS PEOPLE: Our guest post today from Global Project Leaders have just released the third, improved version of a psychometric test to try and measure the results... -
The Modern Project Management Apprenticeship
Posted on September 15, 2011 | 1 CommentTweet There has been much debate about the future of project management and the advances needed to increase the professionalisation of project management. In this week’s newsletter from Arras People... -
Seven Facets of Great Project Leaders
Posted on September 9, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Spencer Holmes of Project Leaders today introduces a new way of addressing project management development. His three key points are as follows: There is a leadership deficit in project... -
White Papers & Movies: Secrets to Project Success
Posted on September 7, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Wayne Brantley was one of my lecturers earlier this year when I partook in Villanova University’s free online Essentials of Project Management course, a dynamic and unique presenter and... -
Book Review: The Contract Scorecard
Posted on September 6, 2011 | No CommentsTweet It is not often that I can sum a book up in five words – this book makes business sense! How often have contracts for outsourced services been created,... -
Arras People at APM in the Midlands
Posted on September 5, 2011 | No CommentsTweet John Thorpe and Lindsay Scott from Arras People will be presenting at two APM branch meetings in September and October 2011. An opportunity to find out more about the... -
The Keys to the Lazy Project Manager – What is “Productive Laziness”?
Posted on September 2, 2011 | No CommentsTweet EDITOR’S NOTES: This article was submitted to us by regular Camel contributors the PM Oracles – Gareth Byatt, Gary Hamilton and Jeff Hodgkinson. For this occassion, the PM Oracles... -
Differentiating Yourself: Where Things Stand Today
Posted on August 31, 2011 | No CommentsTweet In recent times we have advised potential job seekers that a significant amount of job vacancies are never advertised to the wider public. In fact 80% of roles are... -
Contractor or Agency Worker?
Posted on August 26, 2011 | 1 CommentTweet With the AWR (Agency Workers Regulations) due to come into effect on the 1st October 2011 in the UK, we have been busy updating our contracts and procedures to... -
Extolling Stakeholder Management Skills in a CV
Posted on August 16, 2011 | No CommentsTweet “How do I make myself effectively come across on a CV as having strong stakeholder management (or perhaps even just strong people) skills?” – Mike, Kent Steve Trippier of... -
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...





































