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Archive for 2006
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Project Management Salary Survey for 2007 – Oh, no: Not another survey
Posted on December 22, 2006 | No CommentsTweet We have pulled together and launched our annual project management survey. This is quite fun and the whole office contributes to the design and testing- does it make sense,... -
Predictions for 2007 in project management recruitment
Posted on December 22, 2006 | No CommentsTweet Merry Christmas everyone, the last day at work today and I have a few quiet minutes so I just wanted to reflect on 2006 and think about what will... -
Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth
Posted on December 11, 2006 | No CommentsTweet Whilst idling my way through a wet Saturday afternoon watching the Rugby on the tube I came across an article in the December issue of Project Management Today called... -
To Benefit or not to Benefit, That is the Question
Posted on December 1, 2006 | 1 CommentTweet So your Project has been delivered – or has it? You have met all the dates you have spent a bit more than you thought and the some of... -
Designing your Programme and Project Centre of Excellence
Posted on November 27, 2006 | No CommentsTweet Just back from the PPM CoE conference on Friday in Birmingham. Presentations and thought-provoking stuff from David Marsh and David Wilkin and also presentations from OGC and Serco. Another... -
Programme & Project Support Office Roles and Experience
Posted on November 22, 2006 | No CommentsTweet A number of companies are implementing Programme and Project Support Offices and as you might imagine they have a need for key staff to actively manage the direction and... -
London Olympics in 2012
Posted on November 21, 2006 | No CommentsTweet I have been trying to understand how SMEs (Small Medium Enterprises) could contribute and benefit form the London Olympics in 2012. Britain won the bid in July 2006 and... -
A Project Planning and Management Search Engine
Posted on November 15, 2006 | 3 CommentsTweet Interesting stuff – I need to take a further, if yo have used the engine for real we Arras would be interested to hear of your experience, ease of... -
Project Management Podcast – Initial thoughts
Posted on November 14, 2006 | No CommentsTweet Don’t know if anyone is aware of the PM Podcast? I listened to episode 55 on Friday night as I was driving to Newbury (what an exotic life I... -
Project Managers provide law firms and their clients with significant benefits
Posted on November 9, 2006 | No CommentsTweet Tripped over this today and nearly fell out of my chair as my experience is that lawyers and project managers often do not get on, they (the lawyers) generally... -
Spam hell
Posted on November 8, 2006 | No CommentsTweet Well I’ve seen it all, why am I surprised that even blogs don’t escape one of life’s little irritants! Blog spam – it even has its own entry on... -
projects and business benefits and animals
Posted on November 1, 2006 | No CommentsTweet November is here and the nights have drawn in and the temperature has finally dropped. We managed to get through trick or treat mostly young kids with parents close... -
Skills shortage over here over there going there….
Posted on October 23, 2006 | No CommentsTweet Today I visited a client whose organisation has excellent growth plans; they have the contracts and can see further business development opportunities ahead. My client’s concern and challenge is... -
Project Management Jobs in the Public and Private Sector
Posted on October 20, 2006 | No CommentsTweet Having been asked for my opinion I thought I would record it for debate – Interim Contracting jobs in the UK have started to pick up after slow numbers... -
An interesting day for project recruitment marketing
Posted on October 19, 2006 | No CommentsTweet My colleague Lindsay has already discussed the BPPM show at Birmingham – not impressed I am afraid to say – I am not sure what one should get out... -
Tuh tuh another wasted few hours
Posted on October 19, 2006 | No CommentsTweet Just been to the BPPM show at the NEC, had thousands of emails promoting this event over the last few months so I thought OK, I’ve not been to... -
Tell us something we didn’t already know!
Posted on October 10, 2006 | No CommentsTweet An article published in the Jobserve newsletter about contract work being very good for people doesn’t really tell us anything new – “Contract work is perfect for people who... -
Programme Office, Project Office, PMO, PSO, Project Support Office, PPSO, PPM ……..
Posted on October 3, 2006 | No CommentsTweet I think you get the message There’s been a lot of “stuff” about Programme Management Offices (and co) over the last 5/6 years. The first time I became aware... -
Age Discrimination Results In!!
Posted on September 27, 2006 | No CommentsTweet We’ve just released this – very interesting results on the continued debate on the new legislation Arras People Survey: Confusion reigns on new ageism regulations Is the traditional... -
In the Blue corner “The APM” (Royal Blood is Blue!)
Posted on September 26, 2006 | No CommentsTweet I have just been to see the APM (Association for Project Management) in High Wycombe where my goals were two fold – find out what they are doing in... -
Winning over the case for a business case
Posted on September 22, 2006 | No CommentsTweet I was thinking about an experience I had where previously business had been poorly controlled and now new ‘draconian’ control guidelines have been put in place – i.e. no... -
Hey another project management blog with a camel thing going on
Posted on September 22, 2006 | No CommentsTweet http://projectized.blogspot.com/2006/09/are-you-in-right-place.html -
Project Management Software – A few thoughts
Posted on September 22, 2006 | 1 CommentTweet Just got back from the PPSOSIG conference (Programme and Project Support Office Specialist Interest Group) more about that later… Part of the day was a Gardeners Question Time, putting... -
Are you ready for the 1st October changes?
Posted on September 19, 2006 | No CommentsTweet We wanted to know if you are ready for 1st October changes? With the forthcoming changes to the regulations regarding discrimination on the basis of age, this topic should... -
Rendered speakless?
Posted on September 15, 2006 | No CommentsTweet Sitting in a traffic jam this morning, I got thinking about the Age Discrimination thing again (it’s something I’m really aware of now everytime I speak to anyone!) All... -
And in the red corner – PRINCE2
Posted on September 13, 2006 | 1 CommentTweet I was having a conversation the other day with a colleague of mine about the merits of qualifications – all I seem to hear these days are PRINCE and... -
Is the UK Age Discrimination legislation yet another Camel?
Posted on September 13, 2006 | No CommentsTweet Since October 2005 when I walked past the Age Positive stand at the CIPD show with my colleague Lindsay we started to take a look at the implications of... -
Want to manage a camel?
Posted on September 12, 2006 | No CommentsTweet We set up this blog to share with you what we at Arras and you are thinking, reading and hearing. We will post reviews and comments for you to... -
The 5 “C’s” The Recruitment Interview from The Interviewer’s Perspective
Posted on September 11, 2006 | No CommentsTweet When you are going for an interview remember to consider what experiences thoughts and processes the interviewer is going through as they evaluate you as someone who will potentially... -
Projects – Benefits realisation?
Posted on September 11, 2006 | 1 CommentTweet At Arras we have been pondering how many projects actually deliver their business benefits as planned, with tongue in cheek think about the following …..So your Project has delivered,...
