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- Dan Strayer: Quite so, Alan. Patrick has shown himself to be thorough and complete in his assessment, which you have to love and admire. We look...
- Alan: That is quite an all encompassing book review, the length of a small book in itself.
- kamal: Dan, I like your perspective and predictions – intuition is more what I would call it since this is driven by your experiences and...
- Ceska: Though I found some topics were over simplifed I found the book spot on. Many of the ideas expessed in the book I could closely relate to as...
- Dan Strayer: Thanks for commenting Lindsay and Donna! Donna, it’s nice to know that you’re not alone, I can say with resolve. A...
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- Dan Strayer: It’s a good rule of thumb, Lindsay. Jack becomes a dull boy rather easily without some semblance of a real-time, real-life...
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Archive for September, 2008
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Getting the best out of your PMO
Posted on September 30, 2008 | No CommentsTweet Title: Getting the best out of your PMO Location: London Link out: Click here Description: Getting the best out of your Project Office – Is the new P3O the... -
Association for Project Management Conference
Posted on September 30, 2008 | No CommentsTweet Title: Association for Project Management Conference Location: The Brewery – London Link out: Click here Description: The APM Project Management Conference 2008 is an interactive forum bringing together project... -
International Project Management Day
Posted on September 26, 2008 | No CommentsTweet Title: International Project Management Day Location: Coventry, UK Link out: Click here Description: The PMI UK Chapter is holding its third International Project Management Day Conference on Thursday 6th... -
PMO Watch #6- P3O – Latest Update
Posted on September 25, 2008 | No CommentsTweet The newsletter from the OGC arrived on the desk yesterday (this is the Portfolio, Programme, Project and Risk Management News), you can also see this news on the website... -
The APM take on BAE…
Posted on September 24, 2008 | No CommentsTweet If you read Dan’s post last week which highlighted my need for a haircut in blown up form you’ll be aware that BAE Systems were kind enough recently to... -
Advice for contractors
Posted on September 24, 2008 | No CommentsTweet Some advice on What should IT contractors do in an economic downturn? Be interested to hear anyone’s thoughts on the advice especially as IT Project Management doesn’t seem to... -
Bugbears with the recruitment industry
Posted on September 24, 2008 | No CommentsTweet Perceptions are a great thing aren’t they (“The mice think they are right, but my cat eats them anyways. This is the point, reality is nothing, perception is everything.”)... -
CPD – What’s it all about?
Posted on September 23, 2008 | 1 CommentTweet I seem to have spent quite a bit of time recently talking to candidates about the types of personal training and development they should be doing. During my wondering I started... -
Two tradeshows to be aware of
Posted on September 23, 2008 | No CommentsTweet There are two project management conferences and trade shows you need to be aware of: Project Challenge – based at Olympia – taking place this week (Wednesday and Thursday)... -
Your Association Needs You!
Posted on September 16, 2008 | No CommentsTweet The APM (Association for Project Management) is currently conducting a market research study amongst the project management community. They are conducting the study to find out more about the... -
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... -
Who’s that dude in the back row with the glasses?
Posted on September 15, 2008 | No CommentsTweet Turns out that it’s one of our own Arras People project management consultants. The photo at right (thanks to Owain Wilson of Project magazine for supplying it to us... -
Professional Recognition for Project Management Practitioners
Posted on September 11, 2008 | No CommentsTweet In September we published the results of our snapshot survey on the Chartered Status of Project Management – we asked you – the project management community to share your... -
Early reflections on the Sponsorship survey
Posted on September 10, 2008 | No CommentsTweet The results are pouring in, and the respondents to our latest Arras People/Survey Monkey poll have some varied and experienced opinions about the interaction between Project Managers and their... -
APM Corporate Forum
Posted on September 10, 2008 | No CommentsTweet Yesterday was a useful day out of the office at the Madjeski Stadium in Reading to represent Arras People at the APM’s Corporate Forum event. As well as a... -
Arras article on Gender Equality published in Project magazine
Posted on September 10, 2008 | No CommentsTweet This article was recently published in the August/September edition of Project magazine. We are now 33 years on from the introduction of the first legislation regarding gender in the... -
Project Management Survey makes waves at PMI Seattle conference
Posted on September 9, 2008 | No CommentsTweet This information pleases me not only as an America-centric person, but also in terms of the impact Arras People is having outside the UK as well. May 2008 PMI... -
A Guide for Using Recruitment Consultancies
Posted on September 9, 2008 | No CommentsTweet An article from absolutely business (PDF) focuses on how organisations can use recruitment consultancies effectively and is a pretty straightforward realistic advice piece. Here’s what I took from the... -
Best Practice Showcase 2008 – Ask the Authors
Posted on September 5, 2008 | No CommentsTweet The Best Practice Showcase 2008 was held in June 2008 and for many people this is at the top of their calendar of events (i.e., the only event worth... -
Using Social Networking Sites to find a job
Posted on September 5, 2008 | No CommentsTweet Arras recently contributed to an article for the PMI (Project Management Institute) on the use of social networking websites (Linked In, Facebook etc) if you’re a Project Manager looking... -
Strong early response fuels more sponsorship survey interest
Posted on September 2, 2008 | No CommentsTweet Arras People‘s new survey, concerning project sponsorship seeks to find out more information about how project managers have co-existed, learned, adapted and possibly jelled with, a project sponsor they’ve... -
Job Seeking Tools
Posted on September 2, 2008 | No CommentsTweet Just read a US based blog piece on job seeking tools, written by a PMO professional. If you’re looking for a new position and haven’t already come across Indeed...
