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Archive for October, 2008
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Is Change Upon Us? Only With Obama…Maybe
Posted on October 31, 2008 | No CommentsTweet For the entirety of this rant, I’m putting on my Jon Stewart salt-and-pepper wig and shifting into US Election mode. There might be a project management theme or two.... -
Halloween Competition – Arras People
Posted on October 31, 2008 | No CommentsTweet Today, Arras People had a Halloween themed day (hurrah!), including our drawing competition Prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place: “Green Witch” Top right - 1st prize – Nicola... -
Project Management Tipoffs Are Go!
Posted on October 30, 2008 | No CommentsTweet Project Management Recruitment (with a noticeable hand from our good friend ‘colour’!) are the themes this month as Arras People releases the latest edition of Project Management Tipoffs, the... -
The new PPSOSIG conference – 18th March 2009 “P3O Examined”
Posted on October 28, 2008 | No CommentsTweet Arras People has been actively working on the PPSOSIG (Programme and Project Support Office Specialist Interest Group) conferences for over 4 years now, and the latest conference which is... -
Market Snapshot – Hiring on the agenda?
Posted on October 24, 2008 | No CommentsTweet After a very quiet August and then seeing a pick up in opportunities during September; we thought this was an ideal time to have a look at the marketplace... -
PMO Watch #15 Ready to have a peek at the P3O exam
Posted on October 24, 2008 | No CommentsTweet The APM Group have a 10 question sample for people to have a go at – luckily I got 80% which is a pass. > Take the P3O sample... -
Stakeholder Management – The latest in the voluntary project
Posted on October 24, 2008 | 1 CommentTweet In last week’s voluntary project update, the graduate project manager worked closely with some of the stakeholders of the project (*in Plain English – the youth members who would... -
PMO Watch #14 So what (exactly) is a P3O Model? Chapter 3 (Part 2)
Posted on October 21, 2008 | No CommentsTweet In this second part of the review, the functions and services of the PMO are covered. The functions and services have been broken down into the three functional areas... -
PMO Watch #13 – Foundations for a PMO
Posted on October 20, 2008 | No CommentsTweet Interesting Article – on PMOs and the four E’s > First seen on the Microsoft Project User Group website (MPUG) -
A New Feature on the Community Volunteer Page
Posted on October 17, 2008 | No CommentsTweet Last week, I took a stab at analysing the community volunteer performance thus far of Zoe, a Groundwork Volunteer sponsored by Arras People. The aim was to give some... -
Dissertation help required – Conflict Management
Posted on October 16, 2008 | No CommentsTweet My names Mike Howley and I am currently in my last degree year studying Project Management. I need project managers, functional managers, project assistants etc to complete my questionnaire for primary... -
Blogs we like.. free project management templates
Posted on October 16, 2008 | 1 CommentTweet Kevin Brady’s blog includes some great templates for project managers (and project offices), recent templates include; project cost monitoring, MSP Benefits Log and Project Budget template Check out his... -
PMO Watch #12 – So what (exactly) is a P3O Model? Chapter 3 (Part 1)
Posted on October 16, 2008 | No CommentsTweet This is part one of my synopsis because this chapter is hefty! There’s a lot of information in here – the breakdown of types of models, the function and... -
PMO Watch #11 – Why have a P3O?, second chapter
Posted on October 14, 2008 | No CommentsTweet Well I’m cooking on gas now and getting into the nitty gritty of P3O, and this chapter is great for anyone who has come unstuck when thinking about the... -
PMO Watch #10 – P3O, first chapter
Posted on October 13, 2008 | 1 CommentTweet I received the P3O guidance book over the weekend and wanted to share a few things from each of the chapters. In this post I look at the introduction... -
PMO Watch #9 – P3O Books Available
Posted on October 10, 2008 | No CommentsTweet The new P3O guideline book is now available to purchase from the TSO Bookshop, price at £45 with £3.75 shipping charge. -
PMO Watch #8 – The Latest News on P3O
Posted on October 9, 2008 | No CommentsTweet The launch of P3O will be taking place on the 28th October by the OGC, a select launch party for some of the people who have been involved in... -
PMO Watch #7 – Example of IT PMO
Posted on October 9, 2008 | No CommentsTweet An account of an IT Programme Management Office for MGM Mirage was recently published on the web, the account from the Programme Office Manager talks about the move from... -
The Best Freebie of the Day
Posted on October 7, 2008 | No CommentsTweet Most people will have come across the Dummies series of books (the bright yellow front jacket is pretty distinctive!) Here’s your chance to download the Project Management for Dummies... -
International Congress for Project, Programme and Risk Management 2009
Posted on October 7, 2008 | No CommentsTweet Title: International Congress for Project, Programme and Risk Management 2009Location: Radisson Edwardian Heathrow Hotel & Convention Centre Link out: Click hereDescription: What makes good programme and project management great?... -
The early goings for a Project newbie
Posted on October 7, 2008 | 1 CommentTweet If you check in regularly with Arras People’s vast and informative website, you’ll likely have noticed the expansion of that vast forest of project management knowledge. Not to mention... -
Project Challenge Expo 2008
Posted on October 1, 2008 | No CommentsTweet Last week I arose early from my bed to take an early morning Virgin Train heading south to Olympia (London) to take a look around this years Project Challenge...
