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Archive for 2009
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New Year Thoughts!
Posted on December 23, 2009 | 1 CommentTweet Since the start of the current economic downturn we have spoken to and placed many people who were looking for a “safe port in the storm” or as we... -
What makes a Good Project Manager?
Posted on December 22, 2009 | No CommentsTweet What are your Top 3 Competencies that make you effective in your role as a Project Professional? Is it planning and organisation skills or is it understanding the organisation... -
Monday Morning Links – Xmas & Benchmark Report Edition
Posted on December 21, 2009 | No CommentsTweet We won’t dilly too long here, as we know you’ve got overly tedious things to plan, exceptionally crowded places with literally no parking space left to go, people to... -
PBR 2009 into PMBR 2010
Posted on December 18, 2009 | No CommentsTweet So the Pre-Budget Report last week confirmed that the Government will stick to planned levels of overall departmental spending in 2010-11! Great news for some in the short term... -
Guest Blogger Previews Predictions for 2010
Posted on December 17, 2009 | No CommentsTweet I arranged to meet a friend in a local coffee shop. He was late and sent a text message saying he was held up in traffic. While waiting, I... -
Final minute Christmas learning in London
Posted on December 16, 2009 | No CommentsTweet Maven Training, the programme and project management training specialists, have a free Christmas training briefing (complete with mince pies!) on Monday 21st December in Central London. Focused on project... -
Do project managers talk about project failure? #pmot
Posted on December 15, 2009 | 4 CommentsTweet Much has been reported about how many projects fail* and the reasons why projects fail and that got me thinking – when was the last time you met a... -
Monday Morning Links – Project Management Benchmark Survey Edition
Posted on December 14, 2009 | No CommentsTweet Editor’s Note: Today’s a big day for Arras People, seeing as we’ve launched the fifth annual Project Management Benchmark Survey. We happily hand over the majority of the content... -
Book Review – Public-Sector Project Management #pmot
Posted on December 11, 2009 | No CommentsTweet Author: David Wirick Length: 288 pages Publisher: John Wiley & Sons When I first picked up this book for the review and started reading my first thoughts were not... -
Last Tipoffs Release for 2009 is T-minus 7 Days
Posted on December 10, 2009 | No CommentsTweet Project Management Tipoffs, the renowned project management newsletter from Arras People, will publish its December 2009 edition next Thursday, the final edition for the calendar year. You can look... -
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... -
Monday Morning Links – 7th December
Posted on December 7, 2009 | No CommentsTweet Back again, refreshed from a week off with the family. Naturally, I started thinking about projects. On my week off. But I digress. Something summed it all up the... -
17 Working Days of December
Posted on December 4, 2009 | No CommentsTweet The seventeen working days of December are not just a busy time of year for Santa and his Elves (they may have 23 if we include weekends) but also... -
What Is Your Risk Management Philosophy II #pmot
Posted on December 3, 2009 | 2 CommentsTweet In the November issue of Project Management Tipoffs, we at Arras People invited our readers to provide us with some inspired words with regards to their individual philosophy about risk... -
Project Management Learnings and Musings
Posted on December 2, 2009 | No CommentsTweet Last week was a busy old week for project management events and learnings. Last Monday I went along to ESI’s Centre of Excellence seminar which is a group they... -
Twittering about projects
Posted on December 1, 2009 | 2 CommentsTweet Unless you’ve been down a mineshaft for the last few months you will have heard about Twitter, the social networking site.It’s a good experience for project managers or those... -
Commercial Awareness for Project Managers
Posted on November 30, 2009 | No CommentsTweet How many of us would take on the management of an IT project without a basic understanding of technology? I am guessing not many, yet we are quite happy... -
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... -
Programme Management Office (PMO) in the NHS
Posted on November 26, 2009 | 1 CommentTweet I found an interesting article on Camden PCT establishing a Programme Management Office (PMO) and realising the benefits of having programme management specialist run NHS projects. It appears that... -
Break in the Chain
Posted on November 25, 2009 | 1 CommentTweet No matter how much we stress communication, there will always be a breakdown or two somewhere in the process. Despite the sometimes dire consequences, we accept that humans make... -
Sending out an S.O.S.
Posted on November 24, 2009 | No CommentsTweet Back in the days when I edited a sports page for a daily newspaper in the U.S. of A., I’d print off the final template of pages I was... -
Monday Morning Links – 23rd November
Posted on November 23, 2009 | No CommentsTweet (Not So) Cliche Quote of the Week: Books had instant replay long before televised sports. Bern Williams With the reactions worldwide of the absolute hosing the Republic of Ireland’s... -
Book Review – The Lazy Project Manager
Posted on November 20, 2009 | 2 CommentsTweet Author: Peter Taylor, available through Amazon See details on how to win this book below It is extremely unusual for me to pick up a ‘management book’ involuntarily. I... -
NHS Employers: ‘We must attract, retain and develop talent’ #pmot
Posted on November 19, 2009 | No CommentsTweet ‘Talent management refers to the process of developing and integrating new workers, developing and retaining current workers, and attracting highly skilled workers to work for your company’. Some people... -
Still think green project management is a fad? #pmot
Posted on November 18, 2009 | No CommentsTweet That’s because you might not be looking at it with your “opportunity eyes” wide open! Last week I went along to present at a North West eGovernment Group (NWeGG)... -
Recent Graduate/Student Project Management Visit
Posted on November 17, 2009 | 1 CommentTweet Last week, Arras People presented to the students at the University of East London. Most of the students are studying MSc Project Management and Arras People were invited along... -
Monday Morning Links – 16th November #pmot
Posted on November 16, 2009 | 1 CommentTweet Cliche Quote of the Week… Boy, I got vision, and the rest of the world wears bifocals. - Butch to Sundance, “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”, 1969 I... -
Q&A – Assessment Testing Format To Your Benefit
Posted on November 13, 2009 | No CommentsTweet “I can’t make sense of a company e-mailing me an assessment test to do on my own time. Why wouldn’t they want me to do this in an office... -
REC Survey: Employment Hopes Stand Temporary
Posted on November 12, 2009 | No CommentsTweet A survey released by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (better known as the REC, who was assisted by Market Shape Ltd and Cordoba Services) in August 2009 provides some... -
Nothing like deadlines to make things happen!!!!!
Posted on November 11, 2009 | No CommentsTweet The last few weeks have been some of the busiest in the NHS Project management world, specifically with a flurry of activity surrounding the National Programme for I.T. We...
