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Words: John Thorpe
With 2010 rapidly drawing to a close, the team at Arras are once again preparing the ground for the sixth Arras People Project management Benchmark Report through the 2011 Project Management Benchmark Survey. Pleasingly for us, feedback from the 2010 PMBR was once again positive and highly regarded by many individuals and organisations in the UK PPM community. For those readers who have not seen the 2010 PMBR, or indeed the earlier versions they are all available on our website.
For us 2010 has been another challenging year and from talking to many candidates, practitioners and organisations across all sectors it has certainly been a year of mixed fortunes. As ever we have seen individuals and organisations that have had a fantastic year as their skills and products have been in demand; whilst at the other extreme we have seen some organisations fold and many practitioners who have been made redundant and contractors who have found it very challenging to find their next role.
Looking out to 2011 it feels like once again we are set for a year of mixed fortunes, with the full impact of the Governments spending plans hitting not only those directly employed by the many organisations whose budgets have been squeezed but also the many organisations who supply goods and services…
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