Going up? Taking a sideways step in the job market
March 8, 2010
The career path for a project manager is pretty straightforward. Start on project support and small projects, manage bigger and bigger projects, then become a programme manager. Some people would argue that programme management and project management... Read more...
Carnival of Project Management #31
March 3, 2010
And my favourite submission this month is from Lindsay Scott who sent in Does Programme & Project Management have a “Long Hours” Culture? posted at How to Manage a Camel – Project Management and Recruitment. How can you not love a blog... Read more...
Webinar: Managing Money on Projects
March 2, 2010
I’m giving a webinar for The Project Management Bookstore on Friday. It’s on the subject of managing money on projects, and you get a PDU for attending. From the website: “The author’s book, Project Management in the Real World,... Read more...
Inside PRINCE2: Working with APMP
March 1, 2010
PRINCE2 is a well known qualification, but that doesn’t make it incompatible with other qualifications or project management methods. OGC has recently produced a white paper looking at APMP for PRINCE2 Practitioners. The white paper looks... Read more...
Giveaway: The Power of Slow
February 26, 2010
Would you like to slow down and get more done? I have a copy of Christine Louise Hohlbaum’s book, The Power of Slow, 101 Ways to Save Time in Our 24/7 World to give away. You can read my review of the book here. Send me a message saying ‘I want... Read more...
Book review: The Power of Slow
February 24, 2010
Normally when I read books to review I take notes as I go. But I have read The Power of Slow a couple of times, and I don’t have any notes on it. I think I just got sucked in to the book, and read it fast, which was probably not the point. Christine... Read more...
Giveaway update
February 22, 2010
The blog giveaway of access to the closed beta trial of The Plan Is is now over, but you can still get your hands on a licence through the medium of Twitter. Tweet me @pm4girls including the phrase ‘The Plan Is’ and I’ll enter you in the draw. ... Read more...
Fixed date projects: more advice from the experts
February 17, 2010
Last week we saw that PRINCE2 doesn’t really have much advice to offer the project manager stuck with delivering to a fixed date. I also gave you some advice from another expert, J LeRoy Ward at ESI. Surely some other project management experts... Read more...
Inside PRINCE2: Fixed date projects
February 15, 2010
Planning is an essential part of what project managers do, so you would expect there to be some mention of how to deal with fixed date projects in the PRINCE2 manuals. There isn’t. Fixed date projects only get a passing mention in the Managing Successful... Read more...
Expert advice on fixed date projects
February 10, 2010
As part of this month’s focus on managing projects with fixed dates, I asked J. LeRoy Ward, PMP, PgMP, Executive Vice President Product Strategy & Management at ESI International for some advice. What sort of projects have the delivery date fixed... Read more...
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