This Blog is almost famous …
February 23, 2010
... well not really,but here is something that made me smile this morning: Fixer-Upper Blog, run by Nicole Adams, published the Top 100 Project Management Blogs, and I come in at a respectable 18th (2nd in 'Top Speciality Project Manager Blogs'). For... Read more...
Refreshing PRINCE2 Audio Series – Unscripted
February 18, 2010
One of the approaches we took in recording the podcast series atwww.pearcemayfield.com/audio was to record them more-or-less unscripted as conversations between John and me. We follow the content of PRINCE2, rather than try to paraphrase chunks of the... Read more...
Early feedback on PRINCE2 Audio series
February 16, 2010
We've had some early positive feedback on the podcasts at www.pearcemayfield.com/audio . One of our trainers, Andrew Rock, has written the following: I had a brief listen to one or two and I have to say they sound pretty good. You [John Edmonds]... Read more...
Listen! We can refresh your understanding of PRINCE2
February 16, 2010
With people who are facing re-registration of their PRINCE2 Project Management Qualification, John Edmonds (one of the authors of the recent refresh of the method) is grilled by my in a series of podcasts. You can find them here and on iTunes.I was... Read more...
A Model of Everything
January 28, 2010
The Holy Grail of the physical sciences, we are told, is the “Theory of Everything”. By this I understand scientists to mean a single unifying theory that underpins the Universe, from the behaviour of the smallest atom to the movements of the... Read more...
‘Thrashing’ in a project
January 27, 2010
The ever- stimulating and prolific Seth Godin is publishing a rich vein of material at the moment, not least his new book, Linchpin. Alongside this is a fascinating video about focusing on finishing, 'shipping', rather than creativity. As someone who... Read more...
The Psychic Noise of Risk
December 14, 2009
or ... how I stopped worrying and learned to love risk management ... As regular readers of the blog will know, I am an admirer of David Allen's work, particularly his Mr Allen takes a lists-based approach to personal management. I was introduced to... Read more...
What’s the Risk?
December 12, 2009
We travelled to Brighton yesterday, mainly in an unsuccessful attempt to see our gradchildren. It was unsuccessful in that they have both fallen ill with 'Swine Flu'. We didn't go in, lest we get the same; so we traded presents on the doorstep with my... Read more...
Wii Playback
December 11, 2009
This morning, after completing my gruelling exercise regime on my Wii using EA Sports Active, I noticed that I could now download a version of the BBC iPlayer to my Wii.Now this has the added value to iPlayer functionality of being able to watch missed... Read more...
‘Tis the Season for Giving
December 10, 2009
Below you will see me presenting a giant cheque this morning to Shirley Latimer, Deputy Manager (Shirley is in centre flanked by her colleagues) at our local Helen & Douglas House Charity shop. I've never done this cheque presenting thing before,... Read more...