PM News Round-up
March 15, 2010
Here’s a round-up of the latest happenings in the project management arena. The Turing Lecture I attended the 2010 Turing Lecture last month. Professor Chris Bishop, Chief Research Scientist at Microsoft’s research lab in Cambridge, discussed the... Read more...
The Plan Is winners
March 10, 2010
Thanks to everyone who entered the giveaway to win licences for the beta test version of Richard Revis’ fixed date planning tool, The Plan Is. The lucky winners should have received their email invite to join the beta test now, so have fun playing... Read more...
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...