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How to fail well...

Failure Is the new success. Here are five ways that you can embrace...

5 Skills Needed To...

Why do projects fail? It's a question that invites a lot of interest and...

Embrace the change: Getting...

New IT systems for a growing business can be an exciting prospect and...

Does a Project Manager...

What makes a successful project manager is a combination of their academic abilities,...
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Unleashing success! What IT Project...

If you’ve ever trained a puppy, you’ll know the value of a “treat” to reward good behaviour, like sitting or staying on command. I think most dogs know the word “biscuit” before they learn their own name, mind you, I know some PMs who are as partial to a bourbon or chocolate malted milk, she writes dunking a digestive! At Crufts I saw a lot of treats passed from owner to dog with a “good boy” or “good girl”. Rewards are vital to the process.

From ‘a meh thing’ to...

Experience and anecdotal evidence suggest that Bex isn’t alone in seeking a little bit more. In many organisations now, IT project teams feel that the necessary fixed scope, set budgets, tight deadlines, limited resources and defined roles and responsibilities, leave little or no room for experimentation and innovation. The thing is, if you’re getting the results, do you need the added sizzle of innovating? I think that you do.

Unleashing success! What IT Project Management can learn from Crufts

If you’ve ever trained a puppy, you’ll know the value of a “treat” to reward good behaviour, like sitting or staying on command. I think most dogs know the word “biscuit” before they learn their own name, mind you, I know some PMs who are as partial to a bourbon or chocolate malted milk, she writes dunking a digestive! At Crufts I saw a lot of treats passed from owner to dog with a “good boy” or “good girl”. Rewards are vital to the process.

‘I pity the...

OK, the Mr T reference may be wasted on anyone under 30 but in IT Project Management your 'B.A.' is as much a key...

IR35 – how...

When the Government announced changes to IR35 and off-payroll working rules for public sector workers like IT contractors, a wave of confusion rippled through...

Why you need...

Only four specialist IT professionals have made it into the boardrooms of the UK's FTSE 100 companies. Put that another way ninety-six of the...

Would Santa be...

<img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-5229" src="http://projectaccelerator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/pulse-Would-Santa-Be-A-Great-Project-Manager-.jpg" alt="would santa be a great project manager?" width="700" height="400" />Santa delivers his project on time every year, despite its...

As 27% of...

One of the greatest arguments for hiring contractors over permanent staff is reduced headcount - when work is quiet you want fewer "bums on...

This Halloween: how...

Do you have them? Projects that set out with the greatest of intentions but which failed to deliver and because no-one ever put them...

Five compelling reasons...

In the ever changing, lightning speed IT world, effective Project Management delivers operational excellence. As every company is now, in some way, an IT...

When IT Project...

Have you ever toiled with a cursed IT Project? Imagine your server not arriving because there is a man standing on a gantry on the...

Project Management Specalists...

    Project Management service providers Stoneseed win two awards, Nottinghamshire Business of the Year and Nottinghamshire Small Business of the Year award. Stoneseed Ltd, an independent provider...
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