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MoSCoW Prioritisation: Must Have, Should Have, Could Have, Won’t Have – Getting It Right From The Start

I was in a project review meeting last Thursday (actually it was more like a project intervention) and witnessed something I’ve seen too many times before. The Project Manager was desperately trying to explain to a roomful of increasingly frustrated stakeholders why half the transformation requirements wouldn’t make it into the initial go-live. The problem? No one had properly prioritised anything at the start. Every business process change had been labelled “critical.” Every system integration was “essential.” Every data migration activity was “urgent.”

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Why Stoneseed is Rated as an Outstanding Place to Work

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When it comes to finding the perfect workplace, independent employee reviews tell the real story. According to anonymous reviews on Glassdoor – a platform where companies cannot alter or remove employee feedback – Stoneseed’s story is overwhelmingly positive, with an exceptional 4.8 out of 5 stars rating and an impressive 94% of employees recommending the company to friends.

These unfiltered insights from real employees provide an authentic view of what it’s truly like to work at Stoneseed.

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An IT project leader’s guide to rebooting a failing IT project: post-its, PMaaS, possibilities and p-p-p-enguins!

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Your IT Project is heading off course, out of control and heading at speed to become part of those often-quoted failure statistics … what do you do?Panic? Head to the nearest bar?Do nothing and hope for the best? Or … implement a cunning plan that saves the day (Editor’s Note: Then head to the nearest

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The benefits of hiring an introverted project manager

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As the saying goes “You should never judge a book by its cover” and when it comes to project management this is certainly true. It is important that the effectiveness of a professional is not judged because they have a more introverted personality where it is believed an extrovert would be able to do a

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Upskilling Your Workforce via Project-Based Training Initiatives

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When you arrange training for upskilling a workforce you want to give them the chance to tackle real-world challenges, this is exactly what project-based learning does, and the experts at Parallel Project Training believe there are advantages to both trainer and learners of taking this approach. Here, we ask them to explain why. What is

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How many hours overtime do you work?

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Unpaid overtime increased sharply in 2023, according to a study commissioned by Rebel’s Guide to Project Management. As the momentum from the Great Resignation starts to wane, employees are finding that their bargaining power isn’t what it used to be. About a year ago, job opportunities and rising wages were abundant, but now, those trends are reversing,

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Skills analysis: Identify your skills and find and fill knowledge gaps

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Introduction Starting a project management role can involve a change in career. You might have started out in a more technical or specialised role and progressed up the chain or moved into project management after gaining skills in another industry. Early on in your project management career, you might find gaps in your knowledge, or

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Helpful Tips For Project Managers Starting Their First Project

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If you are like many project managers out there, your first project may be a little intimidating. However, with a little guidance and some helpful tips, it can be a successful experience. The tips below are a few ways that first-time project managers can start off strong and help achieve the project goals. Initiate The

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A Beginner’s Guide To Becoming A Project Manager

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For those starting out on a career as a project manager – or maybe considering a career change into project management – there are a few things to know to get off to the best start. Below is a useful beginner’s guide to becoming a project manager, listing some of the main attributes required and

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20 Questions All Project Managers Should Ask

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One of the many skills required of a project manager is the ability to ask searching questions and persevere until a clear answer is obtained. Many of the pitfalls in projects could be avoided if questions were articulated fully and if the answers were given clearly and in detail. Too often areas of a

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