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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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How to use RAG Status...

Many projects and programmes use RAG status...

Using Covey’s Matrix to tame...

Good time management is something that often...

New Broom, Sweeps Lean! Four ROI, Efficiency and Productivity Hacks for The New IT Project Decision Maker

It IS tempting to make a grand, headline grabbing move to justify your organisation’s faith in you, investing in a new portfolio software application or churning your talent, for instance. When new to a role (in many business environments, not just IT Project Management), new managers tend to lean into making sweeping changes, it’s human nature. Often though, hindsight shows that making small tweaks could have been more productive. Rather than shake things up, it can be quicker, and less stressful to shape things up! If you’re new to a role, instead of slashing or splashing budget and drastically altering project team structure, how about looking at the small step changes you can make that can quickly unlock ROI. Less broom, more polish!

Hurry, only 1...

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeoiRlu8nZI&feature=player_embedded Hurry, there is only one day left to submit your entry into the APM Project Management Awards 2012. The deadline is 5pm on Friday 29th June...

Olympic sustainability specialist...

This event has now taken place - no bookings can be taken. The APM Conference is nearly upon us – it is the best chance...

Digital UK provide...

Digital switchover is the biggest change to television since the introduction of colour in 1967. With around 60 million television sets in the UK...

Project Management Debates...

The APMG have just started to announce the line up for the forthcoming APMG-International Showcase event which takes place on Thursday 28th June in...

Shell offer extra...

As APM is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year the APM Awards on 1st November will be even bigger and better, in every sense...

Olympic Stadium project...

The preparations for London 2012 and the early delivery of the facilities a year ahead of schedule have been a major talking point in...

BAE Systems Managing...

Managing director of performance excellence at BAE Systems will be speaking at the Association for Project Management’s annual conference on Wednesday 27th June. Peter...

Senior banking sector...

More influential speakers have been added to the line-up at the APM Project Management Conference on Wednesday 27th June 2012. Two senior figures from...

National Trust Launch...

The National Trust, Europe’s largest conservation organisation, has partnered with Parallel Project Training to develop a training programme that allies with the objectives of...

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