Over 70 project management bloggers came together on Wednesday 25th September at 1am GMT for the first ever Project Management Flashblog. The #pmflashblog was the brain child of Shim Marom, a project management blogger from Australia. The idea of the #pmflashblog is to have a large number of bloggers post an article, in their respective […]
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Project management framework provides an organisation with a structured approach to delivery of projects. As described in my last post “what is a project management framework?” they include the following elements A common life cycle with defined stages and gates. A defined set of roles and responsibilities including the sponsor, project manager and users. A
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Gower Publishing have launched their latest Handbook in the series – The Handbook of People in Project Management. With three years in the making, over 60 chapters and 44 individual contributors, the new handbook is an eclectic mix which offers something new to the project practitioner. The handbook’s sections include; Management and Organisation People In
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When a small team within an organization is working on a project it is important to have a document storage solution which allow for effective collaboration. The document storage option that you choose should allow all of the project participants to access the documents and allow for the project manager to oversee the entire project.
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Recently the head of the government’s flagship welfare reform project known as Universal Credit has stated that it has been suffering from poor project management. The aim of Universal Credit will merge a number benefits including income support, housing benefit, jobseeker’s allowance, child tax credits and also the working credit to provide one combined benefit.
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Forget January for New Year’s Resolutions. The return to work after the summer holidays is the best time to get your projects in shape, says Jason Westland. LA HABRA, Aug 29, 2013 – Returning to work after the summer is the time when most project managers focus their minds on getting things straight on their
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The long-awaited changes to A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide)—Fifth Edition are welcome, and much needed. LA HABRA, Aug 1, 2013 – The recent release of A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide)—Fifth Edition finally addresses the issue of stakeholder management, providing much-needed guidance, according to
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Whenever a massive new project is unveiled, people who specialize in the various aspects that come into play in the project will offer their advice or criticisms. This factor has certainly been up front in the debate over the UK’s smart meter programme, and many of the dissenting voices have put forward cases that seem
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Parallel Project Training, founded in 2009 by John Bolton and Paul Naybour,adopts a personal approach to support organisations deliver complex project in an efficient and effective way. Since it’s launch, the company has built a prestigious list of clients, which includes top United Kingdom companies such as Network Rail, National Trust, E C Harris, IFS and
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In the workplace there are many occupations that one can undertake. Among the most satisfying, interesting and lucrative occupations is project management. The occupation of project management is one in which a person is assigned to supervise, manage, and plan a business related project or task. This is most common in the information technology sector
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