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Project Managers - Are You Getting Involved in the Business of the Company?

Over the past few months, I’ve been working with a client on helping them to get their high potential employees on a path to leadership roles within the business. I noticed that their project managers were not on the “high potential list.” (Mind you I have come up against this situation before.) When I [...]

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Project Management Haiku

Sponsor gives the task With Impossible deadline Insanity rules

Create Gantts to show Path to achieving success Thanks, M.S. Project

Kick-off not so good Resources are all tied up Late the day we start

Panic already Project reviews are painful But no help in sight

Schedule slipping right Costs are increasing daily Metrics board [...]

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Peer Reviews For Programmes and Projects

It doesn’t matter how dedicated your team of programme and project managers are every now and again they can benefit from a fresh set of eyes taking a look at what’s going on. A team that is ‘heads down’ in delivery mode can sometimes suffer from groupthink and perhaps become blinkered into thinking their [...]

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The Next Frontier for Project Managers is NOT Project Management

Ronn Faigen is the General Manager for APMG-US, part of APMG International, a global accreditation and qualifications organization. In this capacity, Ronn is responsible for increasing the awareness and adoption of internationally recognized best practices, among them PRINCE2®, Managing Successful Programs (MSP™) Portfolio, Program and Project Offices (P3O®) and ITIL®. Prior to joining [...]

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Who Benefits From Project Management Training

Everyone of course!

During a recent lunch meeting with a client, we discussed project management training. In particular, who in the organization would benefit from participating in a project management training program? The question came up because he felt that everyone could benefit from learning how to manage projects, but his boss – one [...]