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Aug 20
Like the old saying two heads are indeed better than one and a series of heads with different points of view and experience is even more powerful still. So if you’ve got a problem don’t sit on it expecting an answer to come and slap you round the face get out there and talk to …
Aug 19
When dealing with people at work you’ll find that there are people you naturally click with and those that you just keep battling with. Often the reason behind this is that one set of people you like and have things in common with, whilst the others you feel you have no common ground – therefore …
Aug 10
I’ve been away on holiday this week, so I’ve naturally had some time to reflect a little so I though I’d write something based on a change I have coming up and how it came about. Sometimes the thing that your dying to do for yourself or achieve in a project will seem out of …
Aug 09
To make a project work will inevitably require a lot of favours, a lot of back scratching, lots of awkward conversations and lots of trying to get people to work in a way you don’t want them to. Generally if you’re asked by someone you don’t like to do any of these things they will find it …
Aug 05
Following on from part one of this series “a project vision will save you time and money“… So if our assertion in part one is correct there are 44 – 88 hours during the week in which you’ll be answering questions from those around you about the context in which they should be solving problems …
Jul 30
We all know a project vision is useful but many feel it’s one of those things you pretend to have at the start, tick the box and then forget about as you get on with the real work. However a project vision is a fantastic thing that correctly set up and used throughout the lifetime …
Jul 22
As a PM you’ll tend to be the first person that your workers come to to tell you just how doomed you are, this ladies and gentlemen is our hardplace. There is an issue which is affecting the project, things are moving more slowly and in the project set up you have right now there’s …
Mar 03
One way of looking at the role of a project manager is that of a person who leads a group of people through a complex set of tasks to achieve something out of the end of it. One of the main challenges you’ll face is that it becomes very hard to deliver very complex things …
Feb 17
I’m currently getting ready for a holiday so haven’t had as much chance to update the blog but I hope you’re still enjoying the posts, if you are please get in touch and let me know! But now onto today’s post which is about stepping back and having a moment of sanity when things begin …
Feb 09
Milestones are a great way to report on your progress to date and make sure you’re delivering something of value to your customers. The key here is to make sure that you pick project milestones that are actually meaningful. Your customers are not really going to be impressed that you’ve written up all of your …