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“To effectively communicate, we must realise that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others,” Tony Robins.

Project management is usually taught in a linear fashion and tends to follows this process: firstly, consider the personalities and skill set required to successfully complete the project, next, decide who the stakeholders are and develop a communication plan in order to be able to address them, after this, try to agree on the scope of the project and decide the deadline, following this, draw up a Gantt chart showing the timetable of your project and agree a budget to cover all the above, finally, once the project has ended, complete a review.

The recent APM Conditions for Project Success survey gleaned some interesting insights into the current state of project management in the UK.

Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your seatbelts.

Guest blogon behalf of thePeople SIG by Sarah Coleman, chair of the Derby Chapterand a director at Business Evolution.

The changing world of the project management industry has seen a split in a number of different areas; seen plainly by the growing number of Association for Project Management Specific Interest Groups.

In a crowded project management profession, practitioners are always looking for ways to stand out.

Ah the Gantt chart.

Welcome to the latest in a series of blog posts that aim to make the case for applying systems thinking to project management.

In our 21st century world, everything happens quickly and no-one can afford to stand still.