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Karen Blackett CBE knows a thing or two about being successful in business.

At the start of any project the client will have an idea of what the project is intended to achieve; sometimes the idea is vague, sometimes clearly defined.

One of the management tricks I was told many years ago is that if you are going to write ’to do’ lists then write them for other people before writing them for yourself.

A company employed a new accountant and thought everything was going according to plan until it came to the time for their audit.

It involves lots of shouting, suppliers have it easy – and more PM pearls of wisdom from year 6 pupils.

I am well known for my objectionsto the phrase best practice.

Project managers do not spend enough time thinking about the quality or the impact of their decisions and very little training is available.

The NAO published its latest report on Crossrail on 9 July.

They say that "a journey of 1,000 miles starts with a single step".

The project profession has a problem.