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I thought I’d blog about my most recent experience of working in Government.

A recent poll published by the Guardian asked people how much status particular groups of people have in society today.

Few are untouched by the efficiency drives and budget cuts sweeping across the public and private sector.

At a recent round table into the future direction of project management qualifications, concerns were raised about the number of qualifications and the lack of joined-up thinking when plotting the development path of qualified and future project professionals.

Part5 of a farce in 6 parts.

I saw a great presentation by Tom Peters, the American writer on business management practices.

I was recently asked advice on which, in my experience, would be the most suitable professional development path within the project management industry.

One of the most challenging aspects of project management is managing the expectations of stakeholders, users and sponsors.

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (2013) suggest a figure of 60%.

A programme manager must accept that despite well laid plans there is a 9/10 chance that the plan will not work perfectly and yet they must appear to manage professionally.