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”If you can see it, you can be it.

After re-watching the original Star Wars trilogy and writing about the Empire’s approach to project management (read my first review here), in this blog I comment on the second film in the series — The Empire Strikes Back.

Forty-five per cent of project management professionals are ‘somewhat’ or ‘very’ dissatisfied with the current level of project management maturity in their organisation, according to The State of Project Management Annual Survey 2016, conducted by Wellingtone and the APM PMO Specific Interest Group.

Recently, I found an opportunity to review my journey (as an accidental project manager) in the profession so far.

This month, I’m talking to project coordinators and their line managers.

 How do you feel when you’re asked to write a business case? If you are like most people, you see it as neither a pleasant, nor a worthwhile task.

For our Board meeting in May we were kindly hosted by Thales at one of their offices in Basingstoke.

*Read the newer, up to date, article on conflict management in project management here* It’s a common perception that any kind of conflict is bad and should be avoided at all costs.

We all know that organisations in this ever-competing world need to change now more quickly – and deal with larger changes to the way they work – in order to survive.

Four years ago, 900 million people watched the spectacular opening ceremony for the London 2012 Olympics.