In The State of the PMO UK survey by Wellingtone and APM PMO SIG [published January 2016], benefits management and realisation was reported to be the hardest part of a PMO structure to successfully embed in an organisation.
It was a great pleasure and honour to be asked by Steve Wake to start a blog on agile and how it affects and can enhance the APM community.
I recently presented on a webinar on diversity for the Association for Project Management.
There are a number of techniques for managing remote and multicultural teams successfullyWhen considering the different elements that contribute to the success of a project, team building and people management are probably the most important and, at the same time, the most difficult ones to control.
Would you as a project manager like to be able to deliver successful projects more often and more consistently? This would certainly have it's advantages both for your own career and for the reputation of your organisation.
Are you managing a project, a complex project or a programme? The art and science of programme management has become more mainstream in recent years and roles are becoming more prominent.
The project manager has two responsibilities: not only someone “who plans, procures and executes a project’ but also a person who often manages a team.
Whether you’re an independent contractor or long-term employee, how should you deal with recruitment agencies? Knowing how to best work with recruitment agencies can be complicated – but these questions and answers are a start.
The Beatles song ‘A day in the life’ told us about the ‘Four thousand holes in Blackburn Lancashire…and though the holes were rather small, they had to count them all; now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall’.
There are many different ‘types’ of project manager – they all have the same core skills, but emphasise different aspects to suit their roles.