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I received the best ever out of office reply this week, from one of my international counterparts.

We are very aware that those who are new to the subject of PPPM assurance do not have a simple and straightforward way of learning more about it.

Interesting how some key ideas around project management have resonated recently in a number of government-related strategies and action plans.

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The next work stream that I would like to introduce to you is the measures for assuring projects (developing methods for generating assurance without intrusive reviews).

Aside from the ongoing saga of what the NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT) will deliver and when another interesting point was the knock-on effects for future big IT projects.

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

The legend of Wikipedia; a free encyclopaedia that anyone can update, an error-ridden free-for-all, anathema to rational thought and probably a threat to the civilised world as we know it.

What turns a normal human being into a project manager?After 20 years of doing the job, I have sometimes wondered what turns a normal human being into a project manager.

I’m finding a majority of organisations tell me they want ‘resource management’, but when I ask what this means I get really narrow replies.