New Service Offering from Arras People – DWP Executive Support
Given the turbulent nature of the job market at present and that thousands of highly skilled workers have found themselves out of work, it comes as no surprise the Job Centre Plus has found it...
View ArticleManaging Successful Programmes
Before I evangelize the merits of programme management I want to clarify what a programme is and what a project is. This might seem a little trivial but I’ve seen these two words used so...
View ArticleBook Review: Project Governance
Project Governance by Ralf Muller (available through Gower Publishing) A night to read and some real practical solutions to implementing governance in your organisation – either at portfolio, programme...
View ArticlePPSO SIG Conference – From Acorn to Oak
This year’s PPSO Conference in Coventry took place between the 16th and 17th September. Given the conference title of ‘PMO Maturity in your organisation, Your Team and You’, the conference fit neatly...
View ArticleIMPACT 2009 – Free Virtual Trade Show from ESI
Title: IMPACT 2009 Location: Online – Virtual Trade Show Link out: Click here Description: ESI International, a world leader in professional business education and consulting services is launching its...
View ArticleSending Out a Guest Blogger Request For How to Manage a Camel
We, the people behind the blogs of Arras People (How to Manage a Camel and our own internal happenings Arras People blog), want you to know we’ve taken great pleasure in posting the external...
View ArticlePermanent placements in Dec 09 UP whilst one in three workers ‘ready for...
Personneltoday.com are reporting that according to a recent study by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), One in three UK workers would leave their existing job if they could! A staggering 33% of UK employees...
View ArticleGuest Blogger – Project Management the Teenage Years
What will be the project management trends in the teens? They say the past is no predictor of the future but what will be the up and coming trends for the teens 1) The fallout from the credit crunch...
View ArticleGuest Blogger – Is Programme Management Right for Me?
Programme management is the co-ordinated management of a portfolio of projects that change organisations to achieve benefits that are of strategic importance. Programme management involves; working...
View ArticleWhich PMI Credential is Right for me?
The Project Management Institute (PMI)® offers 5 credentials in project management. Are you confused about which is the right one for you? Well, then here I am to help you find an answer. PMI has a...
View ArticleIs English Football a Project or a Programme to Capello?
Footballers for the English team may hold the same sway over the success of a World Cup campaign as a project team holds over the success of a project. Or do they? Perhaps it’s not feasible to ask...
View ArticleCelebrating International Project Management Day with a Success Story
4th November is the International Project Management Day, a day intended “to encourage project based organizations worldwide or organizations who utilize project management methodologies to schedule...
View ArticleIt Started with a Vision
Imagine a scene from a psychadelic Willy Wonka-esque village where little multi-coloured houses sit side by side with odd artifacts slavaged from mansion houses far and wide. Now plonk this village...
View ArticleNew Year’s Resolution – Is THIS the year for the Results Management Office?
Deloitte have been pushing something called a “Results Management Office” (RMO) for a couple of years now. The RMO is all about moving the PMO on to the next level – where PMOs actually play a role and...
View ArticleComplex Projects – The 14 Year Project Schedule
As a fan of the BBC series “How to build…”, I was excited to see a tour of the BAe Systems’ Barrow site listed on the forthcoming events page of the APM; wasting no time in responding I was rewarded...
View ArticleThe Ocean of Project Management
After last month’s analogy on project management – the Picture and Sound of a PM – this week I was musing about a recent trip to Cape Town’s aquarium and sure enough the whole world of project...
View ArticleQ&A Project Management Careers – Senior PM Crossroads
I’m currently working as a senior project manager, and I have an opportunity to move into a programme manager position or head up a new portfolio management office. I’m unsure which opportunity is...
View ArticleFive Steps for Driving Business Success with Enterprise Project Management.
Business failure can sometimes be linked to project failure; but this risk can be mitigated with good project management, allowing you to Win, Plan and Run business, generate Reports for it and even...
View Article11 Things Leaders Should Know – Major Programmes
Major programmes are large-scale, big budget projects that are executed on national or even international scales. We tend to think of them as Government-initiated such as the London 2012 Olympics,...
View ArticlePMO Metrics in a Portfolio World of Value
The second article this week from Harold Kerzner from The International Institute for Learning on the Changing Landscape for Project Management Life-Cycle Phases. In this, part two of three articles he...
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