From the monthly archives:

November 2006

Launch of Project Management in the Real World!

November 23, 2006

I heard from the publishers today that the first copies of Project Mangement in the Real World have come off the press and are looking great. If you’ve pre-ordered a copy, it should be on its way out to you shortly.
There won’t be a blog entry next Monday as I’ll be speaking at the [...]

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Carnival of project management #4

November 20, 2006

Welcome to the November 20, 2006 edition of carnival of project management.
Brandon Peele presents Leadership Revisited posted at GT. A little too new age for me, but interesting nonetheless, especially the remarks about self-actualisation. I’m currently reading The Princess Diaries Volume 7 (La fete d’une princesse) and Mia still hasn’t achieved self-actualisation. [...]

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How do I know who you are? – Identity Management in the Public Sector

November 15, 2006

If you aren’t going to a Nouveau Beaujolais party on Thursday 16 November, you might want to check out this talk.
Speakers: Simon Davies, Visiting Fellow, Information Systems Department of the London School of Economics (LSE) and Stephen Harrison, Identity and Passport Service
Location: BCS, Southampton Street, London
Now that the Identity Cards Act 2006 has been passed [...]

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The Parisian project manager’s breakfast

November 13, 2006

Following my (rather dismissive) comments about recognition breakfasts for project managers on Projects@Work, I thought it would be interesting to consider what breakfast choices are available to the busy PM, in case anyone close to me feels like laying on a recognition breakfast in my honour to celebrate International Project Management Day – albeit it [...]

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Carnival of project management #4

November 9, 2006

The next Carnival of Project Management, which is fast becoming an anticipated monthly event, is on 20 November. Please submit your articles and posts via Blog Carnival, as usual.
I look forward to reading what you are all up to and maybe this time we can get some more female bloggers submitting? Last month’s [...]

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Book review: Syngress IT Security Project Management Handbook

November 6, 2006

Network security is an ongoing task and this heavy-weight book tackles it with both a sense of immediacy and a long-term view of strategic IT security planning. Syngress IT Security Project Management Handbook aims to present an operational framework for security planning.
It is written in a very accessible style and the pages are clear. [...]

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