From the monthly archives:

December 2006

Just a quickie…

December 30, 2006

Someone recently contacted me about collaborative software, kit that would make managing projects easier with virtual and non-co-located teams.  I came across this post about Central Desktop, which is a bit of technology that appears to meet those needs.  I haven’t tried it out, and it doesn’t look revolutionary, but there are a few nice [...]

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Happy holidays!

December 21, 2006

A Girl’s Guide to Project Management returns in the first week of January 2007.
Wishing you all a happy Christmas.

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Carnival of project management #5

December 20, 2006

Thanks for all the carnival submissions, even though I haven’t yet posted a date for the next edition.  There won’t be a December end of month edition, because of the Christmas holidays, so the next one will be 8 January 2007.  That still gives you plenty of time to submit your articles about project management, [...]

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The Christmas project

December 18, 2006

Wouldn’t you think that a project manager would find it easy to prepare for Christmas? Sorting out all the presents, making sure she doesn’t miss the last posting date for cards, using trips to various relatives in the preceding months to drop off parcels in advance.
Unfortunately, it seems that the better I am at [...]

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Making a good business case

December 11, 2006

I found this white paper about putting together a business case on IT Toolbox. It depends on how you interpret the term ‘business case’ but for me this document is more a feasibility study: what is the problem, what could we do about it and what have we decided to do. A ‘pure’ business [...]

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New security magazine launched

December 4, 2006

BCS and the Information Security Specialist Group have launched a new magazine, Information Security Now. The first issue takes a look at enterprise security and includes an interview with Phil Cracknell of Deloitte. You can download a .pdf version of the magazine from their website.
John Sherwood’s article on return on investment is particularly relevant [...]

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Projects need women

December 1, 2006

The launch of Project Management in the Real World on Monday was a huge success and I had a great time – thanks to everyone who came. If you didn’t make it, you can see pictures of the evening on my website.
The audience seemed to be a good mix of men and women which [...]

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