I had a fab chat with Dina Henry Scott who runs the podcast Controlling Chaos (strapline: Project Management in the Real World, coincidence eh?).  It’s always fun to talk to people who have the same down-to-earth approach to projects as me.  We talked about project budgets, so you can download and listen to the podcast [...]

The next edition of the Carnival of Project Management is scheduled for 2 February 2007. Submit your articles at Blog Carnival.

Sometimes it is not the work that makes work difficult, nor the people. Today the challenge that made my day more difficult than usual was something much more mundane: the arrival of a new telephone.
It came with a three-fold leaflet explaining how to do a multitude of things, except set up my voicemail. [...]

It’s incredible that you can get onto lists without actually knowing what they are. The Z-list is a share-the-link-love list started by Mack Collier over at Viral Garden. It’s a really good idea to raise the awareness of some sites that don’t seem to get the recognition they deserve and the idea is [...]

I found this article on factors to take into account on planning project budgets. It’s good to remind ourselves of things like this from time to time!

Unfortunately I’ve spilt a carton of milk into my kitchen drawer (please don’t ask how, I’m not sure I was awake enough to remember), which has hampered my ability to write interestingly this week.
So while I go and wash up every piece of cutlery I own, please take a look at the Upwardly Mobile Manager, [...]

Welcome to the January 8, 2007 edition of carnival of project management.
Phil B. presents Etiquette to Reading and Replying to Emails « Phil for Humanity posted at Phil for Humanity. This is a really good piece about managing communication by email. I just wish more people followed Phil’s advice.
David Maister presents I Need [...]

It’s been a while since I updated the links in the sidebar, so have a look at the great new project management blogs I have included.  Some of which, like Craig’s and Raven’s, have been long overdue in joining the list.
I’ve also updated the Useful Resources page, so if you need any inspiration for your [...]

When I was young I vowed never to be a ‘cabbage yakker’. That is, a woman who talks about the price of cabbages as if they were the most important thing in the whole world. I’m sure there are women for whom cabbages are very important, but I didn’t want to be one [...]