From the monthly archives:

February 2007

Between a rock and a hard place

February 26, 2007

I’ve been doing some research into why projects fail for a TV programme (more on this later – we are filming in May) and it seems that the unsuccessful project is unfortunately much more common than we would all like to believe.
However, there is also a perception problem. I’ve been interviewed recently about the [...]

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New Microsoft competition and game!

February 23, 2007

Microsoft has a new game for learning Visio and Project. I’ve had a go and got through the first challenges, but I got blocked from playing the full version as I’m not a US resident.
It’s a pity as I wanted to have a go, even though I knew I wouldn’t be eligible for the [...]

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Review of ConceptDraw Project 3

February 19, 2007

Setting up a project is easy: anyone familiar with MS Project will be able to navigate around without problems. The main part of the screen shows the task list and Gantt chart. All the standard functionality is there: managing resources, costs, dependencies. I particularly like the semi-transparent way the duration bars [...]

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Carnival of project management #7

February 15, 2007

The next carnival is scheduled for 19 March. Not sure what the carnival is all about? It’s basically people sharing their blog posts on project management. If you’ve got something you think other people should be reading sent it to me via BlogCarnival.
The March carnival will be hosted over at Project Management [...]

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Happy holidays, future plans

February 12, 2007

Sorry – I’m on holiday.  No post today.  Normal service returns next Monday.  Future blog posts will cover a software review of ConceptDraw Project 3, which I’ll be installing and testing shortly, and as I’ve been tagged by Christine Kane, my response to the 5 reasons why I blog meme.
In the meantime, have a look [...]

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Even the big projects…

February 8, 2007

It’s always reassuring to know that project problems aren’t confined to my world. If your project is at risk of breaching its cost baseline, schedule baseline or both, take comfort in the fact that 16% of the US Government’s National Nuclear Security Administration’s projects are in the same boat.

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Transferable (dancing) skills

February 5, 2007

I am a big believer in the value of transferable skills, which is why I find the French education system so hard to understand.  Essentially, you need to take business studies and do a business degree to have any hope of getting a decent job in an office.  For me, university was (and is – [...]

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Carnival of project management #6

February 4, 2007

Welcome to the February 4, 2007 edition of carnival of project management. I know it’s not exactly on the advertised day, I didn’t get the dates exactly right.
Pawel Brodzinski presents Software Project Management: Top 6 Problems with Risk Management posted at Software Project Management, saying, “Risk management looks quite easy in theory. However, quite [...]

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