From the monthly archives:

January 2008

Carnival of project management #16

January 28, 2008

Welcome to the January 28, 2008 edition of carnival of project management. As there wasn’t a carnival in December this is a bumper edition. Thomas Cutting presents December 10, 2007 – Burnt by Hiring a Newbie posted at Cutting’s Edge Project Management , saying, “Promised a solid PM to replace an existing on, the agency [...]

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Fun Works giveaway – closing date

January 24, 2008

Well, it seems as if lots of you are not having fun at work, given the amount of entries to the book giveaway. It’s not too late to enter. If you’d like a copy of Fun Works: creating places where people love to work, then contact me with your name and email address. I will [...]

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Who’s in charge here?

January 23, 2008

Have you come across the ICPM – the International Community for Project Managers? If not, this could be a good opportunity to have a look at their site. I’ve just written an article on the four top problems that cause ineffective steering groups. Have a look at Who’s in Charge Here? and then browse around!

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How to attend a conference

January 22, 2008

The spring round of industry conferences is coming up, and if you are going to one, here are some tips to bear in mind. Take the minimum amount of stuff with you. You won’t need a notebook: any good conference organiser will provide copies of slides and blank paper for notes. So don’t load yourself [...]

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The missing week

January 22, 2008

After having proclaimed my success at the WordPress upgrade, I have messed up while trying to restore comments and lost a week’s worth of posting. So if you’ve come here looking for the article on conferences, hang on, it’s coming up… If you have commented since 10 January that has also been lost – the [...]

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Happy birthday book giveaway!

January 10, 2008

This blog has been running for two years now and celebrate our birthday I’m giving you a present. I have a copy of Fun Works: creating places where people love to work to give away. If you read the review on Monday and thought the book looked great, then contact me with your name and [...]

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Book review: Fun Works

January 7, 2008

I was sent a copy of Fun Works: creating places where people love to work, by Leslie Yerkes, back in the summer. It has taken me a long while to dedicate the time required to the book – I was reading chapters on and off throughout the latter part of last year. Finally, I’ve made [...]

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Book review: Universal Usability

January 3, 2008

Jonathan Lazar makes the point, in the preface of this book, that universal usability helps all users. Computer interfaces that include usability features come with a solid business case to support e-commerce spend, as they improve hit rates and support access across a variety of technologies including mobile devices. Universal Usability is a collection of [...]

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January: that means it’s appraisal time!

January 1, 2008

It’s the time of year to prepare for annual performance appraisals. I did some research for Projects@Work recently, and wrote an article for them about how project managers could best arm themselves for the dreaded one-to-one with their line manager. I ended up in contact with loads of experts, more than I could fit in [...]

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