From the monthly archives:

July 2008

Last chance to vote!

July 31, 2008

Voting for the Computer Weekly IT Blog Awards closes today, so it’s your last chance to have your say. I’d love it if you voted for A Girl’s Guide to Managing Projects – of course – but there are great nominees in all the categories. If you haven’t already, have a look at [...]

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Book review: Who Gets Promoted, Who Doesn’t, and Why

July 30, 2008

Continuing the summer of books theme, I thought you’d like to hear about Donald Asher’s book, Who Gets Promoted, Who Doesn’t, and Why. Sub-titled ’10 things you’d better do if you want to get ahead’, it’s an easy read with a conversational style. It’s a feature I see in a lot of best-selling [...]

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What makes a good project sponsor?

July 28, 2008

Having a good, active project sponsor is one of the ways you can ward off project failure. So if you are in the enviable situation of being able to choose who you have as your project sponsor, you need to look for someone who will do a good job. And what sort of [...]

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Summer of books

July 23, 2008

I’m excited to announce that Project Management in the Real World is now available in India. Here’s the press release that accompanied the launch:
Working in any field these days often means working on projects. Elizabeth Harrin’s new book Project Management in the Real World points out the gaps in project management theory and [...]

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Project Sponsor FAQ

July 21, 2008

Craig Brown has been writing about the job description of a project sponsor over at Better Projects. I have pulled together an FAQ for project sponsors, which you can use if you’re having difficulty explaining to someone what a project sponsor actually does.
Why does a project need a sponsor?
To support the project team and [...]

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Single Equality Bill

July 16, 2008

Well, the consultation for the Single Equality Bill looks like it’s over. Minister for Equality and Women, Harriet Harman, recently unveiled the draft Bill which is expected to be implemented in this autumn’s Queen’s speech.
Unfortunately, positive action is on the table. Yes, I’m a big fan of women’s rights to equality, but allowing [...]

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How to be helpful

July 14, 2008

Set your out of office email response if you’re out for a day or longer. Change your voicemail as well, especially if you’re at a crisis point in the project and you know people will be wanting to get hold of you.
Know where your project team are, so that when people ask you [...]

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A Girl’s Guide to Managing Products?

July 11, 2008

If you’ve come here as a result of the Computer Weekly IT Blog Awards, after searching for A Girl’s Guide to Managing Products, then you’re in the right place. It’s not the name of the blog, and you won’t find anything about product management. There’s a typo on their website, and in this [...]

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Best Practice presentations

July 9, 2008

The presentations from the Best Practice Showcase last month are now available online. I’ve just been listening to The Role of MSP within Siemens and it’s the first time I’ve seen anything in this online web presentations format. It’s quite cool, but it only works with Internet Explorer, so Firefox affectionados like me have to [...]

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Closing down projects

July 6, 2008

15% of all projects are shut down before they complete, according to Microsoft. There’s various different reasons for this, and companies should handle closing down projects with sensitivity. Here’s a video clip of me in discussion with Deborah Hall about stopping projects.

(Video clip used with permission)

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