From the monthly archives:

November 2008

Keeping up: Responding to business challenges

November 24, 2008

Last week I wrote about the challenges facing project management as a result of evolving business practices.  So, how is project management responding to these challenges?
Frankly, I don’t think that we are.

71% of projects fail each year
Projects achieve 93% of what they set out to deliver…
… and take 84% more time than planned

You have probably [...]

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Giveaway! Women in SET book

November 23, 2008

It’s nearly Christmas, so to get into the festive spirit, I have a book to give away.
Women in Science, Engineering and Technology: three decades of UK initiatives is by Alison Phipps.  I reviewed it earlier in the month here and the review has also appeared in The Computer Journal.
I’ll warn you now: it’s not [...]

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Keeping up: aligning project management to real business

November 17, 2008

At the APM conference last month I spoke about the challenges facing project managers working in a 21st Century business environment.
I first got interested in this as a topic when I started working in healthcare about 18 months ago.  The speed of advancements in healthcare technology is incredible, and every week there’s something new in [...]

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Upgrade weekend

November 16, 2008

Another weekend, another upgrade…  I’m now running WordPress 2.6.3, for those of you interested in those little details.  Hopefully this will correct the password problem, so if any of you had difficulty resetting your password (like me, when I was in Denver), that bug has now been corrected.
I also had a little play with the [...]

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The Glass Hammer: Blog of the Year

November 16, 2008

I often get asked what are good resources for women in business and I’m pointing people more and more towards blogs as a source of up-to-date, quality information.  The Glass Hammer is a good example (and I also write for them, so I’m biased).  It’s a blog aimed at women in business, financial services and [...]

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W-Tech 2009

November 12, 2008

When I heard from Sarah Chidgey that BCS was organising a careers event for women in IT I was a bit worried it would end up being like the QS Women in Leadership Forum. I registered for one of the QS forums, only to find out that it was going to be like a [...]

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Book review: Women in Science, Engineering and Technology: three decades of UK initiatives

November 10, 2008

Women play an active role today in most occupations, but it hasn’t always been easy, especially in technical fields.  Women in Science, Engineering and Technology is an overview of the UK initiatives since the 1970’s designed to encourage girls and women into non-traditional jobs.
The book begins by describing the changing socio-political and economic climate over [...]

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A podcast on peer reviews

November 9, 2008

I’ve just listened to me on the Project Management Podcast talking about peer reviews.  Thankfully Cornelius wasn’t videoing – in real life when we were recording this interview (in the exhibition hall at the PMI Congress in Denver) I was waving my arms around!  It was fun doing the recording ‘live’ – we were talking [...]

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International Project Management Day

November 6, 2008

It’s International Project Management Day!  Yep, it passed me by too.  I wrote about my views on the day two years ago and I can’t say they have changed much.  Still, if your office has marked you out for special recognition, well done you.

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A conversation with Kristen

November 5, 2008

Kristen LaBrosse, VP Product Development at Cheetah Learning, and I have been emailing each other recently.  I saw Michelle LaBrosse (not sure how they are related but it would be a huge coincidence if two people called LaBrosse ended up at the same company, so they must be) collect an award at the PMI Global [...]

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