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Events

The Risk Doctor at the Experts’ Forum

July 12, 2010

“The risk people are the business prevention people,” said David Hillson, at the beginning of his presentation at the Gower Experts’ Forum at the National Centre for Project Management.
He pointed out that the results from the 2009 CHAOS report aren’t that much better than those when CHAOS started out: last year the survey reported 24% [...]

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Today I’m at the Virtual Working Summit

July 7, 2010

Today I’m speaking at the Virtual Working Summit on the subject of using social media with virtual teams, in conversation with Dr Penny Pullan.
Want to listen in?  It’s free, and here’s everything else you need to know:
When can I listen?
Each summit interview will be available from 8am UK time, 3am Eastern. Whenever you choose, you’ll [...]

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Experts’ Forum at NCPM

June 20, 2010
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Join the Virtual Working Summit!

June 16, 2010

Is your project team scattered all over the place, and most of your meetings done on the phone?  Many project managers lead a virtual team and getting the best out of people and their time can be a challenge when you are not based in the same office.
You can learn how to do work better [...]

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Education and Training: The Debate

June 9, 2010

Is there are big divide between project management academics and those offering training?  And do project managers need both?  These were some of the questions discussed at a recent BCS event where a panel debated the differences between project management education and training.
The evening started with a vote on the motion:  “Education and training are [...]

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Event: Social Media for Project Managers

May 31, 2010

I’ll be presenting to the APM’s Women in Project Management SIG on 10 June, and you are invited.
We’ll be talking about how project managers can use social media.  I’ll be presenting this:
There’s a revolution happening in project management: social media tools are finding their way from branding and marketing to the hub of companies and [...]

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More on PMD Pro

May 24, 2010

Back in 2007, a group of NGO’s met in Baltimore.  They realised that their projects were over or under spent and ineffective.  “Because we are positive people we saw this as an opportunity,” said John Cropper, Global Programme Co-ordinator for Oxfam’s Raising Her Voice programme.  They wanted to do something “by the sector for the [...]

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The launch of PMD Pro

May 5, 2010

Please excuse my amateur video skills! This one didn’t come out as well as I had hoped.

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Lean, Six Sigma and Project Management together

April 28, 2010

I attended my first PMI UK Chapter meeting recently and the topic was Lean Six Sigma and Project Management: A Marriage Made in Heaven?
I’m not sure what marriage had to do with it, but the presenter, Ishai Perelman, PMP, Master Black Belt and a senior managing consultant with Pcubed, certainly pointed out the links between [...]

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PM News Round-up (yes, again already!)

April 2, 2010

It really is a busy Spring for project management.  Here’s another round-up of the latest news.
New qualification for NGO Project Managers
APMG is launching a new qualification aimed at project managers working in the development sector later this month.  Called, PMD Pro (Project Management in Development Professional), it was successfully piloted in South Africa and Zambia [...]

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