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Solving project performance problems has to start at the top

December 15, 2010
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Austerity, explained Andy Murray, Director of Outperform, is a government policy of deficit cutting, lower spending and a reduction in the amount of benefits and public services provided. Murray was speaking at The Austerity Debate, a discussion at the historic Lloyd’s Register building in the City, about how project management is being affected by the [...]

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All I want for Christmas is a thick skin

December 14, 2010

Sorry this Monday post is late. I’ve got the session feedback back for my presentation on Social Media and Project Management at PMI’s Global Congress in October.  It’s mixed. 192 people attended the session, and 65 filled in the feedback forms.  Feedback ranged from: “It was awesome to hear her points and research.” “Outstanding.” “Extremely [...]

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Speaking out at Girl Geek Dinners

December 1, 2010

I speak at events every so often, mainly to project management audiences, but occasionally to techies. For example, I spoke at a BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, event earlier this year on conflict management in teams, to their Young Professionals Group.  They were all much more technical than me – web developers, infrastructure people, [...]

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International Project Management Day: Is social media making projects more complex?

November 4, 2010

The theme of this year’s PMI UK Chapter International Project Management Day conference is ‘Complex Projects – Elegant Solutions’.  So, in keeping with that theme, I asked the question, is social media making projects more complex? Social media is a phenomenon that has hit businesses all round the world in recent years. It’s more than [...]

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David Cleden at the Experts’ Forum

September 29, 2010

“I don’t think there are any magic bullets to deal with the uncertainty we face,” said David Cleden, when he presented at the Gower/NCPM Experts’ Forum earlier this year.  His presentation was on organisational strategies for dealing with uncertainty.  Cleden brought up the famous ‘known/unknowns’ diagram and pointed out that the commonly-seen version with four [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Experts’ Forum at NCPM

June 20, 2010

A transcript of this video is below. Elizabeth Harrin: Well I’m here in the beautiful grounds of Middlesex University at the National Centre for Project Management because there is an event tonight hosted by Gower Publishing. And one of the editors for Gower is Professor Darren Dalcher who works at the National Centre for Project [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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