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Interviews

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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Podcast: Is social media a waste of time?

June 28, 2010

On Friday I recorded a special edition podcast on one of my favourite topics at the moment: social media in project management with Paul Naybour from Parallel Project Training, Lindsay Scott from Arras People and How to Manage a Camel and Owain Wilson from the Association for Project Management.  We covered:

What is social media?
Can [...]

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Social Project Management: new from @task

June 7, 2010

@task announced its new Stream platform last month at the annual user conference.  Stream “combines the power of social networking with the structure of project management,” says the press release. “Stream empowers teams, increasing their acceptance of, and participation in, the project management process. With Stream, front-line conversational information and commitments flow upward, enabling greater [...]

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PRINCE2 and PMBoK: why both?

May 26, 2010

The OGC, the UK body that produces PRINCE2, is doing a lot at the moment to show how PRINCE2 supports and integrates with other project management standards and methods.   Earlier this year, I shared a video with you about how PRINCE2 fits with APM’s body of knowledge.  In this video, Andy Murray, the lead [...]

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Intelligent Planning: interview with Vanessa Carpenter

May 12, 2010

Putting together a project schedule is all well and good, but it only really comes to life when you add in people.  After all, you can’t have your number one resource doing too many things at once.  And how many times have you mentally pencilled in a task only to find out that the person [...]

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6 More tips for getting taken seriously at work

April 12, 2010

Last month I wrote an article for The Glass Hammer on being taken seriously at work.  I was surprised at the feedback I got and at how many people worry about not being considered a serious player in the office.  Young women seem to suffer the most – at least, I’m most aware of it [...]

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Points of view: an interview with Bob Light

March 29, 2010

There’s a relatively new software tool on the market – a tool which had it’s funding pulled after failing to make it big in 6 years, and was rescued from the rubbish bin by someone with practically no project management knowledge.  Sounds like a disaster?  Actually, Bob Light sounds like just the kind of person [...]

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Ada Lovelace Day Interview with Melanie Franklin

March 24, 2010

The last time I met Melanie Franklin I don’t think I made a particularly good impression – I told her I mainly wrote about handbags* and I expect I came off as rather flippant.  So it was with slight trepidation that I sat in the offices of Maven Training after work waiting to interview her [...]

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Going up? Taking a sideways step in the job market

March 8, 2010

The career path for a project manager is pretty straightforward.  Start on project support and small projects, manage bigger and bigger projects, then become a programme manager.  Some people would argue that programme management and project management are different skill sets and programme management is not necessarily the natural progression.  But programme managers earn more [...]

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Expert advice on fixed date projects

February 10, 2010

As part of this month’s focus on managing projects with fixed dates, I asked J. LeRoy Ward, PMP, PgMP, Executive Vice President Product Strategy & Management at ESI International for some advice.
What sort of projects have the delivery date fixed in advance?
Projects that have their delivery dates in advance can be found in every industry [...]

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