My projects

The Parent Project: Month 3

April 24, 2013

I did not expect to be the kind of parent that dressed my child in comedy outfits – in fact, before Jack was born I was adamant that I wouldn’t do that. Parents are embarrassing enough when you are 18 without having them bring out all the embarrassing photos of you as a child. But [...]

The Parent Project: Month 2

March 25, 2013

Eight weeks or so in, and The Parent Project is causing a lot of debate in our house. Thanks for all your lovely comments and emails about Jack, and your advice about how I can use my project management skills in parenting, as many of you do already. Here are some of the other things [...]

The Parent Project: Month 1

February 27, 2013

As regular readers will know, I’m on maternity leave. And I’d like to introduce you to the newest member of the Otobos family: Jack. There was a bit of a discussion after my recent article about 6 things I didn’t know about being a project manager about how project management is like parenting, and it [...]

6 Things I didn’t know about being a project manager

February 20, 2013

I decided to be a project manager. Admittedly, it wasn’t until I started working that I knew such a job existed, but when I realised I did, I knew it was for me. However, even though I thought I knew what I was letting myself in for there were still some things I didn’t know [...]

Happy New Year!

January 2, 2013

I hope you had the opportunity to enjoy a break over the festive season. 2013 brings a couple of changes here at A Girl’s Guide to Project Management. As you can see from this photo, which was taken on Christmas Eve, I will soon be on maternity leave. I will be continuing to blog, but [...]

Overcoming Imposter Syndrome: the launch!

December 5, 2011

Overcoming Imposter Syndrome: Ten Strategies to Stop Feeling Like a Fraud at Work is available from today! Overcoming Imposter Syndrome: Ten Strategies to Stop Feeling Like a Fraud at Work is my new ebook aimed at anyone who has ever felt out of place at work. Imposter Syndrome is really common. As a result of [...]

There’s no such thing as a bad decision

November 3, 2011

Today is International Project Management Day. Project management is a series of small (and sometimes big) decisions so today I wanted to talk about that. At work recently I had cause to question one of my decisions. I had made a decision that affected other people (as most decisions do). I communicated the decision, replanned [...]

Five things I want to do before I’m 35 (revisited)

October 12, 2011

Back in 2009 I wrote a post about career and personal goals, and what I wanted to achieve before I was 35. I made a list of 5 things. They were: See polar bears in the natural habitat Knit myself a jumper that I’ll actually wear Read Herodotus’ The Histories (which has sat unopened on [...]

Scope creep, shopping-style!

June 30, 2010

I try really hard not to let scope creep impose upon my projects, so why is it so difficult to stop it in the rest of my life? Despite my efforts to keep my language skills up since moving back to the UK from Paris, my French is rusty to the point where if it [...]

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