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Project Management in the Real World

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March 11, 2008

An extract from my book, Project Management in the Real World, appears this week on PM Hut.  It’s about getting recognition for your work as a project manager.  Click here to read more.

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Two different approaches to running a PMO

February 21, 2008

For weeks it seems like I’ve not read anything about project management offices, and then all of a sudden two different approaches turn up, like buses. And they are very different. Firstly, there’s the Project Success Plan, from CA. It reads like you are going to find out all about project management but actually it’s [...]

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How I ended up writing a project management book

April 10, 2007

It’s something I hear a lot: “How did you end up writing a project management book?” If you are interested in finding out how it all happened, you can listen to me being interviewed on The Writing Show telling all.  And Paula’s put up a very nice picture of me at the book launch too.

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Transferable (dancing) skills

February 5, 2007

I am a big believer in the value of transferable skills, which is why I find the French education system so hard to understand.  Essentially, you need to take business studies and do a business degree to have any hope of getting a decent job in an office.  For me, university was (and is – [...]

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Controlling Chaos: I’m on the podcast

January 29, 2007

I had a fab chat with Dina Henry Scott who runs the podcast Controlling Chaos (strapline: Project Management in the Real World, coincidence eh?).  It’s always fun to talk to people who have the same down-to-earth approach to projects as me.  We talked about project budgets, so you can download and listen to the podcast [...]

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Launch of Project Management in the Real World!

November 23, 2006

I heard from the publishers today that the first copies of Project Mangement in the Real World have come off the press and are looking great. If you’ve pre-ordered a copy, it should be on its way out to you shortly. There won’t be a blog entry next Monday as I’ll be speaking at the [...]

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The Parisian project manager’s breakfast

November 13, 2006

Following my (rather dismissive) comments about recognition breakfasts for project managers on Projects@Work, I thought it would be interesting to consider what breakfast choices are available to the busy PM, in case anyone close to me feels like laying on a recognition breakfast in my honour to celebrate International Project Management Day – albeit it [...]

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Project Management in the Real World launch

October 27, 2006

The kind folks at the British Computer Society are throwing a bash for me to launch my new book, Project Management in the Real World. I give an entertaining yet informative speech for around 45 minutes, then take questions from the floor, pose for photos and sign any copies people feel inclined to buy. Then [...]

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How not to communicate with customers #3

October 9, 2006

“I came in last week and and you wouldn’t let me collect my debit card,” says the man in front of me in the queue. “You said I had to put money in the account and then I could have the card.” “We sent it to your home in the UK on Friday,” says the [...]

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Launch week

October 2, 2006

Last week was all go, so I was glad to have last weekend in Villefranche-sur-Mer, looking at the houses set into the cliffs, making the most of a little bit of free time before the project kicked off. Launch week for any project is always busy, but it’s my favourite time. It’s the moment when [...]

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