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“In this video I ask 9 project managers how they deal with a bad day ...”
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“Business Life magazine - the one shoved in the seat pockets on British Airways flights ...”
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“For those of you who would prefer to read rather than watch the video, here's ...”
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“I have confessed before to planning my own wedding in Microsoft Project. I also interviewed ...”
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“ This is the video diary from Saturday and Sunday at the Pink Elephant ITSM Conference ...”

“ This is the video diary from the first proper day of the Pink Elephant conference. ...”

“ This is the video from the Tuesday at the Pink Elephant ITSM Conference in Las ...”
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“Projects are the future, a good portfolio office can influence and shape strategy and project ...”
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“Realization runs a large project management conference each year. At the recent conference, Verint presented ...”
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“ In this video, Richard Gordon from Microsoft discusses the role of SharePoint, bemoans the fact ...”
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“While I was researching my new book, Customer-Centric Project Management, I came across a piece ...”
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“ I was in Las Vegas earlier this year for the Pink Elephant ITSM conference. I ...”
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“How do you keep the production of a film on time, on budget and on ...”
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“This year I am once again running the Social Media in a Project Environment ...”

““What about Facebook for project managers?” is a question I’m asked a lot when I ...”
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“Last Wednesday I fell off the stage while giving a presentation. I was talking about using ...”
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“This year I am once again running the Social Media in a Project Environment ...”

“Have you ever wondered who makes the cables that hold up lifts (that's elevators, for ...”

““Good morning, Elizabeth,” says the man at the coffee stand. “The usual?” “Yes, please.” ...”
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“If completing the social media survey has made you think about how you could be ...”

“Here's my video diary of my recent trip to Paris. I was invited to speak ...”
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“Studying for the PMP exam?  Or just want to learn more about how the different ...”
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“ This video shows my day at the PMI Leadership Institute Meeting in Dublin.”
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“ This is the video diary of the first day at PMI's Global Congress EMEA in ...”
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“ This is the video diary from Day 2 at PMI's Global Congress EMEA in Dublin. ...”
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“ This is my final video diary from the PMI Global Congress EMEA 2011 in Dublin. Watch ...”
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“Two people have got in touch to say that they have received virus/bug warnings when ...”

“This was the presentation I gave at the PMI Leadership Institute Meeting in Dublin earlier ...”
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“Dr Eliyahu Goldratt, the management expert who developed Critical Chain project management, has passed away. Dr ...”
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“This video, which features Polly Murphy, the trainer who taught me MSP over a couple ...”

“There’s a whole industry around project management training. Job adverts declare that you have to ...”
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“A while back I recorded an interview for the American Management Association's podcast series, Edgewise. ...”
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“ In this video I talk to Penny Pullan, co-author of A Short Guide to Facilitating ...”
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“In this video, author Melanie Franklin talks about managing portfolios, and the OGC guidance book ...”

“Back in 2009 I wrote a post about career and personal goals, and what I ...”
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“Eric Jenett, founder member of PMI and PMI Fellow, died yesterday aged 88. Mr Jenett was ...”

“ This video shows what happened on my first day at the PMI Leadership Institute Meeting ...”
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“ Thanks to Chris, Samad and Jennifer for contributing to this video about the final day ...”

“ This episode of my video diary from Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, covers Day 1 of PMI's ...”
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“   This episode of my video diary from Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, covers Day 2 of PMI’s ...”

“ This episode of my video diary from Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, covers my final day at ...”
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“Today is International Project Management Day. Project management is a series of small (and sometimes ...”
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“Last week, the BCS’s Project Eye blogged about the low numbers of women entering science, ...”
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“It's the 4th Annual Computer Weekly Social Media Awards, and I am delighted to say ...”

“It was the Computer Weekly Social Media Awards 2011 last night, and I was nominated ...”
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“Those of you who subscribe to my newsletter will know that I have been working ...”

“I'm taking a two-week break over Christmas to enjoy the holidays. A Girl's Guide to ...”
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“Happy New Year! You might have seen the little pop-up box which is appearing on this ...”
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“If you have taken my social media for project management survey and have got the ...”
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“I get contacted often by people asking me to write project management software reviews, and ...”
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“There has been a lot in the news recently about the gender pay gap, but ...”
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“The Carnival of Project Management - our 30th anniversary edition - has gone travelling this ...”
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“It doesn’t bode well when some of the brightest IT minds in the country can’t ...”
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“The CBI launched a report at the end of last year forecasting the future of ...”
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“Lots of little announcements today. So What giveaway: last few days If you haven’t entered the giveaway ...”
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“Today, Andrew Filev, who writes the fab Project Management 2.0 blog, and I are swapping ...”
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“Teri, a project manager from Jeffersonville, USA, was the first name out of the hat ...”
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“And my favourite submission this month is from Lindsay Scott who sent in Does Programme ...”

“The career path for a project manager is pretty straightforward.  Start on project support and ...”

“Thanks to everyone who entered the giveaway to win licences for the beta test version ...”

“Here’s a round-up of the latest happenings in the project management arena. The Turing Lecture I attended ...”

“Earlier in the month I attended a womenintechnology event about the business value of social ...”
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“The last time I met Melanie Franklin I don’t think I made a particularly good ...”

“There’s a relatively new software tool on the market – a tool which had it’s ...”

“It really is a busy Spring for project management.  Here’s another round-up of the latest ...”
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“Last month I wrote an article for The Glass Hammer on being taken seriously at ...”
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“Easter was a busy long weekend – as you can see I have updated the ...”
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“Earlier this year I ran a survey looking at the uses of social media and ...”
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“I attended my first PMI UK Chapter meeting recently and the topic was Lean Six ...”
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“ Please excuse my amateur video skills! This one didn't come out as well as ...”

“I've just heard the sad news that last week Rita Mulcahy, Founder of RMC Project ...”
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“Back in 2007, a group of NGO’s met in Baltimore.  They realised that their projects ...”

“The OGC, the UK body that produces PRINCE2, is doing a lot at the moment ...”
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“I'll be presenting to the APM's Women in Project Management SIG on 10 June, and ...”

“Is there are big divide between project management academics and those offering training?  And do ...”
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“You know when you are attending a conference and someone gives you their business card?  ...”
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“Is your project team scattered all over the place, and most of your meetings done ...”

“A transcript of this video is below. Elizabeth Harrin: Well I’m here in the beautiful grounds ...”
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“On Friday I recorded a special edition podcast on one of my favourite topics at ...”
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“I try really hard not to let scope creep impose upon my projects, so why ...”

“Two new career resources for you today: Stepping into Project Management Stepping into Project Management is a ...”

“Can you believe I’ve been blogging for four and a half years?  Time has flown ...”

“Today I'm speaking at the Virtual Working Summit on the subject of using social media ...”

“You might have seen the newsletter sign up box that has appeared on the right-hand ...”

“Just as Sarah Brown is launching her new initiative, Women: Inspiration and Enterprise, we get ...”
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“ **Updated 11/10/10** The video says 'Sunday's video diary'.  I posted it on Sunday but it ...”
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“ This is the video diary of yesterday's Congress exploits, with the highlight being the peanut ...”
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“ This is a review of Monday, 11 October at the Congress - it was a ...”
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“More and more project management software vendors are adding social media-type features to their software.  ...”
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“PMI Global Congress generates a lot of blog posts, podcasts and videos.  Here's my round ...”

“In this video, Alison Coward from Bracket Projects talks about how she uses elements of ...”
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“I recently took the 5 day Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) course with Maven Training.  I’ve ...”
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“In this video I talk to Josh Nankivel from pmStudent.com, about the new trends (and ...”

“In this video I ask Josh Nankivel from pmStudent.com why he has chosen to use ...”
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“I speak at events every so often, mainly to project management audiences, but occasionally to ...”

“In this video, you'll go behind the scenes at the podcast I recorded earlier this ...”
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“Last month I had great giveaways. Trish from Calgary and Scott from Minnesota both won copies ...”

“I don't make New Year's resolutions.  There isn't any point, as I know I am ...”
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“Welcome to the December/January edition of the carnival of project management.  Running the carnival is ...”
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“I'm pleased to announce that Dr Cornelia Boldyreff, Professor of Software Engineering at the University ...”

“Apologies if you are browsing here this weekend. The site looks awful - especially ...”

“I can now understand how the people I met at Google had an unrelenting approach ...”
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“The ICPM is starting a wiki for project management and I'm surprised at the information ...”

“Josh Nankivel of PMStudent.com is running a survey on the impact of the currect economic ...”

“Today's the last day to complete the Arras People 2009 Project Management Survey.  The results ...”

“A new study has shown that nearly half of Project, Programme and Portfolio Management Offices ...”
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“Need some help managing assumptions on your project?  Assumptions assist with risk management and planning, ...”

“Edward Logan won the International Young Project Manager award recently, and collected his trophy at ...”

“There has been a fair amount of coverage in the UK press about the expectations ...”
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“With the economy being as it is, there are plenty of people job hunting at ...”
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“Here's an update on my New Year's resolutions: Task:  abstain from alcohol while in the UK ...”

“It’s W-Tech tomorrow, and it’s not too late to sign up if you want to ...”
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“Want to know the thing I found hardest when I first started managing projects?  Or ...”
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“I had lunch today with Soma and her sister.  It's Soma's first trip to the ...”
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“I've not taken the step to Twitter yet, but I'm thinking about doing it.  Is ...”
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“It's not too late to take part in the latest research survey on the Value ...”

“It was at the BPUG Congress last year that I started talking to the training ...”
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“ Woo!  This February/March 2009 edition is the 25th Carnival of Project Management and it feels ...”
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“Last month I presented at the International Congress for Project, Programme and Risk Management, a ...”
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“Project Challenge is on next week, Wednesday 25th and Thursday 26th March. I'm not going.  Partly ...”
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“There'll be no post tomorrow. Instead, watch out for the Ada Lovelace Day interview: a two-part ...”

“This is part two of my interview with Sophie Kain, director of Prior Kain Ltd, ...”

“Wellingtone have just produced an ‘executive summary’ that’s called 'Avoiding Project Failure and the Importance ...”
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“I did my first Twitter interview with Kim Beasley on Friday: a very surreal experience.  ...”

“You would have thought that with the research on pay gaps and the Exemplar Employer ...”
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“There are two great events coming up: The Lovelace lecture: hot on the heels of Ada ...”

“It's Easter, so I'm taking a two-week break from blogging to catch up, spring clean, ...”

“I have been almost permanently hungry since Saturday and I have no idea why, but ...”
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“Apparently the average salary for a programme manager is £70,196, down from £72,510 this time ...”
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“Welcome to the April 30, 2009 edition of carnival of project management.  I sifted through ...”
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“There's a lot going on in the project management world right now, as we move ...”
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“Projects involve change, and change normally means you have to encourage/cajole the people who are ...”
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““This lecture pays due tribute to a lot of our computing heritage,” says Alan Pollard, ...”
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“Ah, Earned Value Analysis.  If only I loved it enough to attend this 2-day conference ...”
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“This is part one of a video series on making projects work, looking specifically at ...”
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“This is part two in the Making Projects Work video debate, which talks about teams ...”
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“This is the third part in the Making Projects Work video debate series.  It's a ...”
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“This is the last part in the Making Projects Work video debate series that has ...”
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“PRINCE2:2009 has it's official launch tomorrow, so for those of you who aren't clued up ...”
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“ Please be patient with the video: it takes a while to load.  More notes from ...”

“I joined in with Managing and Saving Programmes in a Changing World, an audio/Webex conference ...”
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“There’s only one thing worse than being told bad news, and that is being told ...”
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“Are you seeing any of the problems faced by troubled programmes that I talked about ...”
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“Do you work with business analysts?  They don't think like you, do they? Project managers and ...”
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“If you tried to access A Girl's Guide to Project Management last night/this morning (depending ...”
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“Welcome to the 27th edition of the Carnival of Project Management. It's a little late, ...”
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“I'm pleased to say that I've begun a collaboration with Think Like a Project Manager, ...”
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“It’s nice to see that someone is doing something to help out of work project ...”
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“Back in February I interviewed Chris Haigh, who was doing an MSc in Project Management ...”
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“Well done to Karen, from Lakeville in the United States, who wins a copy of ...”
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“Oh dear.  The Equality Bill is making it’s way through Parliament and will become ...”
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“This year's Summer of Books event has come to an end.  If you missed any ...”
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“I hope you have seen the LiquidPlanner logo on the right - following my review ...”
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“Welcome to the August/September 2009 edition of carnival of project management.  It actually wasn't too ...”
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“This site has been ad-free for nearly 4 years, but now I'm playing with advertising.  ...”
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“Congratulations to Norma from Northumberland who's name was first out of the hat for the ...”
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“Last month I was interviewed by Diego Nei, for the Brazilian blog, Papo GP (Talking ...”
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“I'm busy preparing for the PMI North America Congress in a few days, at which ...”
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“This video is about 5 minutes long, but it takes a while to stream. ...”
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“I have found one of the lost pens, and had  a great time at the ...”
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““It’s really an exciting time for project management despite the economy,” says Greg Balestrero, CEO ...”
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“ This video has highlights from all three days: bits I couldn't fit into the daily ...”
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“The Equality Bill is still – yawn – going through Parliament.  And while I’m not ...”
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“ Who are the project managers on Twitter?  This video was shot at the PMI Global ...”
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“Congratulations to Lissa, from Eugene, Oregon, who won a signed copy of Peter Taylor's book ...”
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“Welcome to the October/November 2009 edition of the Carnival of Project Management.  Lots of good ...”
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“It's International Project Management Day!  At least, I think it is.   PMI celebrated on 3rd ...”
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““Everyone thinks they are the big boss,” says Laura Aziz.  “Everyone thinks they are managing ...”
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“Last week I wrote about the way that project managers work, and how this relates ...”
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“The lovely people at Computer Weekly announced the winners of the IT Blog Awards last ...”
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“Last week I wrote about what project managers value when working with business analysts.  This ...”
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“In this final instalment of the ‘working together’ series, I’ll be looking at how to ...”
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“It’s the time of year to prepare for annual performance appraisals. I did some ...”
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“Jonathan Lazar makes the point, in the preface of this book, that universal usability helps ...”

“After having proclaimed my success at the WordPress upgrade, I have messed up while trying ...”

“The spring round of industry conferences is coming up, and if you are going to ...”
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“Have you come across the ICPM - the International Community for Project Managers? If ...”

“Welcome to the January 28, 2008 edition of carnival of project management. As there ...”
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“Thanks for all the entries to win a copy of Leslie Yerkes's book Fun Works: ...”

“We are moving offices (it feels like only yesterday that I last did an office ...”
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“The name out of the hat to win a copy of Fun Works: creating places ...”
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“I was at the International Congress for Project, Programme and Risk Management last Wednesday and ...”

“If you are new to project management, or just don't want to wade through pages ...”

“A quote from Andrew Ball's BPUG presentation: "Success is going from failure to failure without a ...”

“I thought I'd share with you the official write-up of the fab gala dinner at ...”

“Monday is the last day for entries to the BlackBerry Women and Technology Awards, so ...”

“The 17th Carnival of project management will be guest-hosted by Rich Maltzman, who you might ...”

“For weeks it seems like I've not read anything about project management offices, and then ...”
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“There will be no posts for two weeks: I'm taking a holiday. I have ...”

“Yes, I know - I'm supposed to be on holiday until Monday. But I wanted to ...”

“Yes, I am still on holiday. Yes, normal service resumes on Monday. But I had ...”
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“Ron Holohan contacted me recently to let me know about his project management podcast, the ...”
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“An extract from my book, Project Management in the Real World, appears this week on ...”

“Ron Holohan from the pm411.org podcast has emailed me to explain where the name comes ...”

“The PM Hut has a new area for trainers. At least, it was new ...”

“You know how upgrading WordPress makes me nervous.  Still, there's another version out and therefore ...”

“Knowledge Base from The Projects Group (TPG) has been up and running for a month ...”

“There were over 30 entries to this month's Project Management Carnival. These are the ...”
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“Back in 2006 the Women and Work Commission produced a report called ‘Shaping a Fairer ...”

“ Lonnie Pacelli, President of Leading on the Edge International and someone who gave me ...”

“This is part 2 of a 3-part series about managing cross-cultural and international teams. ...”

“I had the opportunity to speak to Ron Holohan at The pm411.org recently.  We spoke ...”

“Kingsley Napley sends the womenintechnology.co.uk network a quarterly update on employment law, with a focus ...”

“Did you know that an individual typically works overtime in a year equating to not ...”

“Welcome to the April 28, 2008 edition of carnival of project management. Yes, it's a ...”
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“The Project Management Institute (PMI), is the world's leading member association for the project management ...”

“I have a garden again. Last summer I was between homes. The summer ...”

“Yep, it's the 20th Project Management Carnival.  If you want to be in on this ...”

“Ten questions, ten minutes. An Master in Business Administration (MBA) student at Bucks New University is ...”

“If you enjoyed the recent series on cross-border projects you might be interested in this ...”

“Gents, this is a post about earned value analysis*. My trusty handbag for work is coming ...”
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“ Welcome to the May 26, 2008 edition of carnival of project management. Thirty-one ...”
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“Lead Well and Prosper by Nick McCormick is an easy read. I got through ...”
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“I got impatient about why there was nothing coming up in my pot of runner ...”

“I came across this recently. If you are new to project management you might ...”

“I'm giving a talk in Nottingham next month.  It's been a while since I've been ...”
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“At the end of March Bas de Baar over at the Project Shrink started a ...”

“Regular readers will know that I'm always nervous of doing WordPress upgrades, and there seems ...”

“Intellect are running their equal pay survey again this year so if you have five ...”

“Welcome to the June/July 2008 edition of carnival of project management. Yes, we're going ...”

“15% of all projects are shut down before they complete, according to Microsoft. There's ...”

“The presentations from the Best Practice Showcase last month are now available online. I’ve just ...”

“If you've come here as a result of the Computer Weekly IT Blog Awards, after ...”

“ Set your out of office email response if you’re out for a day or longer. ...”

“Well, the consultation for the Single Equality Bill looks like it’s over. Minister for Equality ...”

“Craig Brown has been writing about the job description of a project sponsor over at ...”
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“Last week I presented some FAQ for project sponsors. Having a good, active project sponsor ...”

“Unfortunately you might not be able to choose someone as your project sponsor who meets ...”
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“Continuing the theme of the summer of books, I'm pleased to be able to offer ...”
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“PMI has commissioned some research into the value of project management. The findings were ...”

“There's a new project management blog in town: Stepping into Project Management. One ...”

“Last month I gave a presentation at the Nottingham and Derby branch of the British ...”
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“In June, Forrester released a report that concluded that IT projects are people projects: people ...”

“I should have had a book review for you today, but I haven't finished reading ...”

“Welcome to the August/September 2008 edition of carnival of project management.  There were over 30 ...”
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“I’m running late. Not very – in fact, I’ll probably arrive just about on ...”

“Zuzana Botkova, an MBA student, is writing her dissertation on the progression of women in ...”

“I have now enabled this site to work with gravatars, so if you post a ...”
3 comments

“Remember the new London women’s networking group, WeAreTheCity?  Their launch event was a huge success:  ...”

“Laura Magahy is Managing Director of MCO Projects Ltd, which she established in 2000 together ...”
1 comments

“I have finally put together a page of information about my book, Project Management in ...”
1 comments

“And the names are out of the hat. The winners are: Samantha from Essex Stephen from Cheshire Veronica from ...”

“I'll be speaking at the Association for Project Management conference in London later this month.  ...”

“PMI has decided that it needs a New Media Council and I'm one of seven ...”
1 comments

“ This video shows highlights from the 2008 PMI Global Congress in Denver.”
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“I spoke at the Association for Project Management (APM) conference in London yesterday.  My presentation ...”
2 comments

“The Project Management Carnival #23 for October/November is going to be postponed.  I've got over ...”

“OGC launched guidance last week on managing Portfolio, Programme and Project Offices (that's P3O for ...”

“ Welcome to the October/November, 2008 edition of the Carnival of Project Management.  Over 90 entries, ...”
1 comments

“It's International Project Management Day!  Yep, it passed me by too.  I wrote about my ...”

“I've just listened to me on the Project Management Podcast talking about peer reviews.  Thankfully ...”
2 comments

“When I heard from Sarah Chidgey that BCS was organising a careers event for women ...”

“I often get asked what are good resources for women in business and I'm pointing ...”

“Another weekend, another upgrade...  I'm now running WordPress 2.6.3, for those of you interested in ...”
2 comments

“At the APM conference last month I spoke about the challenges facing project managers working ...”

“Last week I wrote about the challenges facing project management as a result of evolving ...”
1 comments

“This mini-series is looking at how project management is facing the challenges of 21st century ...”
5 comments

“This is the last in a four-part series on how project management is facing up ...”
2 comments

“It’s amazing that I can hold the latest status of a dozen projects in my ...”
3 comments

“Have you entered the giveaway for a copy of Women in Science, Engineering and Technology ...”
3 comments

“I have removed the 'Register' link from the sidebar.  I was getting far too many ...”

“You will need: One department store One friend wearing flat shoes (ideally someone with better dress sense ...”
1 comments

“Vince Hines, Managing Director at Wellingtone has recently written a white paper on the state ...”

“and best wishes for 2009. A Girl's Guide to Project Management returns in January.”

“When I was young I vowed never to be a ‘cabbage yakker’. That is, ...”

“It's been a while since I updated the links in the sidebar, so have a ...”

“Welcome to the January 8, 2007 edition of carnival of project management. Phil B. presents Etiquette ...”
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“Unfortunately I've spilt a carton of milk into my kitchen drawer (please don't ask how, ...”
2 comments

“I found this article on factors to take into account on planning project budgets. ...”

“It's incredible that you can get onto lists without actually knowing what they are. ...”
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“Sometimes it is not the work that makes work difficult, nor the people. Today ...”

“The next edition of the Carnival of Project Management is scheduled for 2 February 2007. ...”

“I had a fab chat with Dina Henry Scott who runs the podcast Controlling Chaos ...”
1 comments

“I am a big believer in the value of transferable skills, which is why I ...”
4 comments

“It's always reassuring to know that project problems aren't confined to my world. If ...”
1 comments

“Sorry - I'm on holiday.  No post today.  Normal service returns next Monday.  Future blog ...”

“The next carnival is scheduled for 19 March. Not sure what the carnival is ...”

“Microsoft has a new game for learning Visio and Project. I've had a go ...”
1 comments

“I’ve been doing some research into why projects fail for a TV programme (more on ...”

“So I got tagged by Christine Kane. Which means I have to come up ...”
1 comments

“It’s international women’s day, a moment to reflect on the state of affairs for ...”

“It's quite hard to turn business writing into something people find hilarious to read, but ...”

““Can you be here for 9.30?” “Yes, that’s no problem,” I reply. “With the Eurostar ...”

“La Défense doesn’t have proper foliage. There is a magnolia tree opposite our office ...”
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“The latest carnival of project management is up on Project Management Source. Thanks to Sagar Satapathy ...”

“I've got a big project milestone approaching, so no time for a proper post today ...”

“I ruined another perfectly good pair of tights today. This is an office problem ...”

“I'm now accepting submissions for the 8th carnival of project management. If you have ...”

“If you tried to access A Girl’s Guide to Project Management over the weekend, you ...”

“Just a quick thank you to Ajay for the great Snap plugin, that gives little ...”
2 comments

“It's something I hear a lot: "How did you end up writing a project management ...”

“One of the things people ask me the most is ‘Where can I find useful ...”
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“I've been looking at projects that fail, and am in two minds about whether to ...”
1 comments

“Glad to see The University of Edinburgh preparing PhD students for the world of work ...”
2 comments

“Welcome to the April 23, 2007 edition of carnival of project management, our monthly round-up ...”
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“Who doesn't?  I'm not wild about estimating myself, especially if my project Sponsor has decided ...”
2 comments

“Keith O'Shea, an Australian project manager I met online when I was writing my book, ...”

“The British Computer Society held an event at the end of February that I couldn't ...”

“I'm glad I'm not the project manager tasked with trying to make sense out of ...”

“My review copy of Universal Usability: Designing Computer Interfaces for Diverse Users (ed: Jonathan Lazar) ...”

“The next Carnival should be on 21 May, so submissions by 18 May please.  If ...”

“I’ve been tracking down examples for project failure, mainly in the UK, and Tom "Bald ...”
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“The October 2007 issue of PM Network magazine will spotlight a group of outstanding organisations ...”

“Those of you who know I'm interested in literature won't be surprised to hear that ...”

“The moving went as well as could be expected, although a few important things (like ...”
1 comments

“Don't know your ALO from your elbow? Business Balls has a long list of ...”
1 comments

“New country (well, returning to the one I left). New city. New department. ...”

“I found this white paper about putting together a business case on IT Toolbox. ...”

“ Don't sing in the photocopying room - you never know who will walk in. ...”

“The UK Government's Public Accounts Committee has put together a report called 'Delivering successful IT-enabled ...”
5 comments

“Thanks for all the submissions to the next Carnival!  Submissions are now closed, although late ...”

“Welcome to the June 25, 2007 edition of carnival of project management. Laura Ricci presents The ...”
1 comments

“I’ve added something else to the list of things I’ve found to be useful on ...”
2 comments

“I’ve been working in London eight weeks now and I’m getting used to the early ...”

“The next Carnival of Project Management, a round-up of all the best blogging about project ...”

“If you've been following my four-part series of how to get a project management job ...”

“This research by CIO Connect won't come as a surprise to anyone who has had ...”

“I’ve been travelling a lot recently. I don’t mind travelling but I do hate ...”

“I found out about this survey of women working in IT from Thus Spake Zuska. ...”

“People seen commuting reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: 6 (Total reading it with the ...”

“Welcome to the July 30, 2007 edition of carnival of project management. Pawel Brodzinski presents Brainstorming ...”
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“A Girl's Guide to Project Management will be taking a holiday in August. I'll be back ...”

“Welcome to the August 27, 2007 edition of carnival of project management. Over 25 ...”
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“This blog gets a mention in the latest edition of PM Network, as I'm quoted ...”

“September's carnival will be hosted by EQ4PM, so be sure to have a look over ...”
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“Organisations don’t define failure. We don’t document how we will know if a project ...”
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“You don't just have to read me harping on all the time about failing projects ...”

“I'm moving again.  Since leaving Paris in May I've been waiting for my permanent home ...”

“There must be a good reason why all these projects fail.  There is; in fact, ...”
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“Back at the beginning of August I was tagged for this meme by Mike Ramm, ...”
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“I have written before about the fact that some projects are stopped for good reasons. ...”

“Welcome to the October 29, 2007 edition of carnival of project management. Pawel Brodzinski presents Making ...”
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“Although my series on failing projects has come to an end (missed it? click on ...”

“The next carnival of project management will be on 26 November. Deadline for submission ...”
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“I’m not that good at networking at conferences and seminars. You know, standing around ...”
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“There were plenty of questions about project management at last week’s womenintechnology event on how ...”

“Welcome to the November 26, 2007 edition of carnival of project management. Pawel Brodzinski presents All ...”
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“Denise Best from Oxford University's Careers Service has written an interesting article on networking, pitched ...”
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“I listened to Rich Maltzman talking about his forthcoming book Fiddler on the Project (co-authored ...”

“Each week Computing and Computer Weekly rehash old material about how important it is to ...”

“There won't be a Carnival in December. Instead, submit your articles for a New Year special.  ...”

“I'll be back next year with some new book reviews and other great project management stuff, so ...”
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“Every company I've worked in has had a healthy contingent of women in their project ...”

“Neville Turbit from Project Perfect has recently given me some material for a great case ...”

“This week, between accidentally deleting 900 users from a small European country, preparing dinner for ...”

“Part of a PMs role is to educate our colleagues in what PM means as ...”

“I think it's about time I explained a little more about the projects I've got ...”

“OTOBOS is On Time, On Budget, On Scope. This definition of what makes a ...”

“It's been a frustrating day. The consultants I need to come in next week ...”

“I will be speaking about Scope Management at the British Computer Society in London on ...”

“Some projects are already time-bound when you receive them, and while this way of planning ...”

“So the ITtoolbox blog awards for 2006 have been announced, and none of the winners ...”
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“I was in the Isle of Wight for a few days this week and spent ...”

“The office is going into emergency mode at the moment in preparation for crippling strikes ...”

“I am on holiday. The blog will return after the Easter break.”

“The free pilot for our e-conferencing software finished at the end of February and we ...”

“Touching wood last week must have worked as lo and behold, after a few days ...”

“There are 2,552 members in the Women in Project Management special interest group of the ...”

“Sorry this post is a day late - I have been distracted with visitors and ...”

“This post is late too.  Sorry - it won't become a regular habit, but here's ...”

“I caught Inside Africa at the weekend and heard Swanee Hunt from the Women and ...”

“Following feedback from you, I've changed the RSS settings so you should now get full ...”
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“When Sophie Hopkins, 24, took on the role of project manager for the Fordhall Community ...”
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“Why is it that some weeks make you feel like you’re drowning and in others ...”
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“I interviewed Barry Seifer, principal at Cubellis Marco Retail Design (CMR) recently, about they way ...”
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“You might remember I have written before about the Gypsy Moth IV project. It was ...”

“So there's no post this week. Normal service will resume after the 14 July bank holiday. In ...”

“If I have enough submissions of good enough quality, I'll be hosting my first ever ...”

“I've made it easier to subscribe to A Girl's Guide to Project Mangement by RSS. ...”

“David Schmaltz always has something interesting to read and I thought his article about project ...”

“I meant to post this when it came my way on Tuesday. I subscribed ...”

“You might have noticed that I have now put the cover art of my forthcoming ...”

“With the canicule that France is suffering from at the moment, the weather is the ...”

“You might remember that earlier in the year I said there would be more on ...”

“Now my brain is less fuddled due to not being in the heat quite so ...”

“Welcome to the August 14, 2006 edition of carnival of project management, a round-up of ...”
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“Now I thought that once a book was written and available that the author's work ...”

“This weekend I did something I've never done before. I dyed my hair. ...”
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“Naked Conversations discusses the human implications of using blog technology. It is not a ...”
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“My phone rings at work. "Hello? I'm calling about the leak." "What leak? What's happened?" "The leak ...”

“I wanted to share with you some links that have come my way - not ...”

“I have an article on this topic in Projects@Work this week, so click here if ...”

“A while ago I received a cheap-looking letter from the gym. You know, one ...”

“The next carnival of project management will be on 14 September. Please submit your ...”

“This week, in between watching the complete DVD box set of Series 1 of Un ...”

“Welcome to the September 14, 2006 edition of carnival of project management. Katie presents Financial bloggers ...”

“The main problem, in my opinion, with post-implementation reviews is the difficulty with sharing the ...”

“The next carnival of project management will be on 23 October. Please submit your articles ...”

“"I came in last week and and you wouldn't let me collect my debit card," ...”

“IBM, EDS, Telecom New Zealand and Synergy are in the UK this week recruiting for ...”

“I was given a fab new wheelie suitcase as a gift at the weekend, which ...”
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“One of the great things about living overseas is being able to understand another culture. ...”

“How is it possible to ladder a pair of fishnet tights? They already have ...”

“The kind folks at the British Computer Society are throwing a bash for me to ...”
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“I shared this with my French team.  Hallowe'en isn't a big thing in France, except ...”
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“Network security is an ongoing task and this heavy-weight book tackles it with both a ...”
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“The next Carnival of Project Management, which is fast becoming an anticipated monthly event, is ...”

“Following my (rather dismissive) comments about recognition breakfasts for project managers on Projects@Work, I thought ...”

“If you aren’t going to a Nouveau Beaujolais party on Thursday 16 November, you might ...”

“I heard from the publishers today that the first copies of Project Mangement in the ...”

“The launch of Project Management in the Real World on Monday was a huge success ...”
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“BCS and the Information Security Specialist Group have launched a new magazine, Information Security Now. ...”

“Wouldn’t you think that a project manager would find it easy to prepare for Christmas? ...”

“Thanks for all the carnival submissions, even though I haven't yet posted a date for ...”

“A Girl's Guide to Project Management returns in the first week of January 2007. Wishing you ...”

“Someone recently contacted me about collaborative software, kit that would make managing projects easier with ...”