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Category Archives: project management training
We’re only brought in at the project planning stage
That was the plaintiff cry from some of a group on a recent project management course Those who made the comment suggested that looking at aspects such as developing a business case or identifying and managing stakeholders and risks was not relevant to them. As you can imagine, this caused quite a stir; from other course members and especially from … Read More
It’s your job to protect project scope
Yes it is. Someone needs to do it, so why not you! Protect the project scope! Well, there are some major assumptions that need testing in the above words: someone needs to do it; I am still coming across projects where the scope of the project is identified, agreed but not managed. So, whether you are a project sponsor, project … Read More
Reduce optimistic planning bias in your projects
So, according to all the news reports, the previous Labour government here in the UK got it wrong! They forecast that economic growth would be 3.25%. The new Office for Budget Responsibility has downgraded this estimate to 2.6%. News reports suggest that the previous Labour Government were overoptimistic in their planning estimates. Cut now to projects. I hear all the … Read More
Do you keep records of project estimates?
People attending a recent project management workshop suggested that they needed some help estimating. I probed just that bit deeper and discovered that many people were working on what I would call ‘repeat projects.’ They are repeating a project that was done say last year or an element of a project. This led me to ask (knowing the answer) whether … Read More
Developing your project skills beyond training courses
I have run many project management training courses and my company Project Agency runs many such events each year. However, does the training itself really develop project management skills? I spoke recently to a client and said that while project management training will help support delivery of projects the company needs to go beyond a 2 day project management course … Read More
I need to be able to control my project
For just over 3 weeks I have been trying to sort out a real mess with my Broadband supplier BT. This has cost me lost time, lots and lots of emotional stress and strain and guess what, we are into week 3 and the problem has only just been sorted out. I mentioned my frustrations to a group of people … Read More
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