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Can you keep a promise?
By Alison Smith, Project Agency Last Thursday, the people of London where Project Agency are based, voted in the Mayoral elections. This year is a key election year as Boris Johnson, who was elected on Thursday will make his mark in history as the Mayor of London during the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations, and also for the London 2012 Olympics … Read More
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Tagged business case, project management, project management training
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How good is your project monitoring and control? What effect does it have on your projects?
Over the years I have seen a lot of negativity from participants on our project management courses. However, I noticed last year that when we spoke about project monitoring and control within companies the level of cynicism seemed to increase. So, I decided turn the cynicism into something that course participants could go away and do something about. I introduced … Read More
Where’s your project & programe management strategy
This morning’s news was full of criticism of the UK Government for its lack strategic thinking is leading to a “patch and mend” approach. The Public Administration Committee said an absence of national strategy was leading to “mistakes” such as those following the recent Budget. Now, there is NO way that I am going to get into a debate about … Read More
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Tagged governance, project management, project priorities, strategy
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Boat race stopped – what risks have you missed?
OK, it is a bit off the wall but who would have thought that the annual boat race between Oxford and Cambridge Universities would have been stopped by someone deliberately swimming across the path of their boats? The race was stopped and it eventually restarted some 30 minutes later Few would have thought this could happen. Switch to your projects … Read More
What do your customers say about your project management services?
The party was well planned: hotel visited and booked in July 2011 a separate dining room area agreed by the hotel – a lovely cosy room just big enough for our small but important party the bedrooms inspected and all to be refurbished by the time we hold the party (it was 9 months to the party date) a hamper … Read More
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Tagged customer service, feedback, governance, project management
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I just do it – why do I need any processes for my projects?
I had an interesting experience recently running a project management course for a group of staff. I asked the group what issues they faced in running their projects. A range of problems were raised: legislation not yet in place but the project still needing to be planned and have a risk assessment!! key people leaving lack of specific resources including … Read More
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