Are you managing a project, a complex project or a programme? The art and science of programme management has become more mainstream in recent years and roles are becoming more prominent.
The project manager has two responsibilities: not only someone “who plans, procures and executes a project’ but also a person who often manages a team.
Whether you’re an independent contractor or long-term employee, how should you deal with recruitment agencies? Knowing how to best work with recruitment agencies can be complicated – but these questions and answers are a start.
The Beatles song ‘A day in the life’ told us about the ‘Four thousand holes in Blackburn Lancashire…and though the holes were rather small, they had to count them all; now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall’.
There are many different ‘types’ of project manager – they all have the same core skills, but emphasise different aspects to suit their roles.
45% of project management professionals were sometimes or very dissatisfied with the current level of project management maturity in their organisation.
Two key messages about benefits management are emergingFirstly there is a direct correlation between effective benefits management and how successful an initiative is.
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Project management methods and frameworks are, we hope, evolving and improving all the time as more projects are completed and knowledge of best practises grows.
I have heard from a number of quarters that a strong, effective sponsor can make a significant difference to a project – the barriers can seem to melt away rather than continually build.