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This blog is the second and final part of a series on outsourcing in project management.

What makes a great project manager? Perhaps the answer is a natural gift for getting everyone behind a new, slightly unloved initiative – or the ability to win over a room full of doubters with humour and a Gantt chart to die for.

When faced with a messed-up Rubik’s Cube, it can be easy to give up when it seems just too complex to unscramble.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Sixth Assessment Report carries an urgent message: “Unless there are immediate, rapid and large-scale reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, limiting warming to close to 1.

What’s the secret of great safety performance? It isn’t about working up a slick safety slogan or just making sure all your procedures are up-to-date.

Does a certain member of your team seem to be holding back on their contributions, even though the cogs are clearly turning? If so, they may well be an introvert – someone who can find uncontrolled social engagement challenging and draining.

Women are naturally drawn to project management, in my opinion.

Outsourcing is an essential strategy widely used by many organisations and businesses regardless of their size and field of operation.

If you were to ask a random adult in the street what they associate the idea of artificial intelligence (AI) with, it probably wouldn’t be benign.

Risk, is defined by APM as ‘the potential of a situation or event to impact on the achievement of specific objectives’.