Does a Project Manager Need PM Qualifications?
What makes a successful project manager is a combination of their academic abilities, experience and skills, both “soft” and “hard” skills i.e. communication skills and motivational abilities in...
View ArticleAPMP it changing it name to The APM Practitioner Manager Qualification (PMQ)
For many years project managers have asked what does APMP stand for? Well now the APM qualification has a new name “APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ).” For now it is going to be formerly known...
View ArticleProject Governance
Does Project Governance really help? In 2015, a study conducted by PMI (Project Management Institute) revealed that project delivery remains a challenge for most companies. It emerged that 45% of...
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Is ‘Tinder for recruitment’ the best way to access IT talent?
In today’s candidate led IT recruitment market, hiring can be more expensive and time-consuming than ever. It is, therefore, in your best interests to balance the recruiting reality in your favour by...
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Bubble Ltd, achieves global ISO 27001 certification for its information...
Cambridge, United Kingdom: 9th January 2018 Bubble, a leading provider of cloud-based Project Portfolio Management Software, today announced that it has received the ISO/IEC 27001:2013 security...
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How to fail well in IT Projects
IT Project Managerment Previously published on CIO.com Failure Is the new success. Here are five ways that you can embrace failure and enjoy its unexpected benefits. Knowing when to say enough is...
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It’s good to talk but difficult to communicate
One of the insights from this year’s AXELOS PPM benchmark report was that poor communication continues to be the biggest challenge hampering projects and programmes. Even with the availability of a...
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5 Skills Needed To Drive Future Projects
Why do projects fail? It’s a question that invites a lot of interest and significant statistics. And there are no wrong answers here. Skills shortages are a common opinion considering that the right...
View ArticleEmbrace the change: Getting to grips with new IT systems
New IT systems for a growing business can be an exciting prospect and deliver many benefits, but how do you convince employees to embrace them? Technology is constantly evolving and keeping up with...
View ArticleIT Project Teams are STILL driving competitive advantage
“Behind every great, growing business is a successful IT Project team”. This was the working title of a blog post that I started writing in early March 2020. Looking back at it now, it was a...
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New Professional Body for PMO Professionals Launched
The House of PMO, a new professional body for PMO professionals was launched today by Lindsay Scott and Eileen Roden – the team behind the PMO Flashmob and The PMO Conference. The House of PMO...
View ArticleThe Environmentally Aware Project Manager
Much of a project manager’s time is taken up with juggling limited resources so it’s a natural progression to think about project managers being environmentally aware and helping to use the Earth’s...
View ArticleOnboarding your IT Project’s end-users – the often-overlooked human success...
Most IT Project Management teams are masters of the technical aspects of the project – all the i’s are dotted, and the t’s are crossed, the business case is clear and delivered (on paper at least) but...
View ArticleHow mergers and acquisitions can cement IT as a strategic business partner
Despite the slow economy and provisional estimates which suggested lower mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity at the start of 2023, there were 365 mergers and acquisitions involving UK...
View ArticleAn interesting thought experiment: open-book IT Project Management
Empowerment, autonomy, ownership – these buzzwords have rattled around for a few years now in relation to IT Project talent. Most project managers, business analysts (etc) would agree that they have...
View ArticleIT Project decision making: How the best choice between two options can often...
“May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.”– Nelson Mandela I heard something on a podcast this week that was both an epiphany and blindingly obvious in equal measure, in fact, its genius...
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