Project Roles & Responsibilities – what a conundrum!

The most interesting and animated discussions during my PM courses are always around the roles and responsibilities during project definition, planning and delivery. We always …

Categories: Planning, PMO, Practical PM, Teams & Communication

Project Management Skills – necessary or irrelevant?

Is project management part of your company’s skills offering? Project management should be a skill that all professionals gain and maintain, however it’s a subject …

Categories: Business Growth, Deadlines, Planning, PM for Small Businesses, PM for Small Projects, PM for the Third Sector, Practical PM, Productivity, Small Businesses, Teams & Communication

How charities can empower change through virtual project management

The third sector is becoming an increasingly competitive market, with hundreds of charities and not-for-profit organisations all working non-stop vying to win over people’s hearts …

Categories: Planning, PM for the Third Sector

The Golden Team – the importance of PMOs within a project team

The role of project support is misunderstood and nearly always under utilised. Imagine yourself in the role of project manager where you have a right …

Categories: Planning, PMO, Teams & Communication

Project planning – a satellite image or a route map?

The strategic level of project management is very different to the way things look at the coal face, and the right approach needs to be …

Categories: Planning

The Magic of Action Planning

We all have pieces of work which sit and fester on our to-do lists and this is for a variety of reasons. Here are a …

Categories: Planning