Project Management in Practice

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Australasian trends in MSP and impact on PRINCE2

2 Comments Posted by on May 9, 2012

The Wellington PRINCE2 User Group met last week at the Deloitte House. The guest speaker at the event was Geoff Rankins, a programme and project management professional with over 35 years of experience across ASX50 organisations, Federal and State Governments in Australia and international not for profit organisations. He is also a contributor to PRINCE2 [...]

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What methodologies do not solve

1 Comment Posted by on April 6, 2012

Organizations evolve through various phases in their existence. Good organizations have a continuous focus on how they do business and strive for improvement. One of the most common realizations organizations come to is the need to utilize standard methods and best practices in order to ensure higher quality outputs from its staff. While this is [...]

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When projects go too well

1 Comment Posted by on April 2, 2012

As a Project Manager, I strive to ensure my projects go really well. Experience tells me that all projects will go through some difficult periods during its execution. Projects are inherently risky and not all risks, influences and impacts can be predicted in advance. That and years of experience delivering projects has made me weary [...]

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How do I lead when I’m not the line manager?

5 Comments Posted by on February 28, 2012

If you have been managing projects for any length of time, you will have come across scenarios where you are utilizing resources in your projects that actually do not report to you. This is true regardless if you are coming in from the outside and managing a project for an organization, or you are part [...]

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What do you look for in a Project Manager?

7 Comments Posted by on February 6, 2012

We have recently hired a new Project Manager. While we were looking to hire, I spent a bit of time thinking about what skills would best complement our team. While it did not necessarily start out as the most scientific process, as we progressed, we started to get things more structured. I thought I would [...]

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