If you’ve ever had a sleepless night over an IT Project, you can take some solace from the fact that you are certainly not alone. In fact, if you haven’t suffered any anxiety that has awoken you in the middle of the night, in a cold sweat, you should think yourself really lucky. That or […]
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A CIO sprang this on me this week. “David, what makes a great Project Manager?” It’s one of those questions that you answer instinctively – great organiser, they deliver projects within deadline and budget, good communication skills, etc, etc. All true but I was a little disappointed by my instinctive, off the hip answer –
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“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan. An IT Project Manager I know, let’s call
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My Project Manager friend, Colette came back from her lunchtime massage today, not as relaxed as she normally does. “Well that’s a good way to lose potential business!” she said. The story she then told me has lessons for project management teams and as it is also quite funny, I will share it with you.
You have no new massages – A deep tissue lesson for IT Project Managers Read More »
A quarter of digital leaders (25%) believe that their business has an IT Project Management talent shortage. In many ways this is good news, I mean, this suggests that three quarters don’t have a shortage, right?! Actually, it’s even better news than that! The same report back in 2015 suggested 34% of CIOs had an
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Have you seen the TV show “The Roast Of…”? Basically, it’s like ‘This is your life’ (if you remember that, back in the day) but instead of celebrities coming on and praising the subject of the show, they turn up and spill the beans on their bad habits and worst moments. The most recent one
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Why do some projects stir a passion within you and others leave you less revved up? Could unlocking the secret lead to fewer IT Project failures? It’s true, isn’t it? The more passionate about a task you are, the more likely you are to succeed. Even doing the dishes can be a chore or a
There are many issues that face the project manager. One of which is to set project management milestones. Working towards specific goals throughout the lifecycle of a project makes sure that everyone is pulling in the same direction and standards are achieved. But what do these project management milestones look like? What goals can be
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As a freelance project manager, you will want to create a presence on the professional platform that hits all the right notes. But how? LinkedIn boasts 260 million monthly users, nearly half of whom access the platform daily. As a platform, it is the place where professionals gather, many of whom go on to attract
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Project management skills are not only useful in the office – they are highly transferable and can be used in the home. The word project is used for so many things – work project, class project, project management but they all have one thing in common. Whatever type of project you are planning then you
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