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An exciting new project has started involving teams from right across the globe – both within the organisation and from external suppliers. The first priority is to get all the teams working in harmony using the organisations well-established project management framework. So the first task is to prepare the training materials. Even if the world […]
We live in strange times. Who would have thought last year that 2020 would be the year of Covid-19, the year of lockdown, the year of working from home (at least for many of us)? So, what will the future bring for businesses? Any strategic planning for this year has probably gone out of the […]
Project management is more than a simple planning of phases. It is an extremely dynamic function. Companies hire project managers to provide insight, carry out analyses, and make decisions based on their findings. Incidentally, this is exactly what most AI solutions are designed for. About 81% of project managers that participated in the Pulse of […]
As anyone who ever made a conscious effort to learn something knows, learning is a difficult process. Throughout history, people have always searched for ways to make learning convenient. And what they found is that learning tools can mean the difference between knowledge and ignorance. A learning management system (LMS) is the latest entry in […]
Recent research has indicated the importance of Learning and Development (L&D) training in cultivating a sustainable and effective workplace culture that helps leaders instil cultures of innovation in their teams. As a project leader or project manager, driving your team to achieve growth and innovation simultaneously is at first glance, a convoluted process. The contemporary […]
All of us work in organisations that have resources deployed to deliver our mission – be that delivering construction projects, developing software, providing education services – all sorts. Some are delivered as services, some as projects, some as assets or products. None of us can stand still. We are all driven to do more with […]
Expected to deliver more with less, responsible for multiple change initiatives simultaneously, internal and external pressures – this is what the world of the project or programme manager(PPM) looks like these days. But it’s not all bleak as there are also increasing opportunities out there. AXELOS has recently published its latest PPM Benchmarking Report 2019 […]
<img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6073" src="https://www.projectaccelerator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Excel-for-project-managers-300×133.jpg" alt="Excel for project managers” width=”300″ height=”133″ /> I’m not going to give some long-winded introduction on Excel, we are all professionals, we all open up Excel files and we get its importance in an organisation. Yet, the PM world still scoffs at it, so I’m going to rebut that notion […]
It can be tough to keep up with buzzwords in the project management world: in recent years we have seen ‘scrum teams’ using ‘game theory’ tactics to play ‘zero sum games’. A phrase that has risen to prominence recently is Agile. Familiar to those working in IT, the term is growing in popularity in a […]
When we’re in school, the path forward is clear. Participate in lessons, study for exams, make an effort on your projects. However, when it comes to our career, the path forward can be ambiguous. In this article, I will go over one of the paths you can take as a project manager to propel […]