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would santa be a great project manager?

Would Santa be a great Project Manager?

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<img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-5229" src="https://projectaccelerator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/pulse-Would-Santa-Be-A-Great-Project-Manager-.jpg" alt="would santa be a great project manager?” width=”700″ height=”400″ />Santa delivers his project on time every year, despite its scope increasing year after year due to increased numbers of children – naughty or nice. Sure, the big man has a year to prepare to make sure he nails it and […]

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What's the P in your PMO

As 27% of CIOs predict increasing the number of IT contractors on their books – how not to get handcuffed to expensive retainers

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One of the greatest arguments for hiring contractors over permanent staff is reduced headcount – when work is quiet you want fewer “bums on seats” waiting for something to do. I am therefore surprised to find many companies are voluntarily tying themselves into contracts with contractors that effectively do this – create “bums on seats”

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Outdated Time-Tracking Tools Frustrate Mobile-Savvy Workforce, Cost Businesses Time and Money

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Manual Time and Task Entry Limits Insights, Pains the 78 Percent of Employees Who’d Welcome Mobile Applications  Despite the obsession with agility, efficiency, and productivity, the evolution of technology has outpaced critical work processes. A new report, “Mobile Keeps Business Moving Forward”, reveals a mobile-savvy workforce struggling with outdated processes and eager for methods that

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Kissing lots of frogs is no way to find your PRINCEII

Kissing lots of frogs is no way to find your PrinceII – why specialist IT recruitment has the edge

Careers, Insights, Leadership, PRINCE2, Programme Management

In many respects, the way a specialist IT recruitment firm will go about the business of securing the right talent will not differ greatly from mainstream recruitment agencies. They will use job boards and social media and a range of industry standard tools. It is what happens beyond that ‘industry standard’ that gives most specialist

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The pace of change is picking up as the APM works towards chartered status.

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Update 13 July 2021: The APM project professional qualifications now comprise a 4 step approach to chartered project professional status: APM PFQ – Project Fundamentals Qualification APM PMQ – Project Management Qualification APM PPQ – Project Professional Qualification APM ChPP – Chartered Project Professional It is like watching a large animal come out to hibernation;

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Learning from failed Project Managers

How the experience of failed project managers could be the key to developing a great one?

Careers, Insights, Leadership, Programme Management

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Project Managers are the Ultimate Demon Hunters – How to Combat Project Nightmares

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Year-round, all projects are filled with boogeymen and ghost stories regardless of scope, industry, or timeline. While you may imagine the perils and dangers that await, it’s impossible to predict every twist and turn, creeping deadline and shape-shifting priorities you’ll encounter. To successfully navigate the project management haunted house, the best project managers have learned

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plug your pm skills gap

Five compelling reasons to plug your Project Management skills gap

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In the ever changing, lightning speed IT world, effective Project Management delivers operational excellence. As every company is now, in some way, an IT operation IT Project management is something that every company needs. It is, however, something that many companies do not have. Not completely. Do you find IT Project Delivery a challenge? A

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