The evidence from the past? Much of the evidence on project management indicated that the chances of success are very low. Bent Flyvbjerg‘s work comparing project outturn costs with the original budgets tends to imply that nine out of ten projects significantly exceed the budget, and overspends are between 40% to 60%. He identify […]
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We have just launched the APM PFQ. Everyone tells me that it’s a much more popular course than the APM PMQ. I expect two days out of the office and a simple multiple choice question paper is a good first move for many project managers. Anyway we have a couple of weeks to get a
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I had an interesting trip to Barcelona last week to the PCMG (Pharmaceutical Contract Management Group) conference. They asked me to present of value management and who it has helped other sectors to improve cost performance on projects. It is really interesting to see the similarities between clinical research and other sectors. The sponsors who
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Using the integrated Parallel Learning System Parallel Project Training has launched a distance learning package for the APM project management qualification APM PMQ. The APM PMQ is ideal for project managers who want a practical approach to project management and the APM PMQ Study Guide is the ideal complement to PRINCE2. People new to project
Wednesday 28th July 2010 6pm for 6.30pm to 8.30pm at the offices of Halcrow, Burderop Park, Swindon SN4 0QD The speaker: Mr Paul Naybour Business Development Director, Parallel Project Training Successfully delivering projects in an increasingly competitive environment is a real challenge for consultant engineers. At minimum a clear definition of the scope, clearly defined
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Here you can download my presentation the MoD PM Graduation day. The presentation look at the lessons we can learn by comparing and contrasting these two difficult and challenging projects. Click this link to download T5 v Wembley for MoD Presentation
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