The events of the last 12 months are something that nobody could have predicted and relatively few were able to cope with effectively, although skills learned in project management courses will certainly have helped. However, in terms of finances, those organisations where there is enforced financial best practice may have found themselves in a better […]
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What you should know about digital BA in 2021 In the last few years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been rapidly infiltrating almost every aspect of our lives – although, in many cases, we are yet to even be aware of it. At the same time, we have experienced the most unexpected of years in 2020
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The House of PMO, a new professional body for PMO professionals was launched today by Lindsay Scott and Eileen Roden – the team behind the PMO Flashmob and The PMO Conference. The House of PMO (HoPMO), headquartered in the UK with an international reach, creates a home for PMO professionals where they can develop themselves,
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Why do projects fail? It\’s a question that invites a lot of interest and significant statistics. And there are no wrong answers here. Skills shortages are a common opinion considering that the right skills have the power to revitalize a project. Conversely, a shortage of it can delay, halt or prematurely end a project. Competent
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This past year has been a learning experience for many around the world. Organisations learned that they can go remote. Employees learned they can wear pajamas to their weekly meetings (thanks Zoom!). And everyone has learned what Hollywood pandemic movies get wrong. There’s no getting chased by zombies, just a slow death by boredom and
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When working on global projects English is often viewed and used as the international language of business. There is an implicit assumption that geographically dispersed project teams will all speak, read and write English to an acceptable level. In many ways that assumption is true – but not always. Sometimes regional project team leaders are
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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
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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
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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
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Teamwork is the foundation of collaboration and innovation in any workplace. When employees work as a single cohesive unit, it becomes easy for corporate managers to delegate roles, monitor projects’ progress, nurture leaders, solve workplace conflicts, and to guarantee job satisfaction for all employees. A solid team will, without a doubt, bring unbelievable results and
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