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Christmas crackers

The best IT project themed Christmas cracker jokes and festive earworms

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In the New Year, we’re back on a more serious trajectory with more Straight Talking on IT Project management with the top IT Project Management trends for 2025, and a January blog that will turn you from worrier to warrior!

Right now, though, tis the season for letting your hair down and we’re in full festive mode! Welcome to our party!
There are some brilliant IT project cracker jokes at the end (That’s subjective – Ed) and … as well as laughter … there’s music too!

Did you know that many traditional Christmas songs are IT Project Management anthems? It’s true!!
So … put on your Christmas cracker crown and kick back with some festive favourites.

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5 Reasons Women Are Successful as Project Managers

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Mastering Success: 5 Key Leadership Skills Required by Small Business Owners

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Managing Stakeholder Attitudes

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This post will look at the various dimensions of a stakeholders ‘attitude’ towards you and your project and how these will influence the project’s chance of success. Attitude is derived from perceptions, in this context the stakeholder’s perception of the project and how its outcomes will affect the stakeholder’s interests. Fortunately, perceptions are negotiable and

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Can social networking help ALLEVIATE some of our project complexity issues?

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