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8 reasons why the gunpowder plot “project” failed – an IT project style post-mortem!

Leadership, Programme Management

It’s ironic that few people ‘remember, remember’ the second line of this English folk verse about the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 … a reminder …

“Remember, remember, the 5th of November, Gunpowder, treason and plot.

Would Guy Fawkes et al have made good project managers? The answer is certainly NOT.”

For fun, in this blog let’s “post-mortem” the Gunpowder plot, as we might a failed IT Project, who knows there might be some actual lessons that we can learn. (SPOILER: THERE WILL BE!).

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3 steps to an IT Project Management growth mindset – lessons from a decade at Microsoft

Insights, Programme Management

In 15 years Stoneseed has revolutionised the project-resource-on-demand market with our Project Management as a Service (PMaaS) resourcing model and our P3MO platform (which appropriately leans heavily into Microsoft’s project tools that are, arguably, direct results of Nadella’s change of culture).

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What is PMaaS? It’s the key to future proofing your IT project team!

Insights, Programme Management

Do you find that you don’t have or can’t find talent with the exact skills to deliver your IT Projects? As projects become more complex are you struggling to juggle relationships with an ever-snowballing cast of stakeholders? Are the Projects in your portfolio increasingly outside your core expertise? Are your IT Projects now driving business change to the point that YOU now directly influence the future of your business? Are your budgets and deadlines tighter and yet stakeholder expectations greater than ever? Are you finding that your IT Projects necessitate pulling talent away from already assigned duties?

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Out of office (OOO) season: How to chooose an IT PMaaS partner

Insights, Programme Management

As if talent gaps and shortages, ever increasing demands, and ever mounting pressure (on return on investment, budgets and timescales) were not enough – IT Project resourcing managers are facing a new challenge!

OOO!!! The “out of office” season!!!

I say “new”, let’s be honest, it’s a seasonal, recurring, annual challenge and one that, despite this, we never seem prepared for! I swear time speeds up between holidays.

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Avoiding Burn-Out: Five IT Project Management Self-Care Tips 

Insights

We invest a lot of time, energy and budget on the “self-care” of our IT projects, in terms of robust governance, strong PMO (Project Management Office) and world-class processes, etc – but do we pay enough attention to our individual or team’s self-care?

Given the anecdotal stress, work-overload and burn-out in our industry, I’m thinking – NO.

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A Day In The Life Of An IT Project Business Analyst

Insights, Programme Management

A Stoneseed BA’s day will vary depending on the client’s requirements and project type. Whether it’s an Agile, Waterfall or Hybrid environment and whether its product, Infrastructure, software or digital transformation project for example. The life of a Stoneseed Ba is very varied, on this particular day, it is a for a client who is delivering an Agile software upgrade and development project.

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