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IT Project decision making: How the best choice between two options can often be the third!

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The “Crucible Moments” podcast is a fascinating listen, especially as Roelof Botha (whose thoughts are the inspiration for this blog) isn’t the main subject. He plays the role of presenter; the main guest is Jack Dorsey (former Twitter CEO who now runs the financial services company Block). The central narrative of the podcast is the evolution of Block from its origins as Square, and how they created Cash App, a ‘third’ option, which is now responsible for half of Block’s revenue. The strategy of expanding the number of options for consideration was instrumental in helping Block identify and eliminate what wasn’t working and focus on more profitable projects.

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An interesting thought experiment: open-book IT Project Management

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Empowerment, autonomy, ownership – these buzzwords have rattled around for a few years now in relation to IT Project talent.

Most project managers, business analysts (etc) would agree that they have the power to schedule their own time, track their own progress and tasks and choose how they work, to some extent. It usually leads to improved performance – after all who knows how to do a job better than the person who does it day-in, day-out?!

What if you could take this improved individual performance and amplify it across your whole project or portfolio?

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Managing Multiple Projects Shortlisted for Business Book Awards 2023

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The highly anticipated shortlist for The Business Book Awards in partnership with Pathway Group 2023 has been announced for top business books published in 2022. Authors, publishers, and business figures gathered in London last month for the shortlist reveal party to celebrate the incredible breadth, diversity and quality of business books published last year. Now

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Project Management has no need to manage its popularity

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Keyword data proves project management to be the favourite for managers’ looking to enhance their skills By Sarah-Jane McQueen, General Manager of CoursesOnline. CoursesOnline is a platform through which learners looking to improve their skills can choose online courses from across the UK, to develop their project management and other skills.  Project management is a

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