Category: Project Management
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Resource provider engagement in the school fair
In an earlier post I observed that in my experience one of the most problematic areas for project managers is the consistency of support from key resource suppliers. This was forcibly pointed out to me again this week. My wife volunteered to organise the Christmas Fair at my son’s primary school. While I have always…
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Stakeholder agreements are vital to successful projects
I am now writing the chapter in my book ElephantPM that describes how to start-up a project. When I look back over the projects that I have worked on, I think that there is one success factor that has caused me more problems than any other and that is “Stakeholder engagement”. PRINCE2 has this to…
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A project manager joke
Walking on the Beach A project manager, software engineer, and hardware engineer are in Miami Beach for a two-week period helping out on a project. On their lunch hours, they often chose to walk up and down the beach. During one of these walks, they stumble upon a lamp. The hardware engineer picks up the…
Dr James Bayley 