How to manage work
This article was written in response to a question from a 3rd year Computer Science student and it uses terms …
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How to write a report
I am a management consultant and an important part of my work is writing reports. There are different types of …
How to be Productive (part 1): The Action Book
Productivity is not everything but in the long run it is almost everything Paul Kruger In the long run your …
Why is it often more difficult to manage a small project than a large one?
Ian Mitchell asks on Linkedin. I have spent the last 20 years a freelance consultant managing small hi-tech projects in large …
Who cleans the toilets at Valve Corporation?
There is recently been some press coverage of Valve Corporation which famously has no bosses. As a management consultant I …
Choosing Manual Scheduled or Autoscheduled in Microsoft Project
A Microsoft Project task has many options and I am often asked how to choose the correct ones, Task Mode …
Leaner Ries’ Pieces and Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
Last night I went to TechHub to see Eric Ries coach 4 start-ups in lean start-up thinking. Eric (32) is …
ElephantPM and lean project management
My core customers are SMEs who are facing organisational challenges arising from growth. One of the challenges that I face …
When would you use PRINCE2?
PRINCE2 is a heavy methodology and may not be suitable for all projects. What do you think?
How do you eat an elephant?
Project Management in general is a solved problem; the big project management methodologies PRINCE2 and PMBOK contain all the processes …
Dr James Bayley 