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Who do you write your business case for?
When you write a business case for your project or programme, who exactly are you writing it for? My colleague, John Edmonds, and I were talking about this yesterday as we reviewed our Business Case...
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The extreme dysfunctions of directing a project
How much time does a busy executive give to directing a project? Too much and you will find the project sucks you in. Too little and you are not doing your job. But what are 'too much' and 'too...
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The Art of Training Alchemy
One way I explain 'what we do' is as a sort of alchemy. We turn the base metal of dry management theory and turn it into the pure gold of business performance. Now although parts of the PRINCE2...
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Audio Book a Hit! … #PRINCE2
Recently we launched an audio series on the increasingly popular PRINCE2 project management method on our website… and it's really taken off! What we set out to do was to record 'informed conversations...
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P3O: The ‘Big Idea’
I have found myself frequently sketching out the same diagram on what I see as the fundamental 'grand idea' behind P3O. So I have converted it to a sub-seven minute video. Let me know what you...
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Measuring the Effectiveness of Project & Programme Managers: Have We Got It...
We had a great day yesterday with a few of our major clients at Lotus F1 headquarters. That's me with the nearest thing you'll to me sitting in a Lotus position… I'm not a "petrolhead", so it...
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Another Training Organisation Dies
We received word this week that one of our better competitors, one of the 'good guys', which challenged us to raise our game on quality, has ceased trading. This is a shock and very sad. I can't help...
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Familiarity breeds mastery
How much do we truly know something? One aspect of the way we learn, to do with synthesis and adaptation – what we sometimes call ‘mastery’ – often comes to us by returning to the familiar. Athletes...
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Story-telling
Boyhood of Raleigh, by Millais It seems that telling stories appeals to all ages. My grandchildren love stories. I can tell them again and again. They never seem to tire of hearing them. As they grow...
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How should I adopt PRINCE2 in my organisation?
This month a senior manager asks, “I am quite concerned that we are not managing our projects as well as we might and it has been suggested that we implement PRINCE2. Can you refer me to an...
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