New Open Source Framework
Praxis, a new free framework for the management of projects, programmes and portfolios (P3), has launched today 1st May 2014.
Valuable resources for project managers
Praxis, a new free framework for the management of projects, programmes and portfolios (P3), has launched today 1st May 2014.
As we have now moved out of the holiday season there’s more going on in the world of Project Management. Here are some of the things that have caught our eye over the last couple of weeks.
Cancelling Doomed Projects Early Saves Money
David Walton argues that most large organisations are victims of compulsive, blinkered spending on failing projects on a grand scale.
Consultant News
Talygen Adds Project Collaboration Functionality
Talygen the Business Intelligence specialist has added project collaboration tools to it’s suite with easy access via web, tablets and smartphones.
Talygen
5 Signs You Need Better Business Processes
Edward O’Brien suggests these 5 signs:
1. Non-repeatable processes or process duplication across your business/project.
2. Information and knowledge ‘silos’ across your business or project.
3. Poor internal controls, especially over manual processes.
4. Unable to identify the impact of change, including the costs and benefits of process improvements.
5. Lack of accurate, usable and timely information
Project Manager
MSc in Business Project Management to rival MBAs?
The specially designed MSc in Business Project Management gives students the skills to manage and transform business operations. “Projects are not about ‘business as usual’ – they’re about business change,”
The Guardian
5 Efficient Android Apps that Make Project Management a Less Daunting Task
This article extolls the virtues of Evernote, Dropbox, PrinterShare, LiquidPlanner, and TeamworkPM
SellCell
Companies Risk Project Over-runs as Training Budgets Are Cut
argues Bill Goodwin and ESI International
Cranfield to Present at Project Challenge Expo in London
The 2 seminars will be:
Success through developing The Energised Projects Organisation, and
Managing Different Forms of Complexity – what you and your teams can do today.
Project Challenge
Telerik updates TeamPulse to Ease Multiple Projects
Telerik
What’s Missing in Project Management Training?
Kevin Eikenberry argues that we train project managers, but fail to adequately equip members of the project team.
Business Management Daily
The Six Deadly Sins of Project Management Leadership
1. You think like an employee not a CEO,
2. You think you are the smartest person in the room,
3. Project success is all about delivering to time, cost, and scope,
4. Your team is there to get the job done – no matter what,
5. You leave yourself in the parking lot, and
6. You fail to promote – and keep the right people informed about – your project.
IT Business Edge / ESI International
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