Are you a Jedi or Sith Project Manager? Yes, I know… love it or hate it, Star Wars has made it into the world of Project Management…. and this blog is not about who has a big lightsaber? Confession Time – I’m a massive Star Wars fan (Love the films but the fan stuff stops at getting dressed up for conferences!), and a couple of years ago I came across the Jedi code, which goes: There is no emotion; there is peace. There is no ignorance; there is knowledge. There is no passion; there is serenity. There is no chaos;…
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This blog is part of the #pmflashblog 2014, which has been kindly facilitated by the Sensible PM (see all of the activity on Twitter) Diversity – I’ve been working in London now for many years, and on any project in the UK there will be people from may different nations and cultures. The last UK’s census showed 37% of London’s population is born outside the UK, and 24% are non-UK nationals; add to this the millions of internal migrants of British citizens from outside London (I’m originally from Manchester, and educated in Leeds), its difficult to find someone in London,…
Read More »The PMO Manifesto, guiding principles for the PMO profession, is launched at Ticketmaster’s HQ in London on Thursday 20th February. The new Manifesto will invite PMO professionals from around the world to connect and unite; show solidarity and support to their peers whilst driving forward their profession and delivering the highest value to their organizations. The PMO Manifesto was created to raise the profile of the profession of PMOs around the globe whilst creating guiding principles that lead to increased success of PMOs in organizations today. Created by PMO Flashmob members led by Ralf Finchett Jnr and Lindsay Scott; the…
Read More »To kick off the ‘War on Project Failure’ we’ve attached some propaganda posters for you to download…. click here to see all the ‘Keep Calm’ posters or go to http://146.66.76.103/~pmoplanet/war-on-projects The idea was formed from an article produced on the PM Hut, listing 31 reasons why projects fail. The list was not a detailed explanation, but literally a simple list. So as a bit of fun, we’ve started adding to this list….. and feel free to suggest any posters you would like to see Keep Calm…. it’s only a Project! p.s. for those wanting to know more about Keep…
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