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Risk management doesn’t have to be difficult

“We try to convey the earnesty and legitimacy of risk management by communicating as if it were a science,” said Mark Engelhardt, senior lecturer at IIL, during his presentation at PMI Hungary’s Art of Projects conference last week. “The problem is that risk management is far from being a science in most of our industries.”…

How to communicate in virtual teams: Hungarian PMs speak

I traveled to Budapest in 2014 to speak at the PMI Hungary Chapter’s Art of Projects conference for International Project Management Day. I gave a presentation on social media use in virtual teams and also ran a workshop on virtual meetings. My fellow facilitator and I split the audience and asked them to discuss issues…

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Better stakeholder engagement: Interview with Oana Krogh-Nielsen

Oana Krogh-Nielsen, Head of PMO for the National Electrification Program at Banedanmark, spoke at Nordic Project Zone and I was lucky enough to catch up with her to ask about the amazing projects she is working on. Here’s what she had to say. Hello Oana! Let’s get started: can you explain your job? I lead…

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What users want from project software: A case study

Pawel Wieckowski from GlaxoSmithKline presented a case study on their project software deployment at the Gartner PPM & IT Summit earlier this year. He started off by saying that they defined who would be using the tool. Users, he said, fell into the following categories: Project management community Project Management Office Senior management The whole…