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Some projects are already time-bound when you receive them, and while this way of planning is not the most controlled way to manage a project, it is possible – and I am just about to find out how possible. Suddenly, a project that has been dragging on for a year, and I thought I had…
OTOBOS is On Time, On Budget, On Scope. This definition of what makes a project successful misses out quality, happy stakeholders and a whole host of stuff, but it’s a good starting point. If you can deliver OTOBOS, chances are that you are doing something right.
I think it’s about time I explained a little more about the projects I’ve got on the go at the moment. My role is about two-thirds projects and a third operational management. It’s the first time I’ve had an operational job and it’s great. I think what I like about that part of my day…
Part of a PMs role is to educate our colleagues in what PM means as a discipline. That you can’t just change the scope and give us no more resources. That you have to sign of a plan before we can start work on it. I had someone email me this week with comments on…
I hate change, which is ironic given the job I do.
“Practising batting my eyelids was essential preparation for a steering group meeting…”
Every company I’ve worked in has had a healthy contingent of women in their project management teams. But when I go to a conference, breakfast briefing or seminar I’m often one of a few female project managers in the room. And at 29 one of the youngest. So, the aim of this blog is: *…