Inspiring Women in Project Management: Monica Borrell
Monica Borrell is the latest woman to be profiled in my Inspiring Women in Project Management series. Find out why I think she’s an inspiration and what it takes to make the leap from PM to CEO.
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How I Do It: Engaging Stakeholders
Learn my tips for engaging and ‘managing’ stakeholders on a projejct. From the communication you do, to the informal chats you have about project requirements, it all counts towards relationship building. Working successfully with stakeholders is critical if you want to get a quality result at the end of your project because they are the ones that decide what quality means.
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Career Tips from Senior Women
5 tips for a long and fulfilling career from women who have been there and done that. I picked up these gems of advice at a women in construction career development event that I spoke at about Imposter Syndrome.
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Software review: Simplestimate [2016]
Find out more about how to make estimating simple with this software review of Simplestimate. I weigh up the pros and cons of throwing away your spreadsheets and tell you more about my thoughts on this web-based project estimating tool. Plus there are screenshots so you can see it for yourself.
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Inspiring Women in Project Management: Lorraine Chapman
Construction project management has always been traditionally male-dominated. Lorraine Chapman talks about what life is like as a female manager in construction and the amazing projects she has worked on in this interview. Part of the Inspiring Women in Project Management series.
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How Did The Project Management Profession Get Into This Mess?
There are a lot of project management certifications out there. So many that it’s making it hard for project managers and HR departments to know what to look for when someone applies for a job. Jerry Ihejika has an idea about how to sort out the educational mess we are in and to bring some standardisation to what it means to be a project manager.
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Jerry Ihejirika: Project Management in Africa [Interview]
One of the great things about blogging for so long is that I’ve met a whole host of interesting people. I only met Jerry Ihejirika recently, via the wonders of the internet. He’s passionate about improving the quality of project management education and practice in Africa. He’s the brains behind the Project Management for Africa…
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Inspiring Women in Project Management: Caroline Crewe-Read
Caroline Crewe-Read is one of the senior women in project and programme management pioneering a path to the top in the UK. Find out how she did it and what advice she has for project managers starting out.
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Celebrating 10 Years of Blogging About Project Management!
Hello 2016! You came round quickly. Surely the last time I looked it was October? Anyway, now 2016 has arrived we can properly celebrate my blogging anniversary! Happy 10th Birthday to A Girl’s Guide to Project Management! I can’t believe this blog has been going so long, and I’m delighted to be able to be…
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Reader Survey: What You Told Me
Most project managers told me that they are struggling with stakeholder management. Find out more about the preferences and interests of you lot – my blog readers!
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Thank You!
The UK doesn’t celebrate Thanksgiving but that doesn’t mean I’m not grateful to those people who have helped me improve my blog this year. Here’s a short video of thanks and a shout out to a few special people who have made a big difference to my blog and my company in 2015. And thanks to you, for reading!
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A Practical Guide To Dealing With Difficult Stakeholders
How can you deal with difficult people at work? The kind that block your projects and don’t turn up to meetings? This book has the answer. I pick out some of the highlights to share with you with the aim of making your working day just that little bit easier.
