Tag Archives: project management

Risk – and How to Handle it

The April 2013 edition of “The Best You” features my article on Risk Management: “Risk – and How to Handle it“. You can read it in the online version of the magazine here (you will need to register for a … Continue reading

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The Origins of Project Management

For many years, I have asserted that project management goes back to the pyramid builders and even earlier.  I like to imagine an ancient Egyptian official sketching a work breakdown for his (it would have been a man then, I … Continue reading

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Six Strategies for Managing Risk

Managing risk requires active engagement with the potential event: you need to create a plan and execute it.  You must then review the outcomes and refine your plan if necessary. The rinse and repeat, as it says on my shampoo … Continue reading

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The Project Management Book Club

I am delighted to have been invited to take part in The Project Management Book Club. If you do not know it – and are committed to developing your PM skills – you should. It is run by Thomas Kennedy. … Continue reading

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Get your OATS – Personal Time Management the PM Way

How do the principles of project management apply to personal time management? That was a question I asked myself the first time I was asked to deliver training on time management.  I had always been good at doing it and … Continue reading

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