The Most Senior Project Management Characteristics
It is often suggested that becoming a senior project manager of a major complex project is an excellent path to the executive suite. There does not appear to be a lot of dedicated research on most desirable senior project managers but there is on CEOs...
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Strategic Versus Operational Project Management
It is useful to differenciate between strategic project/program management and operational project/program management.
(November 2010) |
Prioritising Risks as Simply as Possible
People spend a lot of time on prioritisation because they know it is important to concentrate on the biggest risks and avoid wasting effort on the smaller ones. But perhaps we are trying to hard?
(October 2010) |
Modern Project Management.
Where we are today - What does the future hold
Modern Project Management began to emerge five decades ago in 1959 when the US Nayv Special Projects Office on a broad scale as a planning, scheduling and reporting requirement for over 100 contractors for the POLARIS Weapon System.
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Realizing Benefits - It's What Projects Are For!
(August 2010) |
Project Management at the heart of Ireland's Green Economy
The rapid increase in the demand for “green” goods and services has continued even in the midst of the current global recession. The demand for change is clear and there is no doubt that the green economy can make a significant contribution to Ireland’s economic recovery.This demands that the structure with responsibility for delivering on the agenda has the capability to manage the portfolio of green projects.
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In the past five years the management of projects has risen to a new prominence. Projects are now seen as critical to success in all three sectors: public, private and non-profit.Unfortunately, the evident wastage through improper selection of projects and/or their improper formulation and execution is immense and represents a serious drag on our economies. An emerging school of thought believes that the solution to this wastage is to be found in effective Project Portfolio Management, ("PPM").
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This year, as the Institute of Project Management celebrates its 20th anniversary, project management is a growing, dynamic and exciting discipline that was rated by Fortune magazine as the number one career choice at the beginning of the 21st century.
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The Institute of Project Management and UCC Department of Management and Marketing have been undertaking a benchmarking survey for the last six years with the aim of building a detailed picture of the profiles of project management practitioners.
(May 2010)
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With concerns about the environment and “green practices” continually in the news and seemingly weaved into every agenda, a recent UK survey provided an ideal opportunity to see what practitioners are thinking and gauge the current reality. The respondents were questioned about the impact of environmental issues on their day to day business activities and the attitude of their organisation to green issues. Given the high profile associated to this subject a surprisingly small 9% of respondents said they are measured against green objectives.
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Every now and then project management practitioners should reflect on what they do and what is their contribution to the undertaking. What role do they play in each phase of the life cycle and what is its relative importance?There is a strong body of opinion that a project manager’s greatest contribution to the project effort is at the front end of the project.
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Ireland's International Engagement in Project Management
The project management leaders from 50 countries gathered in Dublin in September to attend the Council of Delegates meeting of the IPMA (International Project Management Association). The Institute of Project Management is proud to have hosted this event which brought together the profession's thought leaders from Africa, Asia, Europe, North & South America.
(January 2010)
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The Future of Project Management
During the past two decades we have seen the astounding recognition that projects and programs are important within essentially all forms of human endeavour Where will this obviously very important movement be taking us during the coming decade?
(January 2010)
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