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Remploy wins APM Programme of the year 2009
Published: Thursday, 19 November, 2009
On 21st October, Remploy’s Modernisation Programme won the APM’s Programme of the Year Award – recognition of the work to carry through the most significant transformation in the company’s 60 year history of supporting disabled people into employment....
Finding the right balance
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Published: Tuesday, 22 September, 2009
"Show me your portfolio and I’ll show you your strategy”. How much better it would be if the strategy drove the portfolio content so that you could “show me your strategy” and from it I could describe what projects I would find in your portfolio!...
Keeping pace with the online race
Published: Tuesday, 22 September, 2009
As the Open University (OU) celebrates its 40th anniversary, it has become the UK’s largest university. Its immense success has been based on its advanced ability in online technology development. So it was only natural that when the OU embarked on a project to review and refresh its in-house project and programme management methodology it wanted to support ...
Navigating the hurdles surrounding the 2012 Olympics
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Published: Tuesday, 22 September, 2009
With 2009 as the mid-point in staging the London 2012 Olympics, now is a good time to review how the complexity of such an initiative is being managed. What was described in 2005 as a project — and still thought of in those terms by many — has correctly become a mixture of portfolios, programmes and projects....
Autumn 2009 bulletin
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Published: Tuesday, 15 September, 2009
Featured articles on: finding the right balance, keeping pace with the online race and navigating the hurdles surrounding the 2012 Olympics....
Summer 2009 bulletin
Published: Monday, 15 June, 2009
Featured articles on: jump-start your project, bridging the gap and reaching goals through individual development....
Finding a clear approach
Published: Friday, 17 April, 2009
When we were recently asked to support an ‘important’
Local Government service delivery project, it had all the
classic symptoms of another project that would drain the
energy and resources of the authority and return little to
the citizens....
Stop that project!
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Published: Thursday, 16 April, 2009
In an environment of retrenchment we are beginning to see much tighter controls on the approval of major spend projects....