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Autumn 2008 bulletin

Autumn 2008 bulletin

Author: CITI members and invited guests
Published: Monday, 25 August, 2008
Features articles on: undertaking transformational programmes, Remploy's modernisation programme and PSOs and PMOs - what's the difference? ...
PSO - PMO: What's the difference?

PSO - PMO: What's the difference?

Author: John Zachar, CITI Principal Consultant
Published: Monday, 04 August, 2008
The differences are substantial, yet to the untrained eye they appear subtle. A PSO is all about supporting projects, usually in a multiple-project environment. This environment is frequently called a portfolio....
Spreading the word

Spreading the word

Author: Dr Christopher Worsley, CEO of CITI
Published: Monday, 07 July, 2008
Programmes, real programmes that deliver new capability and whose success is measured in delivered change, are not only difficult, they are genuinely complex. Predicting organisational behaviour when it is undertaking a transformational programme is hard. ...

MSc Managing Major Projects and Programmes commended

Author: Dr Thomas Docker, CITI Chairman
Published: Monday, 02 June, 2008
In June 2008 the MSc Managing Major Projects and Programmes was validated by Middlesex University. The MSc is a joint programme offered by CITI and the National Centre for Project Management, which is based at Middlesex University. ...
Summer 2008 bulletin

Summer 2008 bulletin

Author: CITI members and invited guests
Published: Monday, 02 June, 2008
Features articles on: sponsorship, professionalising project management and project complexity....
On track for success

On track for success

Author: Jane Marshall-Nichols, CITI Head of Engagements
Published: Monday, 05 May, 2008
High speed 1 is the UK's first high-speed rail line linking London to the European network - it is also the first new British railway in 100 years and is the UK's largest ever single construction project. ...
Choosing the right route

Choosing the right route

Author: Paul Boocock, CITI Principal Consultant
Published: Monday, 07 April, 2008
The attractive notion of ‘best practice’ within each business sector has created an eager market for models, methods and comparative measures. We all feel safest when following a proven path, so the creation and sponsorship of these ‘maturity models’ by professional bodies seems to give us ‘legitimate’ external standards to judge against. The score, rating ...
Professional career path

Professional career path

Author: Dr Christopher Worsley, CEO of CITI
Published: Monday, 03 March, 2008
It turns out that availability isn’t a project management competency – but what is? In an analysis of a survey of 500 companies we ran recently, there was a distinct trend for organisations to now recruit project managers to project management roles – which is a good thing. But, what is a little worrying is that there is no consensus about exactly what ski...