Empowering Projects through Expert Collaboration
Business Analysts, Systems Engineers, and Project Managers for Success
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How to transition to an agile project manager
More and more companies are making the move to Agile project management. With an estimated 52% of companies using Agile for around half of their projects, and with a success rate of around 64%, it isn’t hard to see why. The Agile approach uses short development cycles, called sprints, which offer a focus on improvement…
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Leadership techniques: mixing different styles for the best results
Experts in project management, such as those at Parallel Project Training believe that there is no reason to choose just one leadership technique to follow. They all have their merits, and different styles will help you to achieve the best results depending on the project that you are working on. Managing a project team can…
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Operational? Inspirational? Which Stoneseeder best fits your need?
Stoneseed engagements tend to fall into two categories – “Operate” or “Advisory”. Or as a colleague put it this week … “operational” or “inspirational”. Stoneseed employs a team of Project Management and Technical Professionals, delivering services through a flexible, on-demand resourcing model PMaaS (Project Management as a Service). From strategy to service delivery, this cost-effective…
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FREE IT Project Management eBook
David writes blogs based on his many years in Project Management and also on ideas from the team here at Stoneseed. Light-hearted, insightful and funny, David’s blog cover all things Project Management, Leadership, Best Practice, PMO, Business Analysis and of course Project Management as a Service.
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Is it worth saving your project?
Throughout the project management world, you will frequently hear the term “project recovery”. The experts at Parallel Project Training, know this is bound to be required at some point in your career as a project manager, so it is a good idea to understand exactly what it means. They’ve provided some insight into this concept,…
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Fortune cookie: All will go well with your new project (except..?)
Still buoyed by my fortune cookie, and for fun, I’ve donned my virtual apron, mixed up a bowl of flour, sugar, vanilla, and sesame seed oil and knocked up a batch of six other fortune cookies that IT Project teams might find useful reminders. Enjoy!!
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Why you shouldn’t do it all as a project manager
One thing you will quickly learn with any project manager course is that the temptation to do it all and be a superhero is real. However, it is something you should certainly not be doing. All too many project managers take on too much of the project work themselves and don’t delegate nearly enough of…
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Too much information! How IT project process can get lost in the clutter
Many organisations are unknowingly compromising their strategic business and IT Project effectiveness through information overload?
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How a BA could be your IT Project’s most valuable player?
“What do you do?” I was a little hurt when a life-long friend asked me this question, after all, I remembered that she is a Director of HR. “You know what I do. I’m a Business Analyst.” I replied. “No, I know you’re a Business Analyst silly,” she said, “What does that mean? What … do you do?”…
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Embracing a new era of agility in project management
Agile was created for the software development industry but it was such a success that its application saw its rapid uptake in other industries as well. Agility is an essential tool that can help make the leap to the true digital age more efficient. A good project manager course such as APM PFQ – the…