Major Projects Need Leaders not Managers

I was at the Major Projects Association AGM and annual dinner on Monday evening. It was an interesting event and I met several people that gave me different perspectives on running major projects successfully. There was a bit of a Continue reading Major Projects Need Leaders not Managers

What are your personal Values and why?

I’m part way through the Project Leadership Programme run by Cranfield University on behalf of Cabinet Office. The most recent module asked us to come up with our personal values. It was an interesting exercise, because we were given a Continue reading What are your personal Values and why?

Should I be a PRINCE2 Practitioner?

PRINCE2 is one of the most cited project methodologies by government projects, even including Agile over the last few years. This is part three of a very short series on learning about project delivery methodologies. Part 1 was a general Continue reading Should I be a PRINCE2 Practitioner?

Project Delivery Reading List

Continuing the theme of developing into a rounded project delivery professional I thought it might be useful to share some of the more useful things that I’ve read that have helped me to better understand how to successfully deliver change. Continue reading Project Delivery Reading List

Aren’t we all supposed to be Agile?

Government has been using Agile methods for digital projects for a few years now. This is part two of a very short series on learning about project delivery methodologies. Part 1 was a general overview of how to develop expertise Continue reading Aren’t we all supposed to be Agile?