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September 22, 2017

By Chris Steer

Once identified what do top organisations do with their talent to allow it to meet its full potential?  It can often take a brave organisation to throw their talent into the firing line and watch it grow or fade from the sidelines.

September 19, 2017

By Susan Howard

Data Analytics, Data Analysis and Business Intelligence are key topics that are becoming increasingly important for businesses. Gone are the days where there were IT departments specifically tasked with doing this and more and more it is expected of individuals within functions. There are a lot of good BI and reporting tools out there but a lot of people resort to using Excel at some point as it is so versatile.

September 14, 2017

By Thales

In the final video of the series Chris finishes off by sharing his summary of what the key compenents are for effective planning to happen.

September 12, 2017

By Thales

Agile’s influence on the project management industry continues to rise at pace. More organisations and project professionals than ever are embracing Agile tools and frameworks as they aim to increase the success of – and return on investment from – projects and other change initiatives.

September 7, 2017

By Thales

Organizations are increasingly recognizing their need for programme management. The adoption of MSP has grown across the world as it has been established as the standard for programme management. Managing Successful Programmes comprises a set of principles, governance themes and a transformational flow to provide the route map for the programme lifecycle. It is founded on best practice though it is not prescriptive. It is very flexible and designed to be adapted to meet the needs of local circumstances.

September 5, 2017

By Thales

In this episode, Chris focusses on what it is that makes a plan truly effective, and it might not be what you expect.

September 1, 2017

By Thales

In episode three of the series, Chris Johnston shares his own personal experience of how poor planning can negative impact projects, and how sometimes it's about behaviours and mind-set rather than technical skills to find a solution.

August 30, 2017

By Thales

Enabling Effective Planning: The series.  In this video series, Chris will discuss the fundemental elements of planning and the importance of effective planning for project success.  In the second video of the series, Chris explains what planning actually is and why it's so important.

August 24, 2017

By Thales

In this video series, Chris will discuss the fundemental elements of planning and the importance of effective planning for project success. In his first video Chris shares with us the two most common reasons for project failure.

August 22, 2017

By Chris Noonan

Few people outside of software development have been formally introduced or trained in the discipline, and this sense of it being an unknown quantity often results in people avoiding the topic completely. However, agile project management is gradually creeping into the mainstream, with a growing number of industries outside of software starting to recognise its potential.