Professional development trends in 2022

We are well into 2022 and with March just around the corner we thought you might be interested to learn about our top three trending courses for professionals looking to develop their skills this year.

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Career insights: Is a career in agile project management right for you?

Immersing yourself in the world of agile can lead to diverse career opportunities with plenty of room for growth. We explore what agile project management entails, how to get accredited and why agile experts are in demand.

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5 Tips for Collaborative Working between PMs and BAs (or how to avoid the US versus THEM mindset)

Business Analysts are often responsible for some of the earliest deliverables in a project. As such, they can be one of the first team members a Project Manager recruits for a project. How a PM and BA interact can mean the difference between a successful project and poorly executed one. Here are our 5 tips

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Why do you need an effective Assurance Framework?

The value of a comprehensive Assurance Framework seems to be vastly underestimated by many, yet experience proves time and time again that, if managed and conducted appropriately, health-checks, PIR’s and other QA related activities has  proven to reduce overall portfolio costs significantly over time.  PM-Partners group have investment examples and proof of significant savings from

3 Must Haves to Ensure Business Critical Projects Succeed

1. Executive Management Support The importance of obtaining executive management support for business critical projects cannot be underestimated as the executive sponsor is ultimately responsible for the outcome of the project. In a recent examination of successful projects by the Standish Group “Chaos Manifesto 2012 – The Year of the Executive Sponsor”, it was identified

Effective Project Management: The Third Dimension

We all know that the key to project management making a positive impact on our business lies in the adherence to two basic principles: Doing the right project (portfolio management) and doing the project right (project management). Yet often major corporates comply with both of these tenets and still deliver a white elephant. Consider this diagram

Business analysis tool kit

Implementing the best possible business strategy depends on implementing the best solution possible. Without proper skills and training in business analysis – choosing the best strategy could be guess work. Business analysis, much like its focus, is an ever-evolving field yet there are certain tools everyone investigating their business procedures and programs need. Quantifying your

Goals of business analysis

Having a constructive look at your business can really give your project management and overall company management a real boost. Effective business analysis tools are outcomes based – with each aspect having well defined goals. While measuring return on investment is the ultimate goal for companies – business analysis will also allow you to observe

Project management defined (and 10 principles for success)

Recognised as an essential capability for organisations to maximise value and reduce costs, project management has developed considerably over the past 20 years. Here’s our summary of what it is, where it comes from, and the principles which lie at its heart. Project management is the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to a

The Lean Agile Kanban Scrum Scrumban Debate

Terms such as agile, agility, lean, Kanban, Scrum, Scrumban, ‘just enough’, responsive, adaptive, iterative and incremental have infiltrated our project and BAU environments, regardless of industry and type of organisation. Agile is no longer just for IT; Lean is no longer just for manufacturing. But what do these terms mean? How do they fit together?

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