Expert advice from industry leaders

Gain valuable guidance and expertise from experienced development leaders through our curated collection of industry insights and advice.

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Projects And The People Dimension

People issues can sometimes be the cause of project failure. The key question is, what approach should be taken to minimise the chance that people issues derail your project? The answer lies in taking a two-part approach to the people dimension. Part one consists of a project utilising an organisational change approach appropriate to the

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Top 10 Characteristics of the Sponsors Role

With strong sponsorship the most complex project can succeed, with reactive sponsorship the simplest project will struggle… Pete Swan (Director, PM-Partners group) has found the best sponsors: demonstrate a strong interest are recognised as leaders of change actively make decisions that steer the project in a firm direction. View our infographic to find out what

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Benefits Of Using Scrum In a Project

An Agile project management methodology, Scrum is the most popular of all Agile methods. The emphasis is on the importance of delivering business value early and continuously throughout the life cycle of the project. Find out some of the many benefits of Scrum here.

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Strategic Business Analysis

The Expert BA plays a key role in helping organisations develop and realise their strategic goals. Find out more, click the button below to download our PDF:

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If you are involved in dealing with Outsourcing, Software Providers, Service Providers or almost any other party required to manage and deliver IT services, ITIL is often the common language. Read our ‘Top 8 Tips for Passing the Exam‘ so you can begin your path to ITIL® Accreditation. Attempt as many sample questions as possible. The questions

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Flying High

PM-PARTNERS NEW AD CAMPAIGN FLYING HIGH. Please allow us to reintroduce ourselves. No, it’s not just a vanity project. The objective of our brand spanking new advertising campaign, soon to be seen in Qantas’ in-flight magazine, is to inform both existing and prospective clients about our scope of operations: many know us as a training organisation,

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Projects drive business performance and results through change – we need the right people to manage the right initiatives at the right time. When you select the right outsourcing partner you will be getting access to a specialist team with a wide range of skills all in one place. These specialist skills may not be required

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When businesses merge, they have the option of either choosing one service to stick to, or combining both operations so that they complement one another. The latter has been carried out to great effect by the PM-Partners group. Founded in 1996, PM Partners was a combination of three individual businesses. Each had a specific specialty:

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Scrum Australia 2013

Scrum Australia 2013 – Press Release Australia’s first Scrum conference to be held in April Monday Feb 25, Sydney The global Scrum Alliance in conjunction with Scrum Australia are proud to bring to Australia the highly interactive Scrum Gathering® experience as run around the world since 2004. Scrum Australia 2013 is a two day conference

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PMOs and P3O® – The benefits for you and your organisation PMOs can be structured in various ways from a person performing multiple functions, to a single centralised support office, through to a set of distributed offices offering decision-enabling and support services.  The Portfolio, Programme and Project Offices (P3O) guide from AXELOS brings present guidance

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