Project Management Blog Articles

Whilst the official launch date for this latest version of the Microsoft Project solution has yet to be announced it is getting ever closer. Its launch will coincide with the launch of new versions of Office and SharePoint and as such represents a major release of the world’s best selling project scheduling tool. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Progress isn’t made by early risers. It’s made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.’ Robert Heinlein (1907 - 1988)

By advocating being a ‘lazy’ project manager I do not intend that we should all do absolutely nothing. I am not saying we should all sit around drinking coffee, reading a good book and engaging in idle gossip whilst watching the project hours go by and the non-delivered project milestones disappear over the horizon.  That would obviously be plain stupid and would result in an extremely short career in project management, in fact probably a very short career full stop! Read the rest of this entry »

There can be no doubt that during the economic gloom we have seen a significant squeeze on salaries in 2009/10 where project management is concerned, and indeed a recent survey of project management salaries across the South East of England showed the average salary for Senior Project Managers was £52,500 in 2009,  as opposed to £60,000 in 2008. Read the rest of this entry »

This may sound like a blatant plug, but time is of the essence for users of Project Server 2003 considering the upgrade path to Project Server 2010, and here are the reason why: Read the rest of this entry »

Last week it was announced that finally, the UK has joined Germany, France, Japan and the US in coming out of recession…..just.  The 0.1% growth figure will be polished in the coming weeks but at least it does get through the negative growth barrier.  We can now finally look back at six quarters of contraction (the longest period since quarterly figures were recorded in 1955) and start the positive climb. Read the rest of this entry »