Ugh, my bones shudder. The whole premise just doesn't sit well with me. I guess a lot of this has to do with my background, experiences and values. After discussing this on my course I felt like the following summed things up based upon Oxford Dictionaries definition...
Fantastic video which we can all learn a lot from in terms of communication, particularly relevant to stakeholder management.
via lifehacker.com Great advice. There's often a fair bit of work to be done at the end of a project in terms of communication too which isn't helpful if key members of the team aren't available.
Great reminder as to why stakeholder engagement is essential from the outset of a project. (PMI, 2008, p.17) PMI (2008) A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide). 4th edn. Pennsylvania: Project Management Institute, Inc.
If project managers/teams are expected to embed sustainability principles into their projects they first need to understand what sustainability is. Here are some definitions I've come across which might be useful. One of the most referenced definitions of sustainability...
Ok, so it's been a while. I'm, hopefully, about to add an influx of posts but thought it was worth prefixing them with some context. I'm studying an MSc in Project Management as a distance learning student. I'm currently covering the following modules: BE1103 Project...
The first task of my MSc was to look up ten examples of projects. My interests generally hinge around education, technology and my locality so it was unsurprising that the examples I chose hinged around those. OpenBiz. Funded by JISC, this project aims to trial online...
Values - principles or standards of behaviour; one's judgement of what is important in life. (Oxford Dictionaries) Values are important because you're more likely to succeed if you believe in what it is you're doing. Principles - a fundamental truth or proposition...
