Planning sessions

Interesting article on running a planning session using what they call a ’storyboard’ approach – I’ve used something similar (described here) but utilising de Bono’s six thinking hats. Its interesing to see the glee in some people’s faces when we get onto the black hat stage of basically destroying ther initial plan!

Real project management – link

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an excellent article on managing projects through team commitment and enabling the project manager to manage the project as a whole venture rather than (a) managing the plan(ning) and (b) getting in the way of getting things done. Marvellous!
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Project manager competences

Was pointed to this post on PM Hut from Raven’s Brain on project management skills and competences. The emphasis on the ’softer’ people management skills:
be a leader and a manager
be a team builder and a team leader
be a negotiator and an influencer
be an excellent communicator
alongside other skills you’d expect in terms of planning, be [...]