Archive for August, 2009

Project Management – Part II

Friday, August 28th, 2009

Still on the old chestnut of project management and the abuse of the title. Our views on effective project management are clear and highlight the one element that most people seem to forget:

A project is a success – if your client gets what they need, not what the project manager or the supplier thinks that they need.

If you are suffering from a lack of information from your project manager, or find that the deliverables have changed or disappeared into a sea of paper without you knowing, ask yourself – who is your project manager delivering for?

Ian

Building solutions that meet the customers needs

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

Today we’ve been thinking about how the customer wants to use the solutions that we develop, and we are looking at ways to break away from the tradition of making the customer search for what they want and providing it up front and immediately.

We are now working at completely revamping www.largeandtall.co.uk to deliver this kind of functionality and make the customer experience personal, efficient and comfortable. Keep your eyes out for the new site coming soon,

Ian

Project Management in the UK

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

Does a Prince2 certificate a Project Manager make?

I’m hoping that most of us know the answer to this one, but it never ceases to amaze me how many people get their Prince2 certificate and immediately change their job title. The reality is that there is a real shortage of project managers in the UK who will:

  • Control a project on behalf of the sponsor
  • Manage timescales, budgets and risks effectively
  • Plan more than a couple of hours into the future
  • Solve problems using initiative and intelligence
  • Communicate effectively and appropriately

This has become a bit of a soap box issue but I would welcome your feedback on this. Do you have trouble finding project managers? Have you lost faith because the project managers that you have hired promise big, but don’t deliver?

I look forward to hearing from you,

Ian

Ian Slesser
RareMagic