Project Management News

Hello again everyone! The second Thursday of each month has become a new regular slot for the Tipoffs Podcast, as we dish out careers advice. Today we'll reverse course and go back and look at the three previous editions released thus far.

• FEBRUARY 2012: Sector Specialism & Portfolio Office Roles
  Our own Gary Holmes tackled questions regarding the change in approach to PPM as a transferable skillset, as well as one who works in support of Portfolios but can only find PMO roles in the jobs market that don't mesh well with her CV.
• MARCH 2012: Long Recruitment Process & No Interviews
  Ever heard of the footballer who will shoot from anywhere on the field without a conscience? So it is with the serial job applier. And has the recruitment process slowed down to the point that PPM hiring is taking longer than it once did for any particular reason?
• APRIL 2012: Switching Sectors & Personal Detail Inclusion
  The recession left one candidate wondering how hard it is to switch from public to private sectors. Gary tackled this one last month, as well as helping another candidate slip past volunteering personal information that they wanted to remain personal.

We're back next month with a new Careers Adviser podcast, and remember: The Tipoffs Podcast comes out next Thursday, so check in again!

As many of you know, there's plenty inside of the 2012 Project Management Benchmark Report each year, and there's plenty in this issue, as we delve into the current nature of the project and programme management marketplace as it pertains to age. The formula is relatively simple: are there trends with certain issues that can be broken down specifically by age? You'll find it in the April issue. Professionalism? It's in there. Career level? Affirmative. Educational breakdown? We've got it. Employment status? This is the one stop shop to find out how that shakes out by age, too.

We've got four areas, plus a fifth on today's blog entry, worth deeper inspection that you're sure to find interesting this month.

• MOBILITY & LIFESTYLE - Which age group best understands what it truly takes to get ahead in today's PPM job market?
• PROFESSIONAL BODY MEMBERSHIP - Who is taking part in professional body events, special interest groups and who wants what out of the membership in a group?
• EDUCATION - What are the education trends for the age groups that responded to our survey? Who holds a Master's degree, for instance, and who's going for a PPM-related discipline?

Check out the online version for more, including:

• PERCEPTIONS - What do PPM practitioners think of the work they do? How does our working self-perception reflect with the views of the hiring professionals?
• COMPETENCIES - What working character traits do you think mean the most in relation to the job you're trying to do? When we looked at it by age, there were some intriguing discoveries.

Welcome back for our newest segment of Arras People Podcast today - The Careers Adviser. In this monthly podcast (look for us on the second Thursday of each month), another one of our project management careers consultants from Arras People will take a shot at answering some of the more common questions we hear from candidates every day.

THIS MONTH: Gary Holmes takes some time out to address two specific issues in the recruitment process...

• Can I switch from one sector to another in a recession?
• When submitting my CV to a jobs database, how do I avoid giving away my personal details?

This month's edition of Project Management Tipoffs we take a look at Project Management Challenges. I prefer the word challenges to problems, issues and failures which seem to be words we hear a lot in relation to projects and project management. Challenge is much more positive, upbeat and the romantic in me likes to think opportunity, adventure and the 'unknown around the corner.'

In this issue we launch the 2012 Project Management Benchmark Report so you can see the challenges practitioners face in yours and their chosen career. There is much to ponder in this year's report and we kick off this newsletter with some highlights. Also check out the snazzy infographic.

We hear from Craig Golby from Dignitas and he should be congratulated for getting time travel into a project management newsletter. Take a look at Craig's challenges below.

We also take a deeper look at the challenges the younger project management generation are facing - does the future look bright?

• Check out the March newsletter from Tipoffs

Welcome back for our newest segment of Arras People Podcast today - The Careers Adviser. In this monthly podcast (look for us on the second Thursday of each month), another one of our project management careers consultants from Arras People will take a shot at answering some of the more common questions we hear from candidates every day.

THIS MONTH: Nicola Caswell-Thorp takes some time out to address two specific issues in the recruitment process...

• I'm applying for 30 roles a week. Why can't I get any job interviews?
• Is the recruitment process taking longer than it once did?

Hello, Arras People Podcast Fans! It's a special announcement podcast today, regarding information about the new contest we're holding in conjunction with our Tenth Birthday.

"Ten in Ten: A Celebration of Project Management" is Arras People's way of saying "Thank you" to everyone who has helped Arras People establish its identity as THE project management recruitment people. This celebration is not about us - it's about you! It's about the clients and firms who've been there alongside Arras, and the job candidates who turned to us for our expertise, placements, coaching and service. The free entry prize draws continue throughout the year, with great birthday presents available to you from the generosity of leading project management sponsors.

Each month, you could win great gifts like training course placements, VIP tickets to must-attend networking events, and a plethora of helpful resources & tools that no project manager should be without.

The March competition is co-sponsored by Gower Publishing. Take their two-minute survey, and if your name is drawn first you'll win £600 worth of project management books, courtesy of Gower. 10 runners up also get their choice of a Gower PPM book. Check out the Gower PM Catalogue and their project management website to learn more!

There are many ways to follow what's happening all year long with Ten in Ten:

• The Official Ten in Ten Homepage 
• Ten in Ten Calendar of Events

This month's edition of Project Management Tipoffs celebrates our first year of being the host of the UK's Project Management Training Directory. This directory is home to some of the biggest accredited names in the Project Management training game today - Parallel Project Training, TCC Training and Consultancy, Logical Model, CUPE Projects, Capita, AFA and many more. 

In celebration of this first year Tipoffs hands over the issue to the trainers. In this issue we look at the new PRINCE2 Professional certification on offer from the APM Group, David Roberts of CUPE Projects ponders what this new level of P2 hierarchy could mean for your career.

Paul Naybour of Parallel Project Training adds some of his thoughts about portfolio management, while Logical Model's Simon Harris tackles the pyramid of decision-making within an organisation.

Dot Tudor of TCC Training offers some expertise on the realities of the iterative changes that Agile adaptees must face. Stefan Urbanski of Capita identifies the skills of managers in general, managers of projects and managers of IT, framing exactly what each party will need. And Susan Ferguson of AFA Projects wades through some of the ignored project management certifications that truly are worth a glance.

• Check out the online February newsletter from Tipoffs.

We introduce a new element of the Arras People Podcast today in the form of the Careers Adviser. In this monthly podcast (look for us on the second Thursday each month), one of the project management careers consultants from Arras People will take a shot at answering some of the more common questions we hear from candidates every day.

THIS MONTH: Gary Holmes takes some time out to address two specific issues in the recruitment process...

1. Elaine from Leicester asks: "We keep hearing about ‘specialising’ as the key to hiring project managers, mostly when talking about sectors. I was led to believe the project management skills are transferable. Is that really the case right now, and if so, is there a way for candidates to get around this narrow-minded specialism?"
2. Tasmin in Bristol writes: "I am currently working for an established financial services provider within the project team and am looking for a fresh challenge. The problem I am facing is that of targeting my CV for the market as the vast majority of work that I carry out is in support of a Portfolio as opposed to a Programme, yet the roles I am coming across are primarily in traditional PMOs. Can you help?"

Check out the Podcast, and tell us what you think!

Now that the champagne flutes have been washed and packed away, Project Management Tipoffs rings in the new year with own kind of celebrations and anticipation. And what are we anticipating? The industry trends for the New Year, of course!

First things first though: Make sure the modern picture of the project management marketplace is accurate, and take part in the 2012 Project and Programme Management Census and have your say.

In addition to giving you this fantastic opportunity to help shape the most trusted PPM Study on marketplace/industry tendencies, Project Management Tipoffs slips on their Nostradamus shoes this month, soliciting the highly educated guesses of some leading project management personalities.

Here's the Rundown:

• The Dearth of Leadership Continues to Plague Project Management
• Project Focus, Sponsors and PMOs
• Project Approvals, Collaboration Tools and Planning Changes
• Managing the Project As Well As the Change
• BOOK REVIEW - "Leading Successful PMOs"

As the year 2011 comes to an end and we enter an Olympic year filled with high-profile projects on view to the world, project managers across the nation and the world brace themselves for the status of the project management marketplace. In early Febraury we'll bring you that very status with the release of the 2012 Project Management Benchmark Report, compiled from the responses of those in and around the project management world throughout the UK and  worldwide to the 2012 Project and Programme Management Census. Take part in the Project Management Census today to have your say. 

Additionally, Project Management Tipoffs is your career adviser this month. Our issue for December consists of nothing but questions from project managers, and answers from our wealth of project management careers consultants. Michael Hides, Nicola Caswell-Thorp, Gary Holmes, Steve Trippier, Lindsay Scott and John Thorpe all take a crack at some of the issues burning in the project management marketplace at the moment, making it an invaluable resource for project management practitioners.

Here's how it all breaks down:

• Is Project Management Work Still Needed in This Economy?
• How Do Project Managers Switch Their Domains?
• How Do You Gain Buy-in For Organisational Change?
• How Should a Contractor Deal With Giving Notice?
• Can Social Networking Help My Job Search?
• How Do You Cope With Losing a Job?

In this month's podcast to accompany the Project Management Tipoffs newsletter, we review the current project management marketplace in terms of salaries and rates. This time last year we released salary data, so thought it would be a good time to get an update on that and see what's been happening in 2011.

We have two articles focused on salaries and rates - the first shows where the project management marketplace is at this moment in time - have we seen any improvements, changes or areas of interest? John Thorpe takes us through the stats and details.

John also brings us a new and interesting view on salaries and rates - is there a correlation between the accreditations a project professional has and their earning power? Read on for this new insight.

Finally we bring news of the PPM Census 2012 which will be distributed to project management professionals nationwide in the next few weeks. If you want to be informed about the project management marketplace heading into 2012 we urge you to take part next month.

Tipoffs is presented by CUPE Projects. CUPE Projects offer a wealth of training opportunities in many PPM accreditations, including PRINCE2, MoR, MSP, ITIL, and APMP, and PMP, as well as other qualifications like Management of Value, Earned Value Management and a P3M3 Audit & Assurance Workshop. CUPE Projects’ David Roberts offers a piece on our blog, How to Manage a Camel, on the emergence of Management of Value in the PPM toolkit, so check that out.

And be sure to also check out our wealth of training companies like QA Training, CUPE Projects and a host of other certified training companies in the Arras People Project Management Training Directory. Newcomers to the Arras People website can easily find the Training Directory tab in the top right-hand side of any Arras webpage.

Agile project management? Or is it agile project management? Method or philosophy? SCRUM or DSDM Atern? And can someone tell me which one the APM Group's certification is tailored after?

These are some of the questions we've been asking about Agile from the project management community. There's plenty of confusion about what Agile means to practitioners in project management - just take a look yourself by performing a Google search!

We got really interested in March 2011 when the UK Government launched its new ICT strategy mandating all projects become smaller in scope and more Agile in method. Was it just a new buzzword for government project departments? Can the PRINCE2 ingrained ways of the ICT personnel translate easily to an Agile way? And again - which kind of Agile method is the Cabinet Office talking about, anyway?

We've enlisted the help of the Agile guru Keith Richards, who lays out for project managers what Agile can do, what it can't do, and also tackle that "method or philosophy" question. Our next author is Arras' John Thorpe, who tackles that same question and also applies the emergency brake to what sometimes feels like a runaway train bound for widespread Agile adoption without a true understanding of what we're getting ourselves into. Finally, Dan Strayer talked to Agile's advocates (agilistas and PMs), sorting through the benefits Agile can bring to certain projects while also getting a better appreciation for how Agile PM can be applied improperly. We also take a look at the professional bodies response to Agile and project management with courses and accreditations.

In the lead up to this month's newsletter focused on higher education in project management, we've touched off debates & healthy discussions, tapping into educated opinion throughout the project management community. All of it revolves around one emerging area within project management – project management degrees.

Tying in with our newest portal, the Higher Education Directory, we've collected viewpoints from the Arras People LinkedIn Group page; responses from our poll at Survey Monkey; and viewpoints at the Association for Project Management discussion we've originated.

It's all in the name of giving project management practitioners, job seekers, students, educators and hiring personnel alike the ability to provide input and feeling for what degrees in project management mean for the marketplace. We'll interpret our discoveries of what you've told us, and determine what project management courses in the UK's universities will mean to the profession as a whole.

We're also back with another edition of Question of the Month, and we gear our readers toward one of our Frequently Asked Questions. In our other running feature, Lindsay Scott again reviews a new book: this time, she tackles Peter Parkes' NLP for Project Managers, with an accompanying announcement of a planned course Parkes will deliver in November. A 10% discount on the course is available to Tipoffs readers - visit www.NLP4PM.com with the code "Arras" to learn more about the course itself and what it can bring to you.

Articles from the newsletter that'll you hear in the podcast

• Have Your Say – What the Broader Project Management Community Says About Higher Education
• The Professor Speaks: Dr Sean Dodd on Project Management Degrees
• Book Review: "NLP for Project Managers"
• Q&A: "I’m being made redundant soon, but I’d like to try and use my remaining time with the company to fund some relevant training that can help me when I’m out. I’m thinking of going with either PRINCE2 or the PMP certification. What would you suggest?"

The month of August for Project Management Tipoffs means the poolside on holiday, the kids playing on the deck, and meandering thoughts about your career. It happens, believe me. But how do you turn these idle thoughts into something productive that can lead to some distingushing revelations about effective job searching when you return?

For matters such as these and also tying in our new Careers Advice page, How to Differentiate Yourself in the PM Marketplace, we explore ways to turn those thoughts into a productive process that lands the role you've always wanted but may not have known existed.

Our next piece targets some data revealed in the Differentiate Yourself pages, and expands upon these revelations by advising according to the trends and facts within the current PPM marketplace. The information is fresh from a presentation given by our own Lindsay Scott in June of the same title, and our ultimate aim is to give you some tips as to the right way to self-market and pursue a good image for the branding of "you: the ultimate PPM candidate!"

Guest contributor Birgit Oberlerchner tells us how she approaches a job offer these days in the midst of a groundswell of movement against immediate acceptance of a job offer. We're also back with another edition of Question of the Month, a reference to one of our series of Frequently Asked Questions, and Scott takes a look at Denise Taylor's Now You've Been Shortlisted: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Being Successful at Interviews and Assessment Centres, with one lucky reader able to get their hands on a free copy! Nicola Caswell-Thorp also ponders a question from a candidate about serial applying and the unwanted scrutiny such practises bring.

The theme for the Arras People Podcast this month is stakeholders and the politics of project management: these are the unavoidable office politics and that necessary stakeholder management that can bog down a project before it ever really gets a flow going has garnered our attention.

You can't run from it, either: stakeholder engagement is about communicating the project's end products, uses and ultimate affect on those who will feel either the brunt of it or the necessity of it (dependent on their perspective). Here are the tips you can glean from this month's podcast to use going forward:

• An introduction to stakeholder management: What & who are the stakeholders, do they change throughout the project’s timeline, and is there classification fixed?
• A thorough analysis of the tools and psychology that can help you effectively manage stakeholders
• Q&A: Our newest recruiter, Steve Trippier, pontificates on one candidate’s desire to convince recruiters through his CV about the veracity of their stakeholder management skills

In the Newsletter version, you can also ponder these articles:

• Book Review: Guest contributor Geri McLeary reviews Elaine Douglas’ Bullying in the Workplace, a new title from Arras’ publishing partner Gower Publishing
• Political savvy: our Lindsay Scott ponders complex stakeholder management, with tips on how to earn credibility with each stakeholder and determines whether or not it is – in fact – a competence

In a special edition of the Arras People Podcast, we delve into matters related the recruitment market for project managers and the steps you can take to differentiate yourself from the crowd in the midst of a growing "me, too" job-hunting culture. Lindsay Scott narrates in this informative, insightful advice session.

Developing your career prospects in project management is no longer the sole domain of higher learning classes, seminars and trade shows. As the evolution of podcasts, webinars and micro-blogging sites like Twitter have proved in recent years, there is always some other tool in the pipeline that can propel your possibilities.

This month, career development is the goal of Tipoffs, and we've tapped some of the leaders on our own Project Management Training Directory - as well as one of our directors, and the editor-in-chief - to delve into CPD and you. You'll learn about the wealth of opportunity that sits before you these days, including:

• Why you need to give Agile more consideration
• The soft skills you can't succeed without
• A re-think about how big a role you play in your communications process
• And more

For this month's edition of Project Management Tipoffs, just as in February, we've handed some of the editorial content over to the trainers who've jumped on board in full-embrace of the goals of the Training Directory - renowned names like Real World Training, The Learning People, Logical Model, ChangeQuest, and RADTAC.

The Tipoffs podcast is moving on up in the world, because now we've added music. Original compositions from Mike Thorpe will now accompany future podcasts, premiering this month as we delve into project management issues within both the public and private sectors.

Firstly we have a piece that explores the Benchmark Survey as it tackles both sides of the public/private coin, getting a feel for just what the market thought heading into 2011.

We then hit the refresh button, going back into the market to get a project man on the street perspective as to the strengths, weaknesses, tendencies and trends going through each sector.

Project management hiring issues regarding specialism emphasis concern the asker of our Question of the Month, and guest reviewer Elizabeth Harrin takes a look at Emanuel Camilleri's Project Success.

This month we have decided to look at some of the workplace challenges faced by the project management community by taking data from the Arras People Project Management Benchmark Survey and also the results of a discussion we recently hosted over on LinkedIn.

Firstly we have a piece that looks at how age impacts the project management practitioners, in terms of outlook and opportunities in the workplace. Is ageism an easy call or is there more that older practitioners can do to open up new opportunities for themselves?

We then take on the ever present question of gender and the imbalances reported by practitioners in the project management community. Again we ask if there is real discrimination based upon gender, or is it actually for many caught up in a broader set of circumstances?

We then move on to discrimination in the workplace and share the responses from a recent LinkedIn discussion where we invited practitioners from around the world to share with us their personal experiences, both good and bad. The discussion is a real eye opener and we would still welcome further input from the wider community.

Project management issues for hiring and workplace effectiveness tackle the person asking our Question of the Month, and we also take a look at Professor Knut Samset's Early Project Appraisal, through the lens of guest book reviewer John Greenwood.

Check out the newsletter at http://www.arraspeople.co.uk/project-and-programme-management-resources/project-management-newsletter-from-arras-people/project-management-newsletter-from-arras-people-archive-2011/workplace-challenges-project-management-tipoffs/

The first Project Management Tipoffs issue for 2011 deals with Portfolio Management and the new Best Practice Guidance from the OGC to be made available publicly 8th February. Here's a glimpse at what this podcast has for you this month:

• An Introduction & Overview of the New Portfolio Management Guidance
• What the Project Practitioners Say About Portfolio Management
• Book Review: "The Success Healthcheck for IT projects"
• Q&A: "I am targeting my CV for the market as the vast majority of work that I carry out is in support of a Portfolio as opposed to a Programme, yet the roles I am coming across are primarily in traditional PMOs. Can you help?"

We also introduced some new look things to this month's newsletter, including the Updates Feed on our Facebook page and a section designed to get your Frequently Asked Questions answered, all at the click of a mouse instead of dialling a number.

For the full-length paginated verison of Tipoffs, please go to http://www.arraspeople.co.uk/project-and-programme-management-resources/project-management-newsletter-from-arras-people/project-management-newsletter-from-arras-people-archive-2011/portfolio-management-guidance/

From the Project Management Tipoffs issue for November 2010, the Arras People Podcast version is ready for download.

Here’s a quick glance at what we’ll have on offer for our Tipoffs readership:

• A Snapshot of the Salaries and Day Rates for Project Management Personnel
• Introduction to the Arras People Project Management Benchmark Report 2011 (PMBR)
• Book Review: "Essential Project Management Skills"
• Q&A: “In my last role I didn’t add any value so what should I do?”

For the full-length paginated version of Tipoffs, go to http://www.arraspeople.co.uk/04-ppm-resources/project-management-newsletter-from-arras-people/project-management-newsletter-from-arras-people-archive-2010/project-management-benchmarks-for-2011/

From the Project Management Tipoffs issue for October 2010, the Arras People Podcast version is ready for download.

Here’s a quick glance at what we’ll have on offer for our  Tipoffs readership:

• The Iceman Cometh: Public Sector Freezes and The Project Manager
• The Perception Challenge: A Template to Attaining Private Sector Employment
• Book Review: "Thinking Harder - Being Smart About Transformation"
• Q&A: "I'm unsure about the stability of the market and whether it is wise to consider moving into the public sector at the moment. What advice can you give?"

For the full-length paginated version of Tipoffs, go to http://www.arraspeople.co.uk/04-ppm-resources/project-management-newsletter-from-arras-people/project-management-newsletter-from-arras-people-archive-2010/public-sector-project-management-in-crisis/

From the Project Management Tipoffs issue for September 2010, the Arras People Podcast version is ready for download.

Here’s a quick glance at what we’ll have on offer for our Tipoffs readership:

• The PRINCE2:2009 Revamp: One Year Later – A year ago, PRINCE2 was given a makeover, and re-introduced. The author of the revamp, Andy Murray,  tells us about the first year of the PRINCE2:2009 refresh
• PRINCE2 and The Modern Project Manager – PRINCE2 has won the methodology war in project management. But what does this certification / keyword really tell us about the modern project manager? Dan Strayer and John Thorpe delve into a sample of CVs rife with PRINCE2
• Training Whilst Gaining – Why would you wait until the realities of the job market hit you unexpectedly?
• Book Review – Nicola Thorp reviews Adryan Bell’s Re-imagining the Office: The New Workplace Challenge
• Q&A – Mick Hides takes a question on programme management and the importance of the Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) certification

For the full-length version, go to http://www.arraspeople.co.uk/04-ppm-resources/project-management-newsletter-from-arras-people/prince22009-one-year-on-project-management-newsletter-tipoffs/

From the Project Management Tipoffs issue for August 2010, the Arras People Podcast version is ready for download.

Here’s a quick glance at what we’ll have on offer for our Tipoffs readership:

• Making the Switch from Permanent Employment to Contractor – and vice versa: If you’ve ever wanted to make the leap from one side of work to the other, we’ll tell you what you’ll need to be ready for.
• What Makes People Want to Leave Their Job? A survey of some leading project & programme management practitioners reveals some of the leading reasons for career changes.
• The Funetic Alphabet Book Giveaway: If you want to review a book for a future edition of Tipoffs, then take part in this entertaining exercise offered by our own Mick Hides!
• Book Review: Critical Chain Project Management (2nd Edition), Lawrence Leach: Guest book reviewer and veteran senior PM Peter McKenzie-Midland provides readers with the impressions on Leach’s second go-round with Critical Chain PM.
• Our Regular Question & Answer of the Month: Nicola Thorp assumes the leadership chair for August's selected question.

For the full-length version, go to http://www.arraspeople.co.uk/nostalgic-for-careers-changes-project-management-tipoffs/

From the Project Management Tipoffs issue for July 2010, the Arras People Podcast version is ready for download.

Here’s another quick glance at what we’ll have on offer to our Tipoffs readership:

• Professional Practitioners & the Professionalisation of PPM – We travelled to Best Practice Showcase 2010 and hosted some round table discussions with fellow PPM practitioners with regard to professionalism in project management. In Tipoffs, we report our findings.
• Skills Shortage Fever: The Last Five Years – Five years ago, Tipoffs reported a massive shortage of skills in the project management workplace. Are we better off five years later?
• CV Writing Services & The Professional Job Hunter: An Oxymoron? – Long have we been sceptical of CV writing services for job candidates. If CV writing is a skill, is there a shortage on this toolset as well.
• Book Review: International Project Management – Our guest book review, Dr. Ed Wallington (read his previous Camel posts here), provides us with his take on Kathrin Koster’s International Project Management.
• Question and Answer session: Would employers start to notice you if you gained your Prince2 qualification?

For the full-length version, go to http://www.arraspeople.co.uk/04-ppm-resources/project-management-newsletter-from-arras-people/nostalgic-for-careers-advice-project-management-tipoffs/

From the June 2010 edition of Project Management Tipoffs, Job-hunting can be a frustrating exercise, especially when you're not 100% sure you're doing everything you can and doing it the right way. This month, Project Management Tipoffs looks at the tricks of recruitment trade. In two articles we cover "What You Need to Know About the Recruitment Process" and "Hidden Vacancies: Where Else Can You Be Looking?". We also take a look at a couple of holiday-friendly bestsellers for June in the Book of the Month review.

To read this newsletter, go to http://www.arraspeople.co.uk/project-and-programme-management-resources/project-management-newsletter-from-arras-people/project-management-newsletter-from-arras-people-archive-2010/project-management-newsletter-recruitment-project-management/.

From the May 2010 edition of Project Management Tipoffs, Arras People recognises that professionalism is a hot-button issue for the UK project management market. The Association for Project Management (APM) awaits the results of its application for Chartered professional status, but actions can be taken to get your professional practitioner ducks in a row. For instance, we answer these three questions:

• How does a "professional" project manager act?
• Until a Standard is made official, how would APM suggest a professional project manager act?
• How can the project management job seeker look "professional" to the recruiter?

To read this newsletter, go to http://www.arraspeople.co.uk/project-and-programme-management-resources/project-management-newsletter-from-arras-people/project-management-newsletter-from-arras-people-archive-2010/the-project-management-professional-project-management-newsletter-tipoffs/.

From the April 2010 edition of Project Management Tipoffs, we take a look at a harsh reality touching even those in the PPM community: redundancy. But contrary to popular belief, the glass can be half-full with the right approach, and we share a couple of candidate-influenced stories to reinforce the notion of possibility after finding yourself out of work. Look also for tidbits from the Project Management Benchmark Report, plus a book review on The Little Black Book of Project Management.

To read this newsletter, go to http://www.arraspeople.co.uk/project-and-programme-management-resources/project-management-newsletter-from-arras-people/project-management-newsletter-from-arras-people-archive-2010/redundancy-in-project-management-project-management-newsletter-tipoffs-laquo-arras-people/.

From the March 2010 edition of Project Management Tipoffs, we talk about some of the crucial competencies in Project and Programme Management (PPM), and determine which ones are key to specific PPM roles. There's also a synopsis of the APM's 5 Dimensions of professionalism from Arras People's John Thorpe, and a review of the hierarchy in the current PPM climate.

To read this newsletter, go to http://www.arraspeople.co.uk/project-and-programme-management-resources/project-management-newsletter-from-arras-people/project-management-newsletter-from-arras-people-archive-2010/progressing-your-career-development-project-management-newsletter-tipoffs/.