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Tag Archives: Lessons Learned

Collaborative relationships, a mammoth achievement!

March 10, 2013by Neil A Walker Leave a comment

Collaborative relationships are now widely accepted as an incredibly effective way of working with others. This is when two or more people (or organisations) join forces; coming together to work […]

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Project Management Musings

Don’t “reinvent the wheel”

February 1, 2013by Neil A Walker Leave a comment

I read an interesting blog posted today on the Association of Project Management site, entitled “Cycle of success” by Andrew Hubbard. Andrew starts his post with one of my favourite Winston Churchill quotes […]

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Lessons Learned, Project Management Musings
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Are you making the right impression?

January 18, 2013by Neil A Walker 2 Comments

What kind of impression are you really making at your meetings? Yesterday, I had a business meeting at the Institute of Directors (IOD) office in Pall Mall, London. I have […]

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Leadership, Motivation, People Issues

Should stakeholder management be compulsory in all projects?

January 8, 2013by Neil A Walker Leave a comment

Yesterday, I had an interesting conversation with Ron Rosenhead (@ronrosenhead). Although much of this conversation was spent discussing project management “war stories” the conversation was initiated with a recent dialogue between Ron […]

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Stakeholder Management

Proof, but not in the pudding!

May 15, 2012by Neil A Walker 2 Comments

“The proof is in the pudding”, was my customers endorsement of my decision to proceed with a proof of concept (POC). As discussed in my previous article “Proof is in the […]

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Lessons Learned, Risk Management

Proof is in the pudding!

May 12, 2012by Neil A Walker 1 Comment

“The proof is in the pudding”, I had half expected my customer to recite these words to me in response to the discussion I had just had with the project […]

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Lessons Learned

Is an unwillingness to help stalling your project?

July 12, 2011by Neil A Walker Leave a comment

I came across an interesting problem today. One of my project managers was endeavouring to unearth background information on a previously delivered project (I know lessons learned may have been a […]

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Collaboration, Motivation

Biggest Sin in Project Management

February 16, 2011by Neil A Walker 1 Comment

Project management has been around for decades. Although there have been advancements in methods, processes and tools, but project still go wrong. They go wrong for the same reasons all […]

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Best Practice, Lessons Learned, Portfolio Management, Programme Management

Do Projects Really Need Executive Sponsor Support?

January 12, 2011by Neil A Walker 2 Comments

Do Projects Really Need Executive Sponsor Support? The simple answer is yes. But it is more than a name in the frame, what is needed is visible and active support. […]

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Project Sponsorship

Business ownership and involvement – Critical

December 12, 2010by Neil A Walker Leave a comment

In an earlier blog post, I discussed the lessons learned of certain key challenges, encountered during projects and programs. Specifically getting senior management to focus on the “project endeavour” throughout […]

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