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Why project managers should value soft skills

The project management community and the wider business community are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of soft skills, but there’s still a way to go, writes Dr Lynda Bourne.

June 3, 2015

Skills

The case against multitasking

It is true that project management requires us to wear many different hats, but we do not need to continually multitask. PM Oracles puts forth the case against multitasking.

June 2, 2015

Managing

Delivering infrastructure more productively

Limited public funding and an expanding population have worsened the already sticky problem of how best to deliver infrastructure. Deborah Singerman outlines some new solutions to continuing problems.

May 26, 2015

Managing

3 agile practices to boost productivity

Bruce Leyland’s team isn’t an agile team, nor does it develop software. But that doesn’t mean it can’t adopt some agile practices to boost productivity. Here are three of Leyland’s picks.

April 20, 2015

Teamwork

Productivity for off-site project workers

It’s time to figure out a strategy and adjust work-from-home policies, or risk losing valuable talent and productivity.

March 11, 2015

Teamwork

Change your workplace, change your thinking

The secret to having an effective workplace lies in the connection between the physical workspace and culture. Jill Hamilton writes how change requires not only the restructure of the physical environment but also a mental restructure.

December 8, 2014

Teamwork

Are you getting the most from your operating procedures?

In theory, standard operating procedures embody best, most-compliant practice yet few organisations can attest that they consistently follow SOPs. Bruce Nixon explains why—and how you can change this.

December 4, 2014

Managing

Are we facing a project-based future?

A project-based future needs a project-based work environment and it seems many organisations are already embracing activity based working. Let there be projects and project spaces, writes editor Adeline Teoh.

June 27, 2014

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