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by FGrayling
Wed 05 Nov 2014 3:31 pm
Forum: Business Book Reviews
Topic: The Goal - Dr. Eliyahu M. Goldratt
Replies: 3
Views: 88877

The Goal - Dr. Eliyahu M. Goldratt

I recently read The Goal - by Dr Eliyahu M. Goldratt. Very good book! It's written as a novel so was easy to get through and take in (although sometimes found myself way more interested in his life than what I was meant to be focussing on within the book). I read the third edition version and would ...
by FGrayling
Wed 05 Nov 2014 3:25 pm
Forum: Business Book Reviews
Topic: The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
Replies: 8
Views: 174747

Re: The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey

I read this book as part of a leader development programme I attended! It's certainly a good book but be aware that it's very longwinded, quite repetitive and a tad boring at times! Not one i'd recommend for bedtime reading - it's also pretty heavy (not good when it's hitting you on the head from fa...
by FGrayling
Wed 05 Nov 2014 3:21 pm
Forum: General Project Management
Topic: PRINCE2 Interview Presentation - Assistance Needed
Replies: 1
Views: 5913

Re: PRINCE2 Interview Presentation - Assistance Needed

Hi Billy, I've only just signed up to this forum site and saw your post, so sorry if it's not very helpful to be responding now. I think your below comments are well thought out but I'd just be a little conscious that you focus very much on the project's products but the question doesn't mention the...
by FGrayling
Wed 05 Nov 2014 3:16 pm
Forum: General Project Management
Topic: What tools for resource management?
Replies: 3
Views: 9728

Re: What tools for resource management?

I'm also keen to hear about tools used for resource management. I'm new to project management and the templates used at the company I work for are fairly new and a lot of PM's don't like them (myself included) so I wanted to see what other people use to see if we could change our approach so that we...
by FGrayling
Wed 05 Nov 2014 3:11 pm
Forum: General Project Management
Topic: APMP: The APM Project Management Qualification
Replies: 3
Views: 10393

Re: APMP: The APM Project Management Qualification

Congratulations Kit!!!!! Great achievement!!! I'm planning to take my APM next year and have noticed that they do a PRINCE2 adapted version so I'm keen to know if anyone has any feedback on that version and the differences between full and this one? According to all I have found online, it says that...
by FGrayling
Wed 05 Nov 2014 3:05 pm
Forum: General Project Management
Topic: Career move to Project Management - some questions
Replies: 13
Views: 80005

Re: Career move to Project Management - some questions

Hi Maya, Like you, I decided to make the career move into project management this year, I was quite fortunate that the company I worked for have our own project management department and so have managed to step into the role after getting myself trained. I started off by doing my PRINCE2 from scratc...