The life cycle of the methodology Whilst undertaking an assignment for a major government agency, I was shown some materials addressing benefits management. Now we know, benefits management is a challenge for many organisations and, as is often the case, this client had invested heavily in a ‘new’ approach. The materials I was shown had[…]
CITI attended the APM Spring conference and were delighted to meet so many old (and new) friends. It was a fantastic day and we look forward to following up with you all.
CITI held its 36th popular Centre of Excellence meeting at Aviva’s London headquarters during March. The theme of the day was “Evolution of the PMO” and we will be posting a summary report here shortly.
Come and see us on our stand at Project Challenge this March. It’s at the Birmingham Motorcycle Museum and CITI’s consultants will be there to talk to. Bernard Murray-Gates also be speaking on Thursday 26th March at 12:15 on “Change Management Communities of Practice – what’s in it for you?”. His presentation will cover: Why[…]
Dates: 23rd October 2014 Venue: Home Office, London The topic for the 35th meeting of CITI’s centres of excellence club (CofEe) was – Agile in the P3 environment: reviewing the key features of Agile development and examining whether they can be usefully extended, applied or find parallels in project, programme and portfolio management. The day[…]
Dates: 24th April 2014 Venue: Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), Cheltenham The topic for the day was – Centres of Excellence – What’s working, what’s not? The day began with an introduction from Kevin outlining some of the special considerations we all needed to adhere to as a consequence of working on this special site. (At[…]
Dates: 26 September 2013 Venue: John Lewis Partnership, London The topic for the day was Defining, achieving and measuring success in change. Chris shared a short video on John Lewis Partnership’s unique history and values before speaking about their requirement to modernise the organisation in response to changing technology markets. Through collaboration and the development[…]
Dates: 27th June 2013 Venue: FCA The topic for the day was Capability and Capacity, members engaged in lively discussions on how best to develop professional change communities to meet the demands of their change portfolios. John described the FCA’s assessment and development approach, managed through evidence gathered in their day-to-day project work. Performance improvement[…]
On the whole anarchism has a bad press, but I would like to suggest it has an explanation for the shift in leadership as we have progressed from getting the work done (Taylor’s scientific management), through understanding people (Maslow, McGregor and Herzberg), being adaptive (Burns’ transformational leadership) to becoming leaders (Goleman’s emotional intelligence). In particular,[…]
Dates: 20th March 2013 Venue: BBC in London The topic for the meeting is Linking strategy to business-as-usual with a particular focus on the development and management of the business’ operating model. In ‘Business Architecture – a practical guide’ (2012), Whelan and Meaden describe business architecture as: A discipline devoted to shaping, articulating and guiding[…]