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john higham
Hi to all,
i won’t be around for a couple of days as i’m travelling to Scotland to get married to Carla 
on Saturday the 7th July 2007…
It took me a while, but i am finally making the jump and committing myself.
see you when we’ll be back loaded with pictures which we might just share with you
so, don’t worry if i don’t react instantly to your comments or queries.
take care and keep in touch
john higham
pmguru.com
Hi to all the PMguru.com visitors.
I have finally managed to move our site to a new format.
The site is now running on WordPress which i believe will allow a better and smoother operation.
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I have been asked to jot down a few Do’s and Don’ts about project management. I have enlarged this slightly to include the implementation of a structured project management method and a look at what benefits some users feel they have obtained.
DO remember that projects are about change. A quote from John Barnfield of Reading Borough Council in a recent article about a project case study is, “Change frightens people and they need to understand what you are doing, why you are doing it and how it affects them.”
Everything is changing. Check it out.
We are changing quite a few things here at PMguru.com.
Mainly because we are aware of the growing need for web security and also we like finding new ways to present content.
Not only the look and feel of the site has been improved but we hope that the whole experience of our site will make each visit more useful and increase membership.
We hope every visitor and each user will experience better performance and enhanced useability on the site.
We are also preparing for growth in terms of content.
We will have guest appearances of big names in the industry who will now and then bring an insight of their experience and share tips and tools with us right here on our PMguru.com site.
looking forward to meeting you here.
john higham
PMguru.com
on 11 and 12 May 2005, PMguru France will exhibit at the Paris Show for Project Management.
we’ll bring you all the pictures and all the gossip.
follow this link carefully to be given the main info of that major event in France.
john higham
PMguru.com
With over 15 years Project Management experience, and some years being an assessor and examinor for the method, John Higham has now also become an approved PRINCE2 trainer.
Many thanks to CUPE Ltd ATO (Accredited Training Organisation) for sponsoring him to become an approved trainer and many many special thanks to Sheila Roberts for her moral support, motivation and encouragements.
In fact, John Higham is now the first approved PRINCE2 trainer based in France where he will spend whole his energy bringing the methodology into the french marketplace.
John Higham is currently finalising a couple of books on the method, mainly aimed at those who are registered practitioners and who want to improve their experience and use of the method in a real project environment.
PRINCE2® is a Registered Trade Mark of the OGC in the United Kingdom and other countries.
PRINCE2 is owned by the British government (i.e. it is owned by The Office of Government Commerce, part of the Treasury Department). It is part of its recommended ‘Best Practice’ for all types of project. So why are there government projects that either fail or could have been performed much more efficiently and effectively?
First, one has to realize that PRINCE2 is recommended, not mandated. There is an English saying that ‘you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink’. Similarly, although PRINCE2 is available to them, not all government projects make use of it. When we look at establishments which either have or had close ties to government, such as police departments, public utilities (water, electricity, railways), we find PRINCE2 adopted and many very successful projects being the result. But in government there are many departments that don’t currently use the method.