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	<title>Programme and Project Portfolio Management Blog (PPM) &#187; Today&#8217;s Project Management</title>
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		<title>Gartner PPM &amp; IT Governance Event 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.project-portfolio-management-blog.com/2010/06/07/gartner-ppm-it-governance-event-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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Atlantic Global is to attend the Gartner PPM and IT Governance 2010 event. The events is due to take place on the 16th and 17th of June in London UK. For more information on the event itself, who&#8217;s attending and the agenda please click on the links below.
for more information
to register
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		<title>10 Undeniable Truths of Project Managment</title>
		<link>http://www.project-portfolio-management-blog.com/2007/07/17/undeniable-truths-of-project-managment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.project-portfolio-management-blog.com/2007/07/17/undeniable-truths-of-project-managment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Today's Project Management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[1. Project Scope Is Not Defined On PowerPoint Slides
2. Project Schedules Do Not a Project Plan Make
3. Projects Are Not Managed From Behind a Spreadsheet
Some project managers secretly want to be statisticians. They love to calculate all of the various metrics pertaining to their project such as the percentages of deliverables completed, tasks currently on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sponsorship Participation in the Planning Process</title>
		<link>http://www.project-portfolio-management-blog.com/2007/05/04/sponsorship-participation-in-the-planning-process/</link>
		<comments>http://www.project-portfolio-management-blog.com/2007/05/04/sponsorship-participation-in-the-planning-process/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 13:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Atlantic Global]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Project Management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have found an interesting video post from 4 PM wesbite about the challenges of persuading a sponsor that project planning is worthwhile
The post says…”One of the very difficult barriers to doing projects the right way is the reluctance of sponsors and stakeholders to participate in the planning process. Its much easier for them to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Executive Apathy and Project Failure</title>
		<link>http://www.project-portfolio-management-blog.com/2007/04/02/executive-apathy-and-project-failure/</link>
		<comments>http://www.project-portfolio-management-blog.com/2007/04/02/executive-apathy-and-project-failure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2007 12:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Today's Project Management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This month we continue our theam about executive sponsorship. I have found an excellent post from ProjectSteps about executive apathy
Ever had a project that begins with strong executive/senior management support and over time that support fades?
The symptoms are:
1) Executives/senior management remain silent during status meetings
2) Executives/senior management stop coming to status meetings and don’t ask [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is the tail wagging the dog?</title>
		<link>http://www.project-portfolio-management-blog.com/2007/02/13/is-the-tail-wagging-the-dog/</link>
		<comments>http://www.project-portfolio-management-blog.com/2007/02/13/is-the-tail-wagging-the-dog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:28:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Today's Project Management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Who runs the business &#8211; executives or the project management stream?
The Project Centric approach certainly empowers the project manager but does it really empower the business.  One of the biggest drawbacks of David Hofferberth&#8217;s Project Centric argument is the fact that project managers and executives do not always speak the same language nor do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Project Roles and Responsibilities</title>
		<link>http://www.project-portfolio-management-blog.com/2007/01/09/project-roles-and-responsibilities/</link>
		<comments>http://www.project-portfolio-management-blog.com/2007/01/09/project-roles-and-responsibilities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2007 08:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Project Portfolio Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Project Management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Project Steps web blog has a good overview of the roles and responsibilities within a typical project team. For your convenience, we have listed these roles below.
However one role is missing &#8211; the role of the Project Portfolio Manager.
Project Portfolio Manager is responsible for spearheading PPM within the business and has one of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PPM &#8211; Issues, Challenges, Opportunities &amp; Trends</title>
		<link>http://www.project-portfolio-management-blog.com/2007/01/08/ppm-issues-challenges-opportunities-trends/</link>
		<comments>http://www.project-portfolio-management-blog.com/2007/01/08/ppm-issues-challenges-opportunities-trends/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2007 15:53:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books & Papers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Project Management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the summer of 2006, Dr. Shan Rajegopal of Berkshire Consultancy Ltd. brought together a round table of senior managers from the FTSE 100 companies.The roundtable followed three key themes:
1) Issues and challenges for companies seeking to implement PPM;
2) Ways of fine tuning PPM practices to make a lasting business impact;
3) PPM trends in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Napoleon’s Downfall &amp; Project Management</title>
		<link>http://www.project-portfolio-management-blog.com/2006/12/28/napoleon%e2%80%99s-downfall-project-management/</link>
		<comments>http://www.project-portfolio-management-blog.com/2006/12/28/napoleon%e2%80%99s-downfall-project-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Dec 2006 15:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books & Papers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Project Management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For me history is the gateway to human behavior, it teaches us not only where we have been, but where we are and where we should go. History underpins everything that is past, present and future and much can be learnt for what others have done. The PMThink Blog 1st of a 3 part series [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adoption Agency</title>
		<link>http://www.project-portfolio-management-blog.com/2006/12/16/adoption-agency/</link>
		<comments>http://www.project-portfolio-management-blog.com/2006/12/16/adoption-agency/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Dec 2006 10:35:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Project Portfolio Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Project Management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[More and more, we are seeing that PPM solutions live or die based upon the solution’s ability to gain user adoption. Like most front office systems, or any database application for that matter, if the users don’t use it, there’s no data and thus no information, and with no information there’s no value.This is obvious, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Embracing Project Portfolio Management</title>
		<link>http://www.project-portfolio-management-blog.com/2006/12/14/embracing-project-portfolio-management/</link>
		<comments>http://www.project-portfolio-management-blog.com/2006/12/14/embracing-project-portfolio-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2006 10:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Today's Project Management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[According to Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin, Project Portfolio Management (PPM) should be something that every project manager should embrace…and we agree.
According to Jeannette, there are 3 reasons to embrace PPM:
1. PPM brings realism to an organization’s planning processes.
2. PPM brings rationality in the allocation of resources, both human and financial.
3. PPM brings visibility to project work and [...]]]></description>
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