Arras People

JUNE 1, 2020

The economic impact of Coronavirus in the UK (and around the world) has so far been huge, with some comparing the situation to the “Great Recession” of 2008. So recruitment is also feeling the impact and just like 2008 this situation has made the job market more competitive than ever for project management practitioners of every hue. The post Getting Ahead of the Competition: Learning Lessons from 2008 appeared first on arraspeople.

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Knowledgeline

FEBRUARY 21, 2008

An interesting string started today on the ILTA listserves regarding the generational rift within IT Departments as reported in a recent CIO.com article. This falls in line with what we're seeing in all corporations, especially in law firms. This also has an important impact on how technology is designed and how we go about training lawyers on technology.

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Wrike

JULY 27, 2008

I have already mentioned that many-to-many structures employed in project management 2.0 software offer a better way to organize your projects. Here is an interesting angle on the same topic. Have you ever thought about how our mind organizes ideas? We do not organize all the information we know in one strict hierarchical tree, life is too diverse for that.

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Wrike

MARCH 24, 2008

MLab Roundtable was a remarkable event. We discussed the ways to improve existing management practices and I had a chance to tell what inspired me to start working on the online project management software – Wrike. I have been managing businesses for more than 8 years now, and I know how inefficient traditional project management tools, like e-mail or Microsoft Project are. Most businesses now have three major gaps that could be easily filled up with the right tool.

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Knowledgeline

APRIL 22, 2008

So far this is been pretty informative. Guy Kawasaki kicked off the morning in the Keynote, if you've not heard Guy speak before, he's fantastic. Later in the morning there was a panel comprised of CIO /IT Directors from a range of firms, including Ashurt from the UK. No surprises, everyone was still very much challenged with how to manage e-mail. In a room with well over 100 people, only 3 hands went up when the moderator asked who had 75% or higher of adoption for e-mail filing.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

Many analysts , including myself , say that project management 2.0 tools make teams more productive and make organizations agile and more competitive. But does this mean that they prevent project failure? Probably not. There are several aspects of project work, including tools, processes and people. Project managers still ague which one is the most important. Experts say that individual and team motivation is the leading factor affecting the productivity of a project team.

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JUNE 3, 2008

In one of my recent posts I wrote that using project management 2.0 software helps project manager guide his team’s work, delegate some of his initial duties and allocate roles and responsibilities so that they are clear to everybody on the team. Project management 2.0 tools also let one apply some traditional methodologies of structuring responsibilities more effectively. Let’s take RACI as an example.

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Wrike

DECEMBER 16, 2008

It’s obvious that the technological communities are thriving, despite the unstable economical situation. I was invited to submit a few topics to several IT and PM conferences that will be held next year. Browsing through the areas of focus of these conferences, I’ve noticed that there are more and more talks about integration between data sources and software applications. In the era of Web as a platform, talks about integration are pretty loud indeed.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

on August 18. The audience was terrific. I was pleased to find out that many project managers who attended my presentation had previous experience in using wikis and other Project Management 2.0 tools in their work. We had an interesting 30-minute Q&A. Those of you who missed the fun can download the Project Management 2.0 presentation , read the Project Management 2.0 paper and post your questions in the comments to this post.

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Wrike

OCTOBER 7, 2008

Financial crisis is all over the news today. Some analysts are trying to predict the future of the national and global economy. Others are offering tips on how to survive in the situation of economic turmoil. Yet almost all the analysts agree that it is no time to panic; rather, you should rethink your strategies. The question arises: what strategies can help your business survive the economic downturn? Some experts, including Bill Gates , answer: “ Innovation.”

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Wrike

JANUARY 14, 2008

Today I would like to give a definition to the new term used by me in the title of this blog. I use the term Project management 2.0 to describe an evolution of project management practices inspired by Enterprise 2.0 tools. Traditional project management software implies project manager acting as a proxy in all project related communications, thus reducing productivity of project manager and the rest of the project team.

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 17, 2008

This time, Andrew was invited to write for The Project Management Hut. PMHut is a remarkable online collection of articles, covering the whole process of managing a project, from initiation to closure, including all the necessary templates. The posts are written by elite project managers. The site is an excellent resource for any project manager who wants to "get the project done."

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Wrike

OCTOBER 5, 2008

I recently wrote an article for PMHut.com. The Project Management Hut is a very useful site for project managers and those who want to know more about this sphere. Articles on topics like traditional and innovative project management methodologies, project leadership, the history of project management and much more are written and gathered from all over the world by a group of project managers, who decided to make their vast experience accessible to everyone.

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Wrike

AUGUST 4, 2008

Wrike’s users benefit from the timeline feature that allows them to plan projects and reschedule tasks with drag-and-drop support. You can drag the task bar on the chart to change the task duration, start date, or end date. Once any change is made, your team members are instantly notified about it via e-mail, RSS, or iCal feed. Task dependencies , an important project management feature, have been launched this week.

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Knowledgeline

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

It's a good thing I don't try and make a living as a blogger, my time between posts has been quite long - which is a good indicator of how busy we've been here. While every firm is grappling with the change in the economy, that certainly hasn't slowed us down with the projects we're undertaking at the firm. The two biggies this year for us are our rollout of FileSite and our intranet project.

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MAY 27, 2008

In an interesting twist, a Bethesda, MD firm has filed a suit in Federal court claiming that law firms who outsourcing their legal support services overseas could be jeopardizing their client confidentiality. This story was picked up by several news sources, including Law.com.

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Knowledgeline

APRIL 21, 2008

Thanks to all of you who either referred someone you knew, or applied for the position directly. We had a TON of interest in the position and there were many fine applicants. I'm pleased to announce that Lisa Kellar has accepted our offer and will join Reed Smith in May. We are extremely lucky to be able to bring in someone of Lisa's caliber and experience

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FEBRUARY 28, 2008

For those interested, I am looking to bring in a right hand person to do "km stuff" :) Major initiatives this year include a MOSS rollout , Recommind installation, Interwoven/ MCC deployment and a few other things I could tell you, but then I'd have to. well you know how that goes. UPDATE] A couple of points to address now, based on some of the questions I've gotten: Although I'm based in LA, the preference is to have someone based in either Chicago, NY, DC, PHL, or PIT.

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Knowledgeline

FEBRUARY 21, 2008

While this is in poor form, it's my blog and I can do what I please. I guess :) In any event, this is a great opportunity to get in on the ground floor and be able to implement a new records system (Interwoven) along with new policies and procedures. We're also looking to go paperless, it's a very exciting opportunity for the right person. The person can be based in Chicago, New York, Pittsburgh or DC. For more information look at the link below: [link

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JANUARY 8, 2008

First and foremost I hope that everyone had a safe and fun Holiday season. For those of you that hadn't heard yet, I accepted the Chief Knowledge Officer position at Reed Smith effective January 7th. I've been in Pittsburgh this week to meet everyone here, it's been fantastic so far - everything I expected and more. I thoroughly enjoyed my time at Sheppard Mullin and have fond memories, but I am really excited to begin working on all the various projects here at Reed Smith.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2008

The time-tracking feature is now released in Wrike , the project management software. We have received many inquiries from our users about ability to track time in Wrike, so we decided to implement this feature. Professional services providers, companies that work with freelancers, implement hourly pay, or have many projects and employees — all of you will find great value in the time tracking feature.

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OCTOBER 14, 2008

on the emerging trends in the development of business software, SaaS and collaboration. This “humble blogger,” as he calls himself, moderated the Project Management 2.0 panel at the Office 2.0 Conference this year. Now Zoli is working on a new blog – CloudAve.com. This blog is a joint effort of Zoli and Ben Kepes, the founding editor of Diversity. Ben is an expert in SaaS, social media and user-centric design. Both Zoli and Ben are evangelists for cloud computing, hence the focus of the blog.

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Wrike

OCTOBER 9, 2008

,” was then republished in a larger Cutter Consortium report, titled “Next Practices in Modern Project Management: Supporting Communication, Collaboration and Collective Intelligence.”. Now I’m working on a series of smaller articles for Cutter E-mail Advisor. These are aimed to help readers explore the emerging project management 2.0 tend in detail and from different angles. What questions do you think I should cover first? Feel free to comment on this post.

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OCTOBER 5, 2008

In his articles, Andrew discussed trends like the role of collective intelligence in contemporary project management and the new emerging approach to managing projects, known as Project Management 2.0. The post Unveiling the Latest Project Management Trends at ProjectSmart.co.uk. appeared first on Blog Wrike. Project Management articles News project management Project Management 2.0

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AUGUST 17, 2008

Collective intelligence, emergent structures, Enterprise 2.0 … What are these things, and how can they help you manage your projects? Wrike’s founder, Andrew Filev, explains the answers in his interview with the reputable blogger and veteran project manager Bas de Baar. The conversation covers the hottest project management topics and will make interesting and useful reading not only for project managers, but also to everybody who is involved in this sphere.

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Wrike

AUGUST 15, 2008

I was interviewed by Bas de Bar recently. Bas has a great blog called Project Shrink. It is a valuable source of tips, ideas and other important information for project managers. Bas is also the author of “ Surprise! Now You’re a Software Project Manager. ” Those of you who are in software development might want to have a look at it.

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JULY 9, 2008

Both approaches to project management may have their pitfalls. Perhaps the best way to manage your projects and business would be to use a hybrid method, which takes the best features from the two approaches. Learn more about leveraging the two approaches by reading Andrew Filev’s article published in the influential Web 2.0 Journal. The post Is It Possible to Combine Top-Down and Bottom-Up? appeared first on Blog Wrike. Project Management articles Project Management 2.0

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JUNE 19, 2008

The Canadian EPM student team is building an original racing car from scratch to participate in the next Formula SAE competition. A well-coordinated team effort is vital for them. The project implies a complex set of tasks, assigned to different team members. The whole workload could turn into chaos without a proper online project management system. The student team made the right choice by making Wrike their project management software.

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JUNE 5, 2008

This time, the focus of the debate was the emerging, innovative approach to project management known as Project Management 2.0. The issue dedicated to this extremely interesting topic included articles by experienced project managers and influential researchers and analysts, including Andrew Filev, the CEO and founder of Wrike. Andrew’s article. Normal. false. false. false. X-NONE. X-NONE. Discovering the Benefits of Project Management 2.0

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Wrike

MARCH 5, 2008

Today the discipline of management is pressed by numerous factors, like globalization and shortening strategic lifecycles. Management is developing and embracing the benefits of openness , emergence , adaptability , and many other principles countering those of the management status quo (e.g., hierarchies, command control, bureaucracy) that companies have institutionalized over the past century. Organizations like Management Innovation Lab help to create “tomorrow’s best practices” today.

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Arras People

AUGUST 21, 2019

If we look back at the data from previous PMBR reports we can see that the trend of ageing started in 2008, about the same time that the UK entered the recession. We can see from the image below that since 2008 the percentage of practitioners aged 34 and under or 35 – 49 has decreased whilst 50+ have increased. Over recent years Project Management has gained a reputation for having an ageing population.

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Arras People

JULY 8, 2020

The theme of the week was recruitment, and Johns presentation: Recruitment Realities in a Covid-19 World focusses on looking back at the 2008 recession and lessons we can learn from it, assessing the current situation we are in now, as well as making some predictions for the future as we hopefully continue to come out of lockdown. Last week (1st July) John Thorpe was invited to speak on PMO Flashmob’s weekly virtual networking session PMO Working From Home.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Rowling, Commencement Speech, Harvard, 2008. Oprah Winfrey, Commencement Address, Stanford, 2008. She does that and more with these inspiring words for the Stanford class of 2008. As professionals with targets, projects to manage and bills to pay, we must perform, whether it’s the beginning of the week or the exhausting end of a long, hard one.

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Arras People

JANUARY 23, 2020

What we’ve learnt over the years since the recession of 2008 is that there will, yet again, be a perceived skills shortlist in these rising sectors for project managers, yet there will some great talent in the marketplace getting overlooked. There were two lessons from the 2008 recession that Arras People were acutely aware of.

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MARCH 21, 2019

Robert Gates, the former United States Secretary of Defense, in a September 2008 speech, said: “Our conventional modernization programs seek a 99% solution in years. Stability and counterinsurgency missions—the wars we are in—require 75% solutions in months. The challenge is whether in our bureaucracy and in our minds these two different paradigms can be made to coexist”. Since that. acquisition Project Management

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APRIL 16, 2018

Adapting plans and estimates to changing customer needs and maximizing value at an affordable cost are the planning imperative for agile projects - paraphrased from "Timeline, Getting and Keeping Control Over Your Project," Malotaux, Annual Pacific Northwest Software Conference , Portland, OR, 2008 in Project Management the Agile Way: Making it Work in the Enterprise , John Goodpasture.

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DECEMBER 16, 2018

Another highly publicized example is that of the financial company executives who were never jailed for poor decision making which led to the 2008 financial crisis. I’m midway through Nassim Taleb ‘s latest book, Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life. As is usual with Taleb’s writing, he provides thorough but humorous coverage of a concept which can be applied to many contexts.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

One of these relatively simple models is for instance “the Cournot competition” that was applied in 1988 by the professor Richard Baldwin and by Paul Krugman, the laureate economy Nobel prize in 2008, to study the competition between the aircraft models of Airbus and Boeing.

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Arras People

DECEMBER 15, 2017

This year’s Census is also roughly a decade since the start of the recession in 2008 – this year we will be able to provide a great insight into how the project management profession has fared over that time – and to see if working conditions in project management have bounced back or are we still feeling the effects of austerity. It’s that time of year again when we ask for your time to help us put together the latest Project Management Benchmark Report.

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Arras People

MARCH 19, 2020

We learnt a big lesson the last time there was economic uncertainty in the UK, back in the 2008 downturn. There is no doubt about it, it’s been an unprecedented couple of weeks for the UK and globally with the outbreak and reaction to COVID-19. As project people, we’re hard-wired to try and bring order from chaos but even this is something that we’re struggling to manage – there’s just so much uncertainty.

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