Latest Blog Posts from CUPE International
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Facilitating Projects and Programmes
I had a conversation recently with someone who suggested that the skills needed to manage projects and programmes are the polar opposite to facilitation and so has no place in the PPM environment. I...
Saturday exams………..why it’s a fantastic option!
Meeting the challenges of studying whilst working or juggling other commitmentsThe Challenges It can be difficult enough fitting in studying around part or full-time work especially if you have a...
Why ASPECT?
By Sheila Roberts, Deputy Chair of ASPECT ASPECT is growing. More learning providers are recognising the need to differentiate themselves for higher quality standards than those needed for...
Is Project Bureaucracy killing your projects?
Is Project Bureaucracy killing your projects? By Moyra Wright I have been working in the project management sector as a project management consultant and trainer, for more years than I care to...
Get Great Ideas Done! Find the Best Win/Win Outcome, Enhancing Support and Overcoming your Critics with CUPE’s Insight to HM Treasury’s Better Business Cases
Have you ever discussed a great business idea with your team? Were you excited to get things moving? But did the meeting end with the inevitable phrase, ‘Well – we’re going to need a pretty...
Agile Project Management (AgilePM®)
From the The Big Time Blogby Rami Kaibni B.Eng, PMP®, PgMD Pro®, PMI-(RMP®, SP®, ACP®) , AgilePM®, GPM-b™ First Professional Development Achievement in...
Will You Use Facilitation to Make a Success of Brexit?
I imagine we have all listened to journalists and politicians explaining that the big issue with Brexit is that people voted for what they want but not how to realise it. Don’t worry this is not a...
World Project Management Day
World Project Management Day November 1st was world project management day. Last year I wrote about project management being a life skill for all. This year I have been reflecting that many projects...
What to expect when……attending an APMG Facilitation Foundation Course
Facilitation - the art of making your meetings more effective. Have you ever had a meeting that seems to go round and round in circles with no discernible outcome? Or it's the same people who speak...