Educated in New Zealand, Michael achieved an Honours Degree in Manufacturing and Industrial Technology. Since then he has gone on to achieve Project Management Professional (PMP), PRINCE2 Practitioner and a Diploma in Business Analysis (ISEB).
He has worked at the leading edge of the programme/ portfolio/ project control industry for 9 years and has experience working with Accenture, Unilever, London Stock Exchange, NHS, Morgan Stanley, Orange, TYCO and the Office of Rail Regulation.
I hope there is some food for thought there to help you address one of the most common project sins…gluttony. With a robust Resource Management function in place you will be able to avoid some of the critical illnesses of failing projects/programmes/portfolios. However this will not be the panacea for all project issues. I hope that by following this series of articles you’ll be able to learn lessons you can either apply on your current project or make sure you put in place on future projects to avoid the aforementioned transgressions.
Coming soon … we’ll be investigating the deadly sin of wrath….defined as:
‘Wrath may be described as ‘Inordinate and uncontrolled feelings of anger and hatred. These feelings can manifest themselves as vehement denial of the truth, both to others and in the form of self-denial, impatience with the procedure of law, and the desire to operate outside of the workings of the justice system (such as engaging in vigilantism) and generally wishing to do evil or harm to others’
Educated in New Zealand, Michael achieved an Honours Degree in Manufacturing and Industrial Technology. Since then he has gone on to achieve Project Management Professional (PMP), PRINCE2 Practitioner and a Diploma in Business Analysis (ISEB).