How Well Do You Know Your Professional Network I’d be surprised if many readers are unaware of the concept of Six Degrees of Separation aka Small Worlds Theory, popularised by serious research and less serious, but entertaining, literature, games and game shows. Are you familiar with the theory of Three…
Project Pilots is a keen exponent of Oracle Primavere. We find it gives clients the control necessary for quality project planning. If you want to learn more do visit their website for full details. Improving Enterprise Performance Primavera focuses on solutions that go beyond facilitating on-time and within budget and…
“I have seem projects fail for lack of proper standards so I made the decision at the start of my career that I would adhere to proper standards and working practices, joining the British Computer Society was part of the plan.” Richard Robson BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT champions…
Richard Robson the MD of Project Pilots reviews the book Project Management for Dummies :- We Project Pilots aren’t Project Managers, we can do project management and of course we can manage our own efforts, but we leave it to the second princes, black belts and scrum masters to dedicate…
A man is known by the company he keeps! Firstly an apology for the gender bias in the title, those are not my own words; they are a 2500 year old pearl of wisdom. You may be familiar with this sentiment even if you can’t recall the particular Aesop’s Fable…
Why Planning Matters Proper Planning Prevents Poor Performance (5 Ps) Very often, the first twenty percent of the time that you will spend developing your plan will save you eighty percent of the time later in achieving the business goals you’ve set later. Why do projects fail? More…
In a series of blog posts our MD Richard Robson answers some of your questions about the work of a project planner, project management software, methodologies and the difference between the roles on a project team. Look for the category “project planner explained” on the blog posts for this series…
The Project Companions Challenge If you are confident in the quality of your project plan then why not take the Project Companions challenge? If your schedule scores over 75% against two standard benchmarks (DCMA 14 Point and Fuse Index™) we’ll forgo our processing fee and provide a schedule quality assessment…
Project Companions Project Pilots Ltd are delighted to announce our latest joint venture with FP Opera Ltd. Project Companions brings together the impressive portfolios of FP Opera Ltd (Franco Pittoni) and Project Pilots Ltd (Richard Robson) in order to provide mentoring and advice to help ensure the health of projects…
Do you need to evaluate your project plan? Worried about the quality of your project schedules? Want a health check on your project schedule? Project Pilots can help you assess your project quality? DCMA 14 Point Schedule Quality Assessment The 14 Point Assessment, developed by the (US) Defense Contract Management…