I’m leaving my project manager post at the end of this month and I’m sad. I think I was a reasonably good project manager, I got the job done within budget and deadlines and I believe I added extra value. I made sure I understood the end to end process and realised the benefits. I [...]
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Sad today but trying to see the positives
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Change, John P Kotter, Programme management, project manage, the heart of change on September 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I HATE computers….
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged applications, computers, sunshine, systems, testing on July 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been testing since 7.20am this morning.. it’s not even my job, but there is no one else to do it and I’ve become the “expert”… testing is boring, systems are rubbish and applications are pants… there is so much that can go wrong, and it does…
The sun is shining and has been for the [...]
I’m working on where I am now.. where do I want to be…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged business architect, business solutions, change manager, project manager on July 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have always been interested in streamlining systems from front to back office – stripping out unnecessary processes and transforming the business to provide truly efficient and effective services that provide real benefits to the customer. When I became Intranet Manager I was able to explore the web as the platform for realising business transformation that [...]
A new intranet
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged communication channel, intranet, staff communication, web channel on July 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My work focus over the past 16months has been implementing booking systems, now I’m returning to the organisation’s intranet to “sex” it up. When we got the new intranet up and running, the structure and navigation in place, we worked hard to communicate the full potential of this channel. Sadly, no matter how hard we tried, most [...]
ESD toolkit – electronic service delivery
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged customers, electronic service delivery, ESD toolkit, service outcomes on July 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The ESD toolkit is a fine example of public sector stuff that concerns me http://www.esd.org.uk/esdtoolkit/default.aspx
A colleague was guiding me around the site and there was a page for listing all the authority’s services, with it’s appropriate performance indicators, related projects, officers..etc..Although I can understand the merits of having this kind of information in one place… [...]
Dipping my toe into weblogging…..
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged blogging, fads, instant messaging on June 20, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Here goes…
Strangely, in my line of work, I’m rather cynical of certain technological advances and their social impact, but figure I’ve got to give this a go… Personally I’m not sure I will be able to sustain blogging. Is it just another fad, or will we all have moved on in a few year’s time? I’m [...]
