Whether you need to sell your newest idea or project, work across borders, improve your project management methods, better manage stakeholders, or help rescue your company in other ways, in this issue Pcubed has pulled together guidance from its experts to help you become more effective in the new year.
 Five Senior Consultants at Pcubed share their advice to help you gain traction in your new year. In "Get to the Point!" Tim Brett explains how to grab executives and get their attention when making your business case. In "Note Your Investment Appraising Method" Jean-Marc Simon shows how confusing nominal and real cash flows and applying the wrong discount rates can have dramatic consequences. In "Sell Yourself to Work on That New Project" Malcolm Innes offers help in how you can market yourself for a place on the new project team. "Managing Client Stakeholders" by Naveed Choudry lays out three areas to watch for in managing your stakeholders wisely. And in "You Don't Need to Have All the Answers Upfront" Julian Bowles puts in plain words why you really don't need to have a full understanding of the entire solution at the outset of a new initiative. Read article ›
 We all have to make pitches at some time in our careers, whether we're looking for funding to start up a new company, going after a piece of the budget for a new project, or trying to sell senior management on supporting a major new initiative. Pcubed Board Member Todd Warren, who has spent a "fair amount of time being pitched to and also pitching new products and business concepts to customers and managers," shares well-honed techniques to help you succeed with your next pitch. Read article ›
 How structured are your vetting processes? The New York Road Runners has seen up close how chaos can wreak havoc with operations when program changes go unchallenged. As Pcubed's Mark Davis shares, What the group has learned in the process of tightening up its vetting processes has helped ensure that its events - including the high-profile ING New York City Marathon - stay on course and that its pace setters continually work to improve their performance. Read article ›
 Question: "I have recently been appointed as a program manager with responsibility for a team that's located across four countries. In addition to best practice adopted for national programs, what additional project program management (PPM) themes should I keep in mind?"
Konrad Mizzi: In this situation, it's critical for program managers to understand ways of working across different geographies as well as to develop savvy around how decisions are made within each location. Read article ›
 Before the Total Quality Management movement, quality had a reputation for being something relegated to a specific department without any particular tools or methodologies, and those who worked on quality were considered at a dead-end in their careers. According to Pcubed's Juergen Stoeterau, the state of project management shows a lot of similarities. Read article ›
 As you look at the work going on around you in the new year, consider this: Most of it is grounded in sin. Worse, these activities can slowly, painfully debilitate your organization, making it woefully inadequate to face whatever the future might bring. Fortunately, salvation is at hand, and you still have time to rescue your operation. What you need to do, according to Pcubed's Shan Rajegopal, is apply the tenets of project portfolio management or PPM. Read article ›
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