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Insight No.27 : Jun 2011Gold Medal Performance: Running the Greatest Project of the Decade

An artist's impression of Greenwich Park as it might look during the London 2012 Equestrian and Modern Pentathlon competitions
Image by Populous. Courtesy London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games *

Patriot Games: An Interview with Paul Deighton, CEO of the London 2012 Olympic Games

Paul Deighton, CEO of the London 2012 Olympic GamesCome July 27, 2012, nearly the whole world will be watching the results of Paul Deighton's labors. That's when the opening ceremony will welcome top athletes and fans to the London 2012 Olympic Games. As CEO of the London Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, Deighton has been working hard to make the Games possible. Recently, this former Goldman Sachs chief operating officer spoke with Pcubed to explain what differences he has found between leading the day to day operational requirements of investment banking and building up and managing a highly visible, multi-year organization whose total reason for being takes place over the course of a compact 29 days. Read article ›

5 Principles of Program Management for the Olympics

Ky NicholPcubed's Ky Nichol heads up the major sporting events practice for global consultancy Pcubed. That has included work for both the 2004 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Athens and the 2006 FIFA World Cup hosted in Germany. More recently, he's been involved with the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. Here, Nichol shares five key principles in delivering large, multi-agency initiatives. Read article ›

Also read:
"Helping People to Change (and Why Your Project Really Needs To)"
Large-scale transformation projects can never succeed if those involved haven't been brought into the vision. Pcubed's Martin B. Wolf and Andrew Garner offer six components in managing people during a change initiative. Read article ›

High Performance Teambuilding: The Measure of a Team

Shan RajegopalTo become a high performing team, those working together need to define just what that means. Renowned former England rugby winger and RAF pilot Rory Underwood, a member of Pcubed's facilitation team, shares why this simple exercise can be such a challenge. Read article ›

Also read:

"The Helium Stick Game" ›
"Measuring Soft Skills" ›

Rory Underwood shares additional techniques for understanding how to create a high-performance environment.


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Case Studies

Events

Jun 20APMG-International Showcase UK, Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London UK
Jun 25Get a grip on cost and complexity, Millennium Bridge House, London UK
Jun 26PMO Symposium, Cologne, Germany
Aug (TBD)Webcast: "Drive Innovation & Portfolio Management through Social Business Solutions", On-line Webcast
Sep 08Executing Inspiration Panel Discussion, GIL event in Silicon Valley, San Jose, California, USA
Sep 25Government ICT 2.0, Westminster, London, UK
Nov 08Synergy 2013, Westminster, London UK

News

  • Pcubed has received a significant contract extension to provide customization and configuration support for a client preparing to deploy Microsoft EPM 2010 to over 6,000 employees.
  • Technicolor has signed Pcubed to provide a project and resource portfolio management proof of concept.
  • Biron Crusenberry, with experience in media & entertainment, oil & gas, and services PPM, has rejoined Pcubed to lead its Southern California/Southwest practice.
  • Sal Sanfratello has joined Pcubed's automotive IT team based in the Detroit area.
  • Daniel Martell, with a deep history in agribusiness logistics, operational excellence, and project management, has joined Pcubed's New York office.

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21 : Nov 2010 ›
Financial Services : Changing for the better
20 : Oct 2010 ›
Super-Structure : Reigning in PMO Proliferation
19 : Sep 2010 ›
Why You Need to Take Hold of the Cloud
18 : Aug 2010 ›
People and Projects : Managing Change
17 : Jul 2010 ›
Power Project : Building a Better Business Case
16 : Jul 2010 ›
Fixing What's Broken: Warranty Management
15 : Jun 2010 ›
PPM : Fit the work first and let the tools fit the worker
14 : May 2010 ›
Scaling Microsoft Project 2010 Step by Step
13 : Apr 2010 ›
Breakaway Results : Transforming the IT Structure
12 : Mar 2010 ›
Project Portfolio Management : Scoring Big with Quick Wins
11 : Feb 2010 ›
Building Buzz : Inspiring Innovation in Your Organization
10 : Jan 2010 ›
Standing Out from the Crowd : Effective Resource Management

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