Earned Value Management is not a new concept -- it's been around, but often not properly implemented, since the 1950s.
I took my daughter to see the film Avatar the other day. In some ways it’s a predictable film, given the director. His film Titanic was about how much happier the poor are, dancing round their fire - I ask you? A fire on a transatlantic liner? Whereas the rich are portrayed as nasty and with petty problems.
Avatar is about how much happier people are when they live in harmony with the forest, than the “other” people constantly chasing money.
Key performance indicators (KPI), targets by another word, seem to be here to stay.
Curtis grew up in the Hood (South Queens), and quickly learnt that taking the short term view and trying to avoid the thing you fear, gets you that very thing. As a kid he feared violence, but if you show fear in the Hood you get beat up, so he learnt to confront violence, even to invite it (“the first time someone confronts you with a gun, you are very frightened. The second, you learn to cope. By the third, if you haven’t learned to be bold you’re dead, man”.)
How to prepare a benefits realisation plan (BRP) and how it supports project management and performance management, with the main and most useful resources
Benefits Planning is much more than just filling in a template - besides, who's template do you complete?
New pages added in the last 45 days (max 5)

Which is better - private funding or public? Which gives a better outcome for the individual (* clinical outcome, * user experience, * cost-effective, * sustainable) and is there a clear picture?
One way to examine this question is to look at different countries in the world and see what works for them. I tackle this in the latest blog on Technorati.
I ask you - if you were to design a new national health service from scratch, would you really design it with nobody to think ahead and make decisions on resources?
So why are the main political parties in UK engaging in their favourite sport of manager bashing?

Do you see gossip as a waste of time? Do you suffer from spiteful or destructive rumours, disrupting the team and destroying team spirit? Do you find it impossible to control - chop off one head and two more appear somewhere else?
Read how Minney.org helps organisations to use this social glue for good ...
You only have one chance to make a first impression.
In fact, you only have one chance each time, to make a first impression that sets the scene for that day, that job, that opportunity.
What of those toilet cubicles which allow for both sexes - they have a little notice on the outside saying "either"?