IFMH Inform Volume 18, Number 3
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CONTENTS:
Success in Project Management – an informative and
practical workshop for those wanting to improve their project
management skills
Jacky Berry, Librarian,
BMA Library
People
management skills are often overlooked in favour of technical
skills in project management. However effective people management,
team management, influencing and communication skills, enable
project managers to gain commitment from the project team and
achieve the performance needed to successfully deliver against
objectives. Jacky Berry, the Librarian at the British Medical
Association (BMA) gave an informative and practical presentation
on people and project management using the change management
project at the BMA Library as a case study. This article is an
overview of her presentation, covering an introduction to the BMA
library, the project brief, the importance of people in projects,
the role and skills required of the project manager, motivating
and communicating with staff and Jacky’s learning points from her
experience. She also gives a brief outline of a practical session
that covered others experiences of people management with projects
and identifying the skills required for the Perfect Project
Manager (PPM).
This article is based on a presentation and
workshop given at the January 2008 LfN, IFMH & HLG study day
Success in
Project Management.
Keeping Your
Balls in the Air: A T-Q-M Approach to Project Management
Andrew Booth, Reader in Evidence Based
Information Practice, School of Health and Related Research
(ScHARR), University of Sheffield
Put simply, successful project
management involves a juggling act between the competing demands
of Time, Quality and Money. Attention to one particular “ball” at
the expense of the other two leads to projects going overtime,
delivering suboptimal outcomes or going over-budget. Each of these
three components is accompanied by tools to help in planning and
for monitoring and adjusting once the project is underway. These
tools form the basis of a project manager's toolkit. This article
presents examples from the author’s evaluations of healthcare
information projects to illustrate the challenges and demands of
successful project management. The author concludes with salutary
lessons on why projects fail.
This article is based on a presentation given at the January
2008 LfN, IFMH & HLG study day
Success in
Project Management.
‘Introduction to Project
Management’ and ‘PRINCE2: The Useful Bits’: Talks given by Paul
Waters, University of Salford
Jane Shelley, Anglia Ruskin University
A report on two presentations
given at the January 2008 LfN, IFMH & HLG study day
Success in
Project Management.
Parallel Workshop PRINCE2: A
Practical Introduction by Paul Waters
Sarah Greenley, BMJ Knowledge
A report on a workshop
given at the January 2008 LfN, IFMH & HLG study day
Success in
Project Management.
IFM Healthcare News
Richard
Bridgen, Chair, Information for the Management of Healthcare (IFMH)
IFMH Committee meeting:
26th
October 2007: digest of minutes
Suzanne Wilson, Secretary, Information for the Management of
Healthcare (IFMH)
Surf's Up - Internet sites of interest
Anthea Sutton,
Information Officer (Reviews and Special Projects), SCHARR
Sidelines
Valerie Wildridge, Information & Library
Service and Projects Coordinator,
King's Fund
ELibrary
Scotland Update: Health Management Library and Information Service
- A Quality Service for Scotland's Managers
Gill Earl, Library Services Manager,
Health Management Library, Scottish Health Service
Centre
SCIE Update:
Explaining
the
purpose,
methodology
and
usefulness
of
the
research
briefing
Salina Bates, Information Manager,
Social Care Institute for Excellence
National
Library for Health Update
Christine Rimmer, Project Manager, National
Library for Health
NLH Health
Management Specialist Library News Tim Judkins, Information
Specialist, NLH Health Management Specialist Library
Health Management Specialist Library Management Briefing February 2008:
PRINCE2
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