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Project Feasibility – 4 key points to consider when shaping projects quickly

July 13th, 2020

What are you setting out to deliver? A regular challenge for project teams is how you (and they) should approach solving a business problem. Your organisation’s leadership will want an idea of how complex a solution is before committing any funding and a team will be asked to deliver this high-level view at speed and…

Breaking down Agile HR – How an organisation can start being adaptable to put its people first?

July 6th, 2020

Adaptability gives organisations the agility to see opportunities to do something better rather than reasons to say no. Ways of working are rapidly changing, and being flexible will only help organisations to put people first and come out with a more engaged and productive workforce. Doing the way it has always been done is no…

Operational Resilience: Planning for recovery at last

July 1st, 2020

Much later than anyone expected, we are now beginning to plan our returns to offices. For operations leads, while the focus is inevitably on people’s safety and wellbeing, plans should also include Recovery Planning – what do you do with the work that hasn’t been done and what should future operational priorities be? Virtual piles…

Delivering Bad News and Recommending Alternatives as a Project Manager

June 9th, 2020

Some projects reach a point where significant changes are needed to rescue their position, or even where the level of risk makes a project no longer tenable. Delivering difficult messages to stakeholders and recommending the right course of action requires courageous project management but can ensure positive outcomes. This may be even more visible now,…

Breaking down Agile HR – How Collaborative Networks help you put people first?

June 9th, 2020

We are going through a significant time of rapid changes to long-established ways of working, which brings an incredible opportunity to think about how the future may look. Agile has expanded from its home in software development and now is an important opportunity for HR to embrace an agile approach to help manage these new…

Lockdown volunteering stories from the r10 people

May 7th, 2020

The outbreak of COVID-19 is affecting us all, and more significantly the vulnerable and less privileged of our community. Besides, the necessary health support, isolation left many around us without access to necessities and in need of both financial and psychological support. Supporting each other and giving back to the community is more important than…

Agile HR: Putting People First

April 29th, 2020

We are experiencing unprecedented times, which have rapidly changed long-established ways of working. There is no going back and now is a good time to start thinking about the future, with people front and centre. Whatever decisions you are making, you’ve got an individual at the other end dealing with their personal situation. By thinking…

Operational Resilience – Learning from the journey of remote working

April 27th, 2020

By now, however good, bad or non-existent your organisation’s pandemic planning was in mid-March, if you are still trading, your plan has done its job! From an operational lead’s perspective, while these are still relatively fresh in your mind, it is a good idea to set time aside on a regular basis to keep…

Why PMO is critical for successful delivery

April 23rd, 2020

The Project Management Office (PMO) is often one of the most underrated functions when it comes to project delivery. There is a common misconception that PMO teams create additional and unnecessary overhead through a never-ending governance framework. However, a PMO function can be critical for the successful delivery of projects as well as ensuring consistent…

r10 partners with Ellenor, a charity hospice based in Kent

April 14th, 2020

The employees of r10 have selected Ellenor, a charity that provides hospice care and support to families facing terminal illness in Kent, as their new charity partner for 2020 / 2021. The partnership will see r10 employees undertake various fundraising activities in order to raise much needed funds along with promoting and raising awareness…

Hasib Dewan, r10’s Senior Manager, shares his top tips on managing projects remotely

March 31st, 2020

It is common in projects for delivery teams to be geographically dispersed. As a project manager and consultant, leading teams you have never met before (and sometimes will never meet!) is something that takes getting used to. Now due to the Coronavirus pandemic, companies and their people are being forced into virtual and remote working….

Operational Resilience – some practical pandemic planning thoughts

March 4th, 2020

A quick look at today’s news underscores the importance of operational resilience to any business in terms of keeping colleagues, clients and thus revenue in good working order. At this time, it looks like we should be bracing for a significant outbreak of the coronavirus. At quarter (and financial year) end, the amount of potential…