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Why is the Praxis Framework™ essential for effective project, programme, and portfolio management (P3M)?

By ILX Team | 4 October 2023

Project managers face many challenges in their day-to-day work from ensuring that scope and budgets do not creep beyond initial agreements, to maintaining good communication throughout the project team and meeting fast-approaching deadlines. Implementing a structured approach, such as the Praxis...

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Support (or lack of) from internal and external stakeholders can make or break a project

By ILX Team | 26 September 2023

In this series of blogs we’ve been outlining core skills that teams need for managing projects, programmes, and portfolios. In this last one, we’re discussing why stakeholder management is an essential ability. The importance of stakeholder management The public sector, as well as other organi...

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Effective communication is essential to the success of projects, programmes, and portfolios

By ILX Team | 26 September 2023

In our last four blogs we’ve discussed some core skills that will help teams to improve the way they manage projects, programmes, and portfolios. And in this one we’re going to outline why good communication skills are essential. Why should your teams develop communication skills? Good communi...

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Ensure your project budgets are based on reliable projections

By ILX Team | 22 September 2023

Over the last week or so our blog series has identified the importance of three core skills that your teams need when managing projects, programmes and portfolios. In this blog, we’re going to look at the impact that ineffective budget management may have. Why do your public sector teams need goo...

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Allocating time resources effectively will help you meet project deadlines

By ILX Team | 22 September 2023

In the last of our two blogs, we discussed how planning and risk management are core skills that your teams need when managing project, programmes, and portfolios for your departments. In this blog, we’re going to look at the impact that poor time management will have on your department or organi...

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What is the Praxis Framework™?

By ILX Team | 21 September 2023

Effective project management is integral to a successful business. A report from the Project Management Institute estimated that by 2027, employers will need nearly 88 million individuals in project management-orientated roles. Training individuals in a certification scheme such as Praxis Framewo...

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ITIL® 4 in action: Real-life examples of how the framework has been adopted

By ILX Team | 20 September 2023

Adopting ITIL® 4 can be extremely beneficial for an organisation, as the framework provides guidance on how best to establish value streams which deliver services that meet customer needs and objectives. Since initially published in 1989, ITIL, in its various iterations, has supported many busine...

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