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Current issue #120 released on 29th April 2021. The next issue is due to be released sometime.
Project Management Info-Letter Archive and Topics
| Issue Number | Date Issued | Topics – In the News, MS Project Tip, PM Tip, Recent Blog, Dissertation Support |
| 1 | 05 October 2017 | Big Ben, Legend Off when Printing, WBS, EXCEL Rant, Aims and Objectives |
| 2 | 12 October 2017 | BloodHound, Fields, Estimating, Can Communicate with MS Project, Aims |
| 3 | 19 October 2017 | Hyperloop, Dependencies, Dependencies, Stakeholder Management v Stakeholder Engagement, Chapter lists and WBS |
| 4 | 26 October 2017 | Low Cost Navy Frigates, Multiple Projects, Resources, Project Objectives, Methodology |
| 5 | 02 November 2017 | Houses of Parliament, Assignments, Communication, Benefits Management, 3 blogs |
| 6 | 09 November 2017 | HS2, Work Contours, PMO/Reviews, Project Charters, Ethics |
| 7 | 16 November 2017 | Driverless Cars, Team Planner, KanBan, Work Assignments in MS Project, Progress reporting |
| 8 | 23 November 2017 | Hinkley Point, Task Path, Project Risk, Runner Repeater Stranger, Discussion and Critical Evaluation |
| 9 | 30 November 2017 | Tesla, Task Inspector, Progress Monitoring, Kanban Boards, Conclusions Review |
| 10 | 07 December 2017 | Nasa Voyager, TimeLines, Baselines, Simulations, PM Progress |
| 11 | 14 December 2017 | Dam Building Grandmother, Attach Documents, Float and Slack, Communications versus the APM BoK and CF, Elevator Pitch |
| 12 | 21 December 2017 | Nasa Orion, Organizer, Stakeholders, Project Monitoring, Proposals |
| 13 | 04 January 2018 | Plan your Resolution, Creating New Tables, ROI, IRR, and NPV, Using calendars in MS Project, Peak Workloads on hand-in |
| 14 | 11 January 2018 | Alexa, Siri, Coratana and google, Creating New Views, Business Case/Benefits, What is a Project Risk, Choosing the project |
| 15 | 18 January 2018 | A380 Projects and Products, Creating New Filters, Writing the Specification, Project Risk Assessment, Marking Dissertations |
| 16 | 25 January 2018 | Carillion and Government Contracts, Showing Total and Free Float, Sharing the Specification, Where does Project Risk Assessment go Wrong?, Corporate Learning |
| 17 | 01 February 2018 | Houses of Parliament, 35 Levels, WBS Tips, Project Management Task Types, Outlines v Proposals |
| 18 | 08 February 2018 | Space X Falcon Heavy, Project Resource and material Costs, OBS, Work and Duration are Different, Real Project Outlines |
| 19 | 15 February 2018 | Olympic Games Korea, Project Fixed Costs, RACI Charts, Work and Duration in MS Project, When it goes quiet! |
| 20 | 22 February 2018 | Wooden Skyscraper, Adding a custom field for WP level, Skills for the PM, Costs in Microsoft Project, New Stakeholders |
| 21 | 1 March 2018 | Airbus, Right Clicking, Team Location, Project Outlines and Project Proposals, PM being the technical Expert |
| 22 | 8 March 2018 | Nile Dam, Zooming in to minutes, Communication Matrix, Project Selection, Gateways to stop projects. |
| 23 | 15 March 2018 | F-35 Lightning II, Milestone Dates, Groups and Teams, Coventry South Scheme, Case Studies Before Titles |
| 24 | 22 March 2018 | Kenilworth Railway Station, Zoom to Task, Project Manager as Leader, Index of Masters Blogs, Sources of Dissertation Support |
| 25 | 29 March 2018 | Driver-less cars, Walking Gantt Chart, Competences, Index of MS Project Blogs, Student Syndrome |
| 26 | 5 April 2018 | James Webb Space Telescope, BS6079 Formatting, Benefits Mapping, RACI Charts, Citation Dates |
| 27 | 12 April 2018 | Remove Debris Space Junk, Creating Dependencies, How to do a WBS, Competences, Masters Level Elements |
| 28 | 19 April 2018 | Beluga, Project Objectives – Properties, Managing Virtual Teams, Benefits Mapping, What Why How Aims |
| 29 | 26 April 2018 | Virgin Galactic, Hyperlinks, Trello, Payback, Abstracts are not abstract! |
| 30 | 3 May 2018 | TSB Systems, Adding link to Objectives, WBS Tools Online, ROI, Viva Purpose |
| 31 | 10 May 2018 | Kenilworth Railway Station, Light Blue shows changes, PM Software, NPV, Project Proposals |
| 32 | 17 May 2018 | Reaction Engines, Screen Size – View bar, PM Maturity, IRR, Aims and Objectives |
| 33 | 24 May 2018 | Gas Projects, CAPS LOCK for work packages, WBS Verb Nouns, Reasons to Ignore Financial Appraisal Methods, Chapter lists and WBS |
| 34 | 31 May 2018 | Environmentally Responsible Project Management:, Indent only 9 times, WBS top down, Bottom up., Zooming in to Minutes, Methodology |
| 35 | 7 June 2018 | Electric and Driverless Vehicles, Gantt Chart Gridlines, Motivation, Groups and Teams, Ethics |
| 36 | 14 June 2018 | Project Grief – Wind Satellite, Cost Per Use Resources, Plan for end of life, Belbin, Progress reporting |
| 37 | 21 June 2018 | Electric Planes, Resource Types, Important v Urgent, Leadership, Discussion and Critical Evaluation |
| 38 | 28 June 2018 | James Webb Space Telescope, Assigning Resources, Back to Basics – Lists, Work Contours, Conclusions Review |
| 39 | 5 July 2018 | Digital Disruption, Showing Critical Path and Float, Communication, Coventry Construction Projects, PM Progress |
| 40 | 12 July 2018 | Electric Planes and Innovation, % Complete and Entering actuals, Life Goals, Project Scheduling, Elevator Pitch |
| 41 | 19 July 2018 | Transport Revolutions, Filter For Resources, Common Sense, Project Schedule Granularity, Proposals |
| 42 | 26 July 2018 | Hyperloop, Sort By Cost/Duration, WBS, Dynamic Plans, Peak Workloads on hand-in |
| 43 | 5 September 2019 | Where has AbleSim been? |
| 44 | 12 September 2019 | Research Ethics, Updated Blogs, and Fixing the Dissertation Title |
| 45 | 19 September 2019 | Bloodhound, Fields, Estimating, Adding Resources and Costs to MS Project, Aims and Objectives |
| 46 | 26 September 2019 | Orion, SLS, and Artemis, Dependencies, Dependencies, Orion, SLS, and Artemis, Chapter lists and WBS |
| 47 | 3 October 2019 | Hyperloop, Multiple Projects, Resources, Hinkley Point Nuclear Power Plant, Methodology |
| 48 | 10 October 2019 | Houses of Parliament, Assignments, Communication, Project Portfolios, Dissertation Support Blogs |
| 49 | 17 October 2019 | Dyson Electric Car, Work Contours, PMO/Reviews, Time Management for Project Managers, Ethics |
| 50 | 24 October 2018 | Flying Electric Taxis, Team Planner, KanBan, Dissertation Writing Plan, Progress reporting |
| 51 | 31 October 2019 | James Webb Space Telescope, Task Path, Project Risk, The Viva-Voce examination, Discussion and Critical Evaluation |
| 52 | 7 November 2019 | Boeing Quality Checks, Task Inspector, Progress Monitoring, Project Risk Assessment, Conclusions Review |
| 53 | 14 November 2019 | Elizabeth Line, TimeLines, Baselines, Time Cost Quality, PM Progress |
| 54 | 21 November 2019 | Five Failing Mega Projects, Attach Documents, Float and Slack, Project Communication, Elevator Pitch |
| 55 | 28 November 2019 | Bloodhound SSC, Organizer, Stakeholders, Communication Methods, Proposals |
| 56 | 5 December 2019 | Electric Planes, Creating New Tables, ROI, IRR, and NPV, Project Closure, Peak Workloads on hand-in |
| 57 | 12 December 2019 | Electric Planes and Electric Cars, Creating New Views, Business Case/Benefits, Project Reviews, Choosing the project |
| 58 | 19 December 2019 | Venice MOSE Project, Creating New Filters, Writing the Specification, Meeting Guidelines, Marking Dissertations |
| 59 | 9 January 2020 | Hey Google, Showing Total and Free Float, Sharing the Specification, Project Meetings, Corporate Learning |
| 60 | 16 January 2020 | Crisis at Boeing, 35 Levels, WBS Tips, Project Kick-Off Meetings, Outlines v Proposals |
| 61 | 23 January 2020 | Reaction Engines, Project Resource and Material Costs, OBS, The Gantt Chart, Real Project Outlines |
| 62 | 30 January 2020 | Small Nuclear Reactors, Project Fixed Costs, RACI Charts, The Project Sponsor, When it goes quiet! |
| 63 | 6 February 2020 | HS2, Adding a custom field for WP level, Skills for the PM, Managing Emails, New Stakeholders |
| 64 | 13 February 2020 | HS2, Right Clicking, Team Location, Informal Project Monitoring, PM being the technical Expert |
| 65 | 20 February 2020 | Scotland NI Bridge, Zooming in to minutes, Communication Matrix, The Accidental Project Manager, Gateways to stop projects. |
| 66 | 27 February 2020 | Virgin Galactic, Milestone Dates, Groups and Teams, How Not to Use a Gantt Chart, Case Studies Before Titles |
| 67 | 5 March 2020 | Big Ben, Zoom to Task, Project Manager as Leader, Why Project Reviews Might Fail, Sources of Dissertation Support |
| 68 | 12 March 2020 | Bloodhound, Project Objectives – Properties, Competences, Dependency Charts, Student Syndrome |
| 69 | 19 March 2020 | ExoMars Project, BS6079 Formatting, Benefits Mapping, Change Management, Citation Dates |
| 70 | 26 March 2020 | Coronavirus, Creating Dependencies, How to do a WBS, Dissertation Chapters: Sequential or Concurrent?, M Level Elements |
| 71 | 2 April 2020 | Project Management in a Panic, Project Objectives – Properties, Managing Virtual Teams, Remote MS Project Support, What Why How Aims |
| 72 | 9 April 2020 | Mars Helicopters, Hyperlinks, Trello, Dissertation Reviews, Abstract |
| 73 | 16 April 2020 | HS2, Adding link to Objectives, WBS Tools Online, Project Management in a Pandemic, Viva Purpose |
| 74 | 23 April 2020 | To the Moon, Light Blue shows changes, PM Software, WORD for Large Documents, Project Proposals |
| 75 | 30 April 2020 | Berlin Airport, Screen Size – View bar, PM Maturity, Icebreaker Activities, Aims and Objectives |
| 76 | 7 May 2020 | NASA’s Moon Projects, CAPS LOCK for work packages, WBS Verb Nouns, Using Case Studies, Chapter lists and WBS |
| 77 | 14 May 2020 | SpaceX Falcon9 Launch, Indent only 9 times, WBS top down & Bottom up, Dissertation Questionnaires, Methodology |
| 78 | 21 May 2020 | HS2, Gantt Chart Gridlines, Motivation, Dissertation Interviews, Ethics |
| 79 | 28 May 2020 | Dyson Electric Car, Cost Per Use Resources, Plan for end of life, Project Resource Management, Progress reporting |
| 80 | 4 June 2020 | Houses of Parliament, Resource Types, Important v Urgent, Organisation Charts, Discussion and Critical Evaluation |
| 81 | 11 June 2020 | Space X StarShip, Assigning Resources, Back to Basics – Lists, Organisation Breakdown Structures, Conclusions Review |
| 82 | 18 June 2020 | Nikola Truck, Showing Critical Path and Float, Communication, Work Breakdown Structures, PM Progress |
| 83 | 25 June 2020 | UK Virus App, % Complete and Entering actuals, Life Goals, Cost Accounts, Elevator Pitch |
| 84 | 2 July 2020 | Electric Planes, Filter For Resources, Common Sense, Project Team Skills, Proposals |
| 85 | 9 July 2020 | Coventry City Centre South, Sort By Cost/Duration, WBS, Project Manager Skills, Peak Workloads |
| 86 | 16 July 2020 | Hydrogen Fueled Vehicles, Legend Off when Printing, WBS, VUCA, Ethics |
| 87 | 23 July 2020 | Humber Pipeline, Fields, Estimating, Project Complexity, Aims and Objectives |
| 88 | 30 July 2020 | James Webb Space Telescope, Dependencies, Dependencies, AbleSim News, Chapter lists and WBS |
| 89 | 3 September 2020 | Virgin Galactic, Multiple Projects, Resources, Change Management, Methodology |
| 90 | 10 September 2020 | Mars Projects, Assignments, Communication, Assertiveness Skills, Dissertation Support Blogs |
| 91 | 17 September 2020 | Supersonic Travel, Work Contours, PMO/Reviews, Project Management Process, Ethics |
| 92 | 24 September 2020 | Mars Projects, Team Planner, Kanban, Agile v Waterfall, Progress Reporting |
| 93 | 1 October 2020 | Elizabeth Line, Task Path, Project Risk, PERT Analysis, Discussion and Critical Evaluation |
| 94 | 8 October 2020 | Hydrogen Planes, Task Inspector, Progress Monitoring, Monte Carlo Analysis, Conclusions Review |
| 95 | 15 October 2020 | Tesla Batteries, TimeLines, Baselines, Project Management Estimates, PM Progress |
| 96 | 22 October 2020 | Hydrogen Train, Attach Documents, Float and Slack, Calculating the Critical Path, Elevator Pitch |
| 97 | 29 October 2020 | Supersonic Travel, Organizer, Stakeholders, Deductive and Inductive Research, Proposals |
| 98 | 5 November 2020 | Misubishi SpaceJet, Creating New Tables, ROI, IRR, and NPV, Using Microsoft Project, Peak Workloads on hand-in |
| 99 | 12 November 2020 | Sizewell C Nuclear Power Stations, Creating New Views, Business Case/Benefits, Energy Projects, Choosing the project |
| 100 | 19 November 2020 | Hyperloop, Creating New Filters, Writing the Specification, Project Quality Management, Marking Dissertations |
| 101 | 26 November 2020 | Small Nuclear Reactors, Showing Total and Free Float, Sharing the Specification, Discussion, Recommendations, and Limitations, Corporate Learning |
| 102 | 3 December 2020 | Stonehenge Tunnel, 35 Levels, WBS Tips, Things Microsoft Project Can’t Do, Outlines v Proposals |
| 103 | 10 December 2020 | Lower Thames Crossing, Project Resource and Material Costs, OBS, Project Management Maturity, Real Project Outlines |
| 104 | 17 December 2020 | HS2, Project Fixed Costs, RACI Charts, Continuing Professional Development, When it goes quiet! |
| 106 | 7 January 2020 | Orion, Adding a custom field for WP level, Skills for the PM, PMI Knowledge Areas, New Stakeholders |
| 107 | 21 January 2021 | SLS, Right Clicking, Team Location, Projectification, PM being the technical Expert |
| 108 | 28 January 2021 | James Webb Space Telescope, Zooming in to minutes, Communication Matrix, Project Management Office, Gateways to stop projects. |
| 109 | 4 February 2021 | Rail Projects, Milestone Dates, Groups and Teams, Projects Programmes and Portfolios, Case Studies Before Titles |
| 110 | 11 February 2021 | Rail Tunnel, Zoom to Task, Project Manager as Leader, Project Portfolio Management, Sources of Dissertation Support |
| 111 | 18 February 2021 | Pop-Up Airport, Project Objectives – Properties, Competences, Project Governance, Student Syndrome |
| 112 | 25 February 2021 | Red Dwarf. Uber for Space, BS6079 Formatting, Benefits Mapping, Things Microsoft Project Can’t Do, Citation Dates |
| 113 | 4 March 2021 | High Speed Rail, Creating Dependencies, How to do a WBS, Predictive and Adaptive Project Management, M Level Elements |
| 114 | 11 March 2021 | Tilbury Docks Project, Light Blue shows changes, Managing Virtual Teams, Project Management Information Systems, What Why How Aims |
| 115 | 18 March 2021 | HS2, Hyperlinks, Trello, Automatic v Manual Scheduling, Abstract |
| 116 | 25 March 2021 | Cancelled Space Projects, Adding link to Objectives, WBS, Task, Resourec, Assignment Information, Viva Purpose |
| 117 | 1 April 2021 | SLS Tests and Milestones, Walking Gantt Chart, PM Software, Lead and Lag Time, Project Proposals |
| 118 | 15 April 2021 | Shetland Island Tunnels, Screen Size – View bar, PM Maturity, Task Relationships, Aims and Objectives |
| 119 | 22 April 2021 | Mars Helicopters, CAPS LOCK for work packages, WBS Verb Nouns, Task Relationships in Microsoft Project, Chapter lists and WBS |
| 120 | 29 April 2021 | Multiple News Items, Indent only 9 times, WBS Top-down & Bottom-up, Hard and Soft Constraints, Methodology |
