Susan is an Interim IT Programme and Senior Project Manager who has managed some of the most high profile, cutting edge projects in Europe. She is also the Site Editor of www.my-project-management-expert.com which provides a common sense, hands on approach to Project Management.
She has an unusual background encompassing Investment Banking, Freelance Journalism and Freelance TV Production before she accidentally "fell" into Project Management.
Susan is now parachuted into either delivering impossible IT Programmes and Projects or to turn around those which are failing. Not bad for the woman who at the start of her first IT contract 13 years ago wasn't completely sure how to even turn a PC on! Susan de Sousa
Susan is an Interim IT Programme and Senior Project Manager who has managed some of the most high profile, cutting edge projects in Europe. She is also the Site Editor of www.my-project-management-expert.com which provides a common sense, hands on approach to Project Management.
She has an unusual background encompassing Investment Banking, Freelance Journalism and Freelance TV Production before she accidentally "fell" into Project Management.
Susan is now parachuted into either delivering impossible IT Programmes and Projects or to turn around those which are failing. Not bad for the woman who at the start of her first IT contract 13 years ago wasn't completely sure how to even turn a PC on! Do Project Reports Really Give The Real Picture on Project Progress?
A project manager often holds a position of great importance within an organisation. Often the projects and programs entrusted to them, together with the large project budget which can be ill afforded will determine the future of an organisation. In return, Read more »
Is it Possible to Successfully Deliver a Project without Really Good Project Management Resources?
Guest post by Susan de Sousa
The reality is that good project management resources are hard to come by. If you are fortunate enough to have more than one good resource on your project, then count yourself lucky. However this shouldn’t be a surprise. Read more »
The Top 2 Reasons You Should Develop Contingency Plans Too
Guest post from Susan de Sousa
When you first start off in project management, spending time writing a contingency plan can seem like a complete waste of time. After all there are so many other things which appear to have a much higher priority, that planning contingency for risks which might never happen doesn’t seem like [...] Read more »
5 Steps to Sighting In Precise Project Scope
When you come to initiating a project, determining the project scope can at the outset seem like an easy thing to do. After all everyone must be clear on what the project is delivering because otherwise there wouldn’t be project, right?
Sadly no. Accurately determining the scope of a project is one of the hardest tasks [...] Read more »
