At a time of deep budget cuts, all spending needs to be justified and conference attendance cost is no exception. So we have come up with some simple tips to help you judge and justify which project management conferences you should attend.

Season of mists and many conferences as it is in this part of the northern hemisphere, we thought we’d pass on some tips that would ensure you get your money’s worth from project management conferences wherever you are in the world.

One of the trickiest jobs in project management is identifying stakeholders. We cannot give you the definitive approach (for that you will have to study PRINCE2, or if you want to be a programme manager, MSP) but we can give you pointers on identifying the different species of stakeholders.

Love them or loath them, stakeholders can make or break a project if you don’t engage with them. So we’ve set out some questions you should ask about every stakeholder to help you do just that. If you’re a project manager who wants to fully understand stakeholder engagement, PRINCE2 and MSP will tell you all you need to know.

Before you say goodbye to the beach and hello to the daily commute, here’s a chance to delve into the dark arts of project management with some, not all (hence the title!), of the best books around and to get yourself a bargain on PRINCE2 books in the process!

E-learning’s been kicking around for a while and many organisations use it in their training programmes, but is it right for you? Answer these questions to see!

If you’re trying to get past the hype surrounding e-learning in order to work out if it’ll deliver the business change you need, try answering these questions to see if it makes sense for your firm.

Here’s the second part of our marathon run everything social media and social enterprise to help you find tools to suit your project and your pocket. We can’t promise, but by the end we think you’ll know your yam from your tweet along with your Ning from your Ping.

It’s nearly summer so this week we’ve decided to compile a short list of PRINCE2 terms and then add our own very simplified explanations or examples or light-hearted comments! For the genuine article head to PRINCE2 Glossary to be found on our Downloads page of free resources. If you fancy a laugh too, there are a couple of links to some fun cartoons. Enjoy!

Embed PRINCE2, and it can help deliver successful projects as well as deliver success to your organisation. Here are some of the ways it can help.