The Start - why?

I'm a Technical Project Manager. I work for a large utilities business. I've been project managing for a while now. Before this it was, pretty much, mini project management. This involved coordinating and managing the deployment of software to upwards of 200 users...all the way up to 6000 users.

Moving up to real....full on........Technical Project Management proved to be a challenge. It was like the stuff i'd done previously...but on steroids....

....More documents.
....More people.
....More technology to mess with.
....More responsibility.

So here i am now.....a Technical Project Manager looking after some massive projects covering a large number of people, utilising a wide range of technologies and techniques, with large budgets (trying to use as little as possible),along with trying to do that to TIME and QUALITY.

This blog is going to be all about Project Management....and useful techniques and 'moves' in running a successful I.T project. I've been doing Technical Project Management for a while and there are a few things i've picked up along the way. This information will be useful to experienced Project Managers, less experienced project managers, graduates, trainees and people who, not necessarily been Project managers, may need to install some sort of 'I.T'.

My focus is....
Use Common Sense!
Get the job done!
Make it look good!
Do it quickly!
Dont overspend.

More to come over....!