Due to the success of Shaun Gurmin's business ventures, StartupIndustry.com sought him out and interviewed him to try and grasp the essence of his entrepreneurial abilities.

They asked a series of questions looking into a variety of areas. The whole interview has been promoted on their website and is available here: http://www.startupindustry.com/2010/07/interview-with-shaun-gurmin.html

Shaun's Personal Website

I have recently been creating a personal website. There is still plenty more to add, but feel free to have a look:
www.shaun-gurmin.co.uk

Shaun Gurmin.

Risk Management Presentation, By Shaun Gurmin

During this presentation I cover the basics of Project Risk Management. Risk Management is an essential tool to enable Project Success. The presentation is available here.

Shaun Gurmin.

Effective Project Management Presentation Part 2, By Shaun Gurmin

The second part is available here. This presentation covers further areas that are also relevant for Effective Project Management.

Shaun Gurmin.

Effective Project Management Presentation, By Shaun Gurmin

A number of people have approached me and requested that I provide a summary of what is required for Effective Project Management; for this Reason I have created two short presentations. The first is available here. I hope you find it useful.

Shaun Gurmin.

Charge win Innovation Award

A Social Enterprise that I am currently CEO of has been selected to win an Innovation Award: http://www.facebook.com/#!/chargesociety.wlv


Shaun Gurmin

Prince2 Without the Jargon

Prince2 is a Project Management methodology. It is used to manage time, costs and resources. To do this, it recommends the user to follow a number of best practices; Principles, Processes and Themes of the methodology.

The Principles are:

1. The project should have a purpose
2. Learn from experience
3. Define roles and responsibilities for members of the project
4. Manage the project by stages
5. Provide a restricted amount of freedom for management levels
6. Focus on products
   
7. Tailor Prince2 to suit the project

The Processes are:

1. Directing a Project - Directing a Project involves providing authorisation and monitoring progress, this role may be filled by a business mentor or bank manager

2. Starting Up a Project - Starting up a project is intended to be a short pre-project process that aims to ensure that the project has solid foundations

3. Initiating a Project - Initiating a Project focuses on whether there is sound justification for the project and compiling detailed plans for the project

4. Controlling a Stage - This involves monitoring and controlling of the stage's activities and reacting to unexpected events

5. Managing Product Delivery - This stage covers: Planning work; Ensuring work is done; Ensuring Quality; and Reporting on Progress
   

6. Managing a Stage Boundary - This stage covers: Planning the next stage; Updating Documents; and Reporting on Performance of the Stage
   

7. Closing a Project - This final stage involves making sure aims and objectives have been met, disbanding the team, signing off the project and completing documents

The Themes are:

1. Business Case – this is the purpose of the project

2. Organisation – this refers to the project team; their roles, responsibilities and relationships

3. Plans – Prince2 offers a series of plan levels that can be tailored to the project

4. Progress – Progress involves monitoring the project, this is aided by breaking the project down into stages and then having stage boundaries to measure the performance of the project

5. Risk – Prince2 defines when risks should be reviewed, defines an approach for the analysis and management of risk and monitors these through all the processes

6. Quality – Prince2 starts by establishing the customer's quality expectations and then develops these by implementing standards and quality inspection methods; to maintain quality throughout the project

7. Change – this involves two activities: managing changes; and managing products

These do not all have to be completed individually. The purpose of tailoring is that, depending on the project, areas can be integrated. For example, in a business start-up, a business plan could include: Plans; Risks; Quality; and the Business Case. Doing this saves a lot of time and improves efficiency.

Shaun Gurmin.