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Part of the Focus on Skills Series, this publication, 'Focus on Leadership Skills for Project and Programme Managers', explains the use of leadership skills and provides examples of where leadership skills are used throughout the lifecycle of a typical project. The application of the skill set changes as the project or programme progresses through its lifecycle. For example, at the initiation and or definition of a project/programme the manager must position themselves as a leader rather than just a manager of day to day activities. The publication describes how the role of leader looks and what actions demonstrate leadership rather than management. It explains in details how key aspects of leadership can be demonstrated via influencing and coaching, holding workshops and whilst leading virtual or geographically displaced teams.

"Addresses the complex subject of managing applications from the initial business need, through the Application Management lifecycle, up to and including retirement." - page 3.

It is essential reading for those intending to take the new Foundation and Practitioner courses for PRINCE2 2009 and has been revised to include the updates syllabus. It is also suitable for students undertaking self-study/online training for the exams. The publication contains sample papers, which feature actual exam questions taken from a bank of questions provided by the Official Accreditor, APMG, so the exam questions in the book may appear on the day of your exam. The sample papers are also presented in the same way as they appear in the exam.

The accommodation policies have been developed to achieve a balance between a wider distribution of pitch provision to meet the levels of need for more accommodation; to avoid over-concentration in a few locations; and to provide greater choice for the Gypsy and Traveller community. By providing the right amount of authorised pitches in appropriate locations the policy will reduce the number of unauthorised sites without proper planning permission. This will also help to reduce enforcement costs to the taxpayer - estimated at around 18 million a year - and improve community relations between the settled and non-settled communities across the region. Policies published as part of the Regional Spatial Strategy set out how many pitches and plots are needed in each district in the East of England to provide enough authorised pitches until 2021. This document replaces 'Policy H3 - Provision for Gypsies and Travellers' and paragraphs 5.11 and 5.12 in the East of England Plan (2008, ISBN 9780117539952) and becomes part of the regional spatial strategy for the East of England.