Project management: What you can learn from Ocean's Eleven

Posted by Amanda Brown in Business lifestyle on Fri, 19/06/2009 - 11:56
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Watching Oceans eleven one evening, training consultant Amanda Brown realised that the film was a great example of project planning and management. Initially, I thought that it was just a good film, she writes, now I realise that it is a case for the well organised project, following all the stages of a project life cycle. It’s got us thinking, what other films can serve as useful business training videos? Leave your suggestions below this article.

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