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03/01/2018

Best wishes for the coming season to all in Castleknock Celtic Football Club - Official in 2018. Our Resourcing Manager, Russell Moore, will turn his talent seeking expertise to the football pitch this weekend for CCFC's Open Day & Trials in Abbotstown. http://www.castleknockceltic.yourclub.ie/news/12715

08/09/2017

Enterprise vs the Entrepreneurial Risk Management; Managing Risks vs Taking Risks. Aspira's Head of Global Project Training Services, Norma Lynch will speak at the IT Service Management Conference on Sept 14 https://www.itsmf.ie

The Irish chapter of itSMF Global, the premier association focused on the IT architecture profession through education, certification, networking, and the advancement of best practices and education.

07/09/2017

Aspira’s Lunch & Learn event Thursday 21st September. The single thing that makes a project complex is when it involves stakeholders with conflicting requirements. Dr. Susan Steele, Chair and CEO of the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) talks about her approach to the challenge of dealing with different stakeholder requirements. How she finds a way to make all requirements align, with the goal of achieving a win/win for the stakeholders and for the project http://bit.ly/2f7p6eJ

Date: 21/09/2017 Overview‘Coasts full of jobs, seas full of fish’ – Navigating the challenges of Stakeholder Management   The single thing that makes a project complex is when it involves stakeholders with conflicting requirements. Project Managers can struggle to understand everyone’s requirements…

09/08/2017

Recent developments around our HQ have confirmed our decision to base our offices here in Dublin – all around us are new neighbours and exciting building developments. Read more about the changes happening at the Docklands here: http://bit.ly/2u8k9HY

    Aspira’s new Dublin office is open a little over a year now & has seen significant changes in…

31/07/2017

Irish Examiner, Pat Lucey " Be optimistic but identify things that could go wrong and take action to make it less likely" http://bit.ly/2tJ5jYq

When Pat Lucey and Colum Horgan faced the axe from Motorola — along with 300 of their fellow employees — in 2007, they turned the situation around to start their own company, Mr Lucey tells Pádraig H***e

19/07/2017

Norma Lynch, our head of training, offers her best tips and insights into project management in this feature in The Irish Times. Read more here: http://bit.ly/2v8LY3R

Without skilled people steering and resources control, plans can easily derail

16/07/2017

In this week's blog, Russell Moore, our HR and Resourcing Manager, talks us through how a few of his learnings on the soccer field managing junior teams applies to his work in project resourcing and staff utilisation. Read more here: http://bit.ly/2ulrcAX

Using my regular football analogies in this blog, it occurred to me how the dynamics of staff utilisation in medium…

05/07/2017

Aspira delighted to share the The Ireland Chapter of Project Management Institute (PMI) launches the inaugural National Project Awards, to be held at the Dublin offices of sponsor PwC on November 1. The National Project Awards are proudly supported by PwC. http://bit.ly/2ulyQb8

The Ireland Chapter of Project Management Institute (PMI) this week launched its inaugural National Project Awards. With PwC on board as headline sponsor, the awards finale will take place in Dublin on November 1, with a nomination deadline of September 1. The competition will promote best practice…

27/06/2017

Delighted to have just customised, designed, and developed Microsoft Dynamics CRM for the rollout of the Health and Wellness project and the Quotations system for Laya Healthcare http://bit.ly/2tN8bnx

  Laya healthcare is the second largest provider of private health insurance in Ireland with over half a million members,…

23/06/2017

Apparently, a dog-friendly workplace relieves employee stress and encourages harmony, which, in turn, increases productivity. We are trying that theory out today in Aspira to celebrate Take Your Dog To Work Day! http://bit.ly/2sTxGGo

10 reasons employees should bring their dogs to work Dogs are everyone’s best friend. Our four-legged friends work alongside us every…

13/06/2017

“It’s good to talk” - make this your motto as you navigate your career in Project Management - http://bit.ly/2sTkK0f

  We’ve all heard the saying ‘A Problem Shared Is a Problem Halved’, but when it comes to Project Management…

09/06/2017

Congrats to Castleknock Celtic Football Club - Official U14A1 team on their magnificent comeback ! http://www.castleknockceltic.yourclub.ie/news/11117