My blog is written from the point of view of the PCM practitioner. Specifically, as a workshop facilitator, PCM trainer and consultant on the use of PCM and PCM-tools in organisations, I will focus on my own experience in applying these approaches.
This will be an occasional blog: as interesting experiences arise I will share them with this community in the hope that it will help generate interest and the sharing of ideas.
I am a British national, based (since the mid-70's) in the Netherlands. My contact with PCM (and related tools like LFA and GOPP) dates back to the 1990's when we first helped the Innovation Programme (then DG XIII, now DG Enterprise) of the Commission with the introduction of Goal-Oriented Project Planning (GOPP) as a working method. Since then I have conducted many participative workshops to assist European projects with their planning and partnerships, and trained facilitators (or moderators) in these approaches.
I also collaborate on a permanent basis with colleagues in Belgium and Italy, and have worked in most countries in Europe as a neutral workshop and conference facilitator. In addition to PCM-related planning and programme management methods, I also use Open Space Technology and other participative planning methods on a regular basis.