Top author

Colin is the foremost author of books on PRINCE2. His books have been used as explanatory texts on the method for some years and are acknowledged as preferred texts. His work is received with great interest, not only by the project management area, but by other fields of work as well. Currently he has had over twenty books published.

Experience

Colin has a wealth of background experience and skills that he brings to his writing on project management and PRINCE2. He has been a project manager since 1966 and has managed project in a range of dimensions and in several countries. He has acted as project management consultant to such firms as The London Stock Exchange, Microsoft Europe, Tesco Stores, Commercial Union and the BBC.

Development

Colin has been working with PRINCE2 and PRINCE and its predecessor, PROMPT II, since 1975 and was one of the team that brought PROMPT II to the market. Colin wrote a major part of the PRINCE2 manual and is author of any revisions to the PRINCE2 manual for OGC (in the past CCTA).

Current job

Currently Colin is the Chief Examiner for the APM Group, which performs the quality assurance role world-wide for the market in PRINCE2, under an agreement with OGC. In his role as Chief Examiner he sets and marks examination papers in PRINCE2 and is responsible for assessment of training materials and new trainers in the method. He also lectures widely on PRINCE2 during seminars and events, where he shares his knowledge and exprience in an inspiring way.