The finals night of this year's Thames Valley branch Project Challenge competition was held on the 23rd April 2013. In a close run contest, the AWE team 'AWEsome Investments' was declared the overall winner.The team also took away the award for 'Best presentation', beating strong competition from the second AWE team 'Srotavonni' to win by two votes in this audience-scored category. Congratulations 'AWEsome Investments'!Congratulations also go to the British Airways team, 'Revolution' who won the award for 'Best poster' on the finals night.The judging panel was unanimous in their praise for...
“In a world where organisations increasingly recognise the extent to which professional project, programme and portfolio management supports business objectives, then their engagement with APM’s vision becomes all the more important. I believe the Corporate Members’ Leadership Group is the ideal way to leverage that engagement.” So says the recently appointed chairman of APM’s Corporate Members’ Leadership Group (CMLG), Paul Goodge (pictured).Formed some six years ago, the Corporate Members Advisory Group (CMAG), as it was originally titled, has had a significant role in shaping the APM we...
DateThursday 27th June 2013Time5.30 - 6.00 Registration and refreshments6.00 - 8.00 PresentationPresented byMark Walsh and hosted by Lindsay ScottVenueManchester Metropolitan University Business School, All Saints Campus, Oxford Road, Manchester M15 6BH (Floor 5, Room 5.40)CPDUp to 2 hours (find out more about CPD)CostAPM members:Employees of APM corporate membersNon membersfreefree£10.00How a PMO can manage information in order to minimise and/or eliminate the use of templates and implement a governance framework that programme managers hardly notice is there but is incredibly effective....
On a rainy Thursday evening in London, approximately 100 project and programme management professionals gathered in a room hoping for an informative, educational and entertaining talk from Stephen Carver. Stephen, if you don’t know him, is a lecturer at Cranfield University, who is allowed to venture out into the “real world” to work - a refreshing mix for an academic.This was the third time I was lucky enough to attend one of his lectures, (each time courtesy of the APM) and it really was third time lucky. Stephen was speaking about Project Success and Failure – two sides of the same coin....
DateThursday 16th May 2013Time12.00pm-1.00pm BSTVenueOn line webinarPresented byBrian Wernham FAPMCPDUp to 1 hour (find out more about CPD)CostMembers:Employees of APM Corporate Members:Non members: FreeFreeFreeThe FBI badly needed a more secure and functional operational process. After several high profile scandals, they attempted to reorganise and build a new IT system.They set up a traditional business change project based on a big design up front that failed to deliver. They made another attempt at a 'Waterfall' project, called 'Sentinel' - but that attempt stalled…They had wasted $600m...
The Aberdeen Chapter hosted an Olympics themed dinner on 27th February, to hear from Martyn Lass who was recently awarded an MBE for services to construction and particularly for his role as enabling works project manager at the London Olympic Park at Stratford.Over great food and wine Martyn told the story of the games’ construction, bringing ‘real life’ accounts from real projects, describing the role his team played in the Olympic delivery and the challenges and the leadership required to achieve the goal. Martyn talked about the strategy used to influence and align parties towards a...
DateTuesday 16th April 2013Time6.30pm Registration and refreshments 7.30pm Presentation VenueRoyal Hong Kong Yacht Club, Kellet Island, Causeway Bay, Hong KongPresented byCharles Mui BEng, MEng, Project Manager, Swire Properties LimitedCPDUp to 2 hours (find out more about CPD)CostMembers: Employees of APM Corporate Members: Non members: Free Free $150Opus Hong Kong, a residential project developed by Swire Properties, was completed in 2012. The project was designed by Frank Gehry and was his first Asian residential project. Located at 53 Stubbs Road on the Peak, the total area of the site is...
APM will be supporting the Daily Telegraph’s special report on project management. The special edition of The Business Reporter will be distributed inside Britain’s best selling quality daily newspaper on the revised date of Wednesday 3rd April*.The report will highlight the key issues an organisation needs to focus on in order to make its project successful – what are the pitfalls and what are the priorities. From major projects like the Olympics and Crossrail to smaller internal projects within an organisation, the report will examine the areas that organisations need to focus on in order...
Bournemouth University hosted the finals of the annual Wessex Branch Student Project Challenge on 26 February. Fifty seven BA Business Studies Project Management students were involved in this, the 5th year of the challenge. The challenge was launched at a business networking event in October 2012 that brought together businesses, public and voluntary sector organisations, students and academics with an interest in project management and sustainable development. Guest speakers included Gav Thompson, creator of Giffgaff; Aaron Gracey from Network Rail; Paul Summers of...
DateTuesday 26th February 2013Time6.00pm: Registration & buffet6.30pm: Presentations7.30pm: Break7.45pm: Learning with unusual tools – an interactive introduction to Post Implementation Reviews and Lessons Learned 8:30pm: Announcement of winning team VenueRoom K101, Kimmeridge House, Talbot campus, Bournemouth University, Fern Barrow, Poole, Dorset, BH12 5BBPresented byRussel Jamieson FAPMCPDUp to 2 hours. Find out about CPDCostAPM members:Employees of APM Corporate Members:Non members:FreeFree£10Join us for the final of this year's APM Wessex branch University Project Challenge where the...
