01/03/2012
Agile is being increasingly used as a standard method of project delivery, particularly software projects. However, agile projects pose particular challenges to the project assurance community.
24/06/2011
Following the APM Knowledgeshare conference held on June 29th and 30th 2011 a white paper on the subject of 'measures for assurance' has been produced by a working group of APM Assurance SIG members.
The working group have responded to the questions 'Is it possible to 'measure a project's health'? and 'What techniques can be used to provide consistent and reliable assessments of projects' likelihood to achieve their objectives?' The white paper proposes one approach to achieving this; it also provides a framework for the coordination of a wide variety of assurance activity.
05/05/2011
The Assurance SIG held its’ Annual General Meeting (AGM) on the 30th of June 2011.
The following AGM management committee was elected:
Chairman - Roy Millard
Secretary - David Bright
Committee members - Naveed Sheikh, Peter Parkes, Roger Hankey, Mushtaq Ali
11/04/2011
Knowledgeshare 2011 was held on the 29th and 30th of June 2011 in London and over 100 people saw 22 presentations from 10 different APM Specific Interest Groups on varied topics such as planning, assurance, value management, benefits management and earned value.
10/02/2011
The APM Portoflio Management SIG and the APM Assurance SIG presented a joint event entitled Assuring successful delivery of the portfolio. Almost 70 people attended to hear keynote speaker Terry Morgan, Chairman of Crossrail, speak about the project.
The slides from the event can be downloaded from this page
18/09/2010
On the 28th and 29th of May 2009, the APM held the inaugural Knowledgeshare event at UCL in London. The event was hosted by 4 specific interest groups, the Governance of Project Management SIG, the Planning SIG, the Project and Programme Assurance SIG and the Programme Management SIG.
The presentations from this event can be downloaded from this page.
16/05/2010
Around 90 people attended both days of Knowledgeshare 2010 last week at The Kings Fund in London to hear 35 presentations by a number of APMs Specific Interest Groups.
This story briefly reviews Knowledgeshare 2010 and provides access to the presentations from the event.
The word “assurance” means different things to different people, depending on the field of interest. In the world of projects and programmes it certainly has a range of meanings. For some, it’s all about achieving quality, for others it’s about being sure that what they are told is correct, whilst for many it’s about being confident that ‘things are under control’.
Our vision
For the SIG to become a source of best practice in the provision of effective and efficient project and programme assurance.
Our mission
• To provide a forum for exchanging ideas, sharing good practice, and developing new approaches to providing assurance;
• to develop standards and guidance on best practice assurance; and
• to promote use of best practice approaches to assurance.
Committee
- Roy Millard: Chairman
- Julian Harris: Committee member
- Naveed Sheikh: Committee member
- Peter Parkes: Committee member
- rogerchankey: Committee member
- Tim Podesta: Committee member
Group members
David West
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Adebola Ojo
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Ahmed-Deq Ahmed
Alastair Cobb
Alastair Laird
Alastair Smart
Alex McDonald
