APM Thames Valley branch

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Leading in difficult & uncertain times: The Battle of Britain - 15th May 2012

16/05/2012

Change is risk – but, it is also opportunity. Project and programme management are the conventional tools for managing risk, but recent cutting edge research at one of the UK's top business schools has identified that these conventional methods could be missing more than half the picture in the dynamic and complex environments that we currently navigate.

Thames Valley Branch AGM nominations 2012

15/05/2012

Following the leader - wait, I'm the leader?

11/05/2012

This latest event hosted by the APM Thames Valley Branch provided those new to project management with some tools and techniques to help them manage projects effectively with plenty of time to ask questions. Three leaders in the field of project management explained different methods of leading a team and helped delegates find out for themselves what works for them.

Thames Valley's new entrants to project management team success

27/03/2012

Thames Valley's encouragement to build a new entrants to project management team has been rewarded by way of three recent successes.

Thames Valley Project management challenge 2012 winners: Suddy Brilliant from Thales

27/03/2012

Suddy Brilliant, one of the teams from Thales, chosen as winners of the first Thames Valley project challenge.

Everything you always wanted to know about professional indemnity!

15/02/2012

Heathrow Chapter hosted an talk by Lee Hudson, Regional Underwriting Manager for Hiscox Insurance, gaining an insight into some projects that have failed, how they failed and who has to take responsibility for the financial loss. They found out what the insurance jargon actually means and ways of reducing premiums.

BAA Heathrow want 100% of their project managers to hold APMP [Video]

25/01/2012

BAA Heathrow Airport programme director Julian Foster expects 100% of his project managers to hold APMP by the end of the year.

Not such a batty idea

23/01/2012

it's not only homeowners in the picturesque Chilterns campaigning for more tunnels to hide away high-speed trains.

Effective project governance

20/01/2012

There were some good questions and discussions at the Farnborough event regarding the corporate culture required for governance to be effective. In particular around stopping projects.

Alliancing for the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carrier programme

03/11/2011

The two largest warships ever built for the Royal Navy have been ordered, and the first is now being assembled at Rosyth naval base, on the Firth of Forth in Scotland.

With more than 2,500 members dispersed over a large geographical area, meetings are held in each of the main regional towns to give all members of the branch the opportunity to benefit from both networking and continuing professional development (CPD).

Thames Valley branch has six sub-Branches known as Chapters: Swindon, Oxford, Heathrow, Farnborough, Chilterns and Reading . The Chapters are aimed at providing the opportunity for a local focus of activities avoiding the need for members travelling significant distances to attend branch meetings.

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