Organisation case studies
BAE Systems - APM corporate accreditation case study
BAE Systems works right at the cutting edge of technology to develop, deliver and support advanced defence security and aerospace systems across the world. Its success depends entirely on effective project delivery. It is the world’s second largest global defence company with major operations across five continents and with customers and partners in more than 100 countries. More than 7,000 of its 100,000 employees are professional project managers working on some 5,000 projects at any one time.
This multi-billion pound business needs highly capable people using world-class processes to successfully manage and deliver complex projects to meet the exacting requirements of its customers. For this reason, BAE Systems is committed to high performance project management sponsored at board level, championed through its Corporate Project Management Council and implemented through a comprehensive set of policies and processes that are consistent across its global business.
BAE Systems takes a whole lifecycle approach to project management, from development to delivery and beyond. The lifecycle management framework is a core business process and provides a ‘fit-for-purpose’ approach for project management throughout the company.
Read the full case study here.
DWP - APM corporate accreditation case study
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is the biggest public service delivery department in the UK. It is responsible for welfare and pension policy and is a key player in tackling child poverty and serves over 20 million customers.
The DWP delivers its customer services through a number of operational organisations including the Pension Service, Disability and Carers Service, Child Maintenance Enforcement Commission and Jobcentre Plus, and aims for a high quality and efficient service to all.
Every working day the DWP will:
- Receive around 15,000 vacancies
- Receive over 1 million job searches
- Help over 5,000 people move into work
- Issue 18,000 pension forecasts
- Deal with over 1 million personal contacts
The DWP is the biggest spending government department, involved in often complex and high profile programmes and projects to deliver policy and strategic business change. As with all public bodies, it has to show it gives value for taxpayers’ money efficiently and effectively.
Blackpool and the Fylde College - APM academic accreditation case study
Blackpool and the Fylde College is one of the UK’s elite colleges awarded Beacon status in recognition of excellence, innovation and outstanding delivery. It is one of the largest general further education colleges in the North West, with a national reputation for the diverse range of further and higher education learning opportunities it provides.
The achievements of this award-winning college are the result of the effort and commitment of staff and students, working with local and regional partners to ensure that the regional economic priorities are addressed and that regeneration of the area is based on improving skills and education.
Blackpool and the Fylde College is committed to providing high quality, flexible and easily accessible learning opportunities for individuals, organisations and the local community. Some 40 per cent of students are mature entrants looking to change their career or progress within their current employment.
Over the past 20 years it has developed a vibrant higher education curriculum focused on addressing business development needs and the aspirations of employers and employees. A major milestone in this strategy was the opening in 2009 of a £10 million university centre with degrees validated by Lancaster University.
Costain - APM corporate accreditation case study
The Costain Group is a leading international engineering Company with a global reputation for technical excellence built on more than 140 years of experience. Today it has a comprehensive spread of operations working on major projects in the key sectors of environment, infrastructure, energy and process.
It currently employs 3,500 people in the UK, including around 200 project managers working at the sharp end of contracts. It also operates internationally. Choosing Costain is the Company’s strategy to deliver increasingly a full-service offering, from front-end engineering consultancy and design through construction to back-end care and maintenance. National activity in the areas of infrastructure, environment and energy is intense
and is set to gather momentum in the years to come.
The Costain commitment to and focus on training and corporate responsibility won the Supreme Award at the 2009 Construction News Quality Awards, with its Project Management Academy also winning the training category It took the 2010 Association of Graduate Recruiters Award for its graduate development programme. In 2011 the Group was awarded a Business in the Community (BITC) Big Tick Award for Excellence for its skills in the workplace and was short-listed in the Example of Excellence category.
EC Harris - APM corporate accreditation case study
Leading International Built Asset Consultancy, EC Harris, is committed to generating positive outcomes for its clients from their investment and expenditure in built assets. Delivering value through the application of knowledge, professional skills and technology, the firm acts as trusted advisors to its clients in planning and executing strategies that optimise the construction, operation, use and ownership of built assets.
EC Harris’ professional skills include 17 disciplines, from asset and facilities strategy to management information systems, along with cost management, programme, project and construction management to software development. The firm also extends its capacity and capability through alliances with selected companies and supply chains assembled for specific sectors.
EC Harris’ approach to employee development is to support, mentor and guide individuals at every stage of their career, helping to develop their skills, competency and knowledge. For the project management community, this includes an annual assessment against a skills log – in turn which is aligned to the APM Competence Framework.
Read the full case study here.
Sellafield - APM corporate accreditation case study
Sellafield Ltd is responsible for safely delivering decommissioning, reprocessing, nuclear waste management and fuel manufacturing activities on behalf of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. With over 50 years’ experience, it has the largest concentration of nuclear expertise in Europe carrying out some of the most innovative and complex nuclear activities in the world.
It is now owned by Nuclear Management Partners (NMP), which brings together the global nuclear experience of American company URS, British
company Amec and French company Areva to deliver the safe acceleration of hazard and risk reduction across the business.
The Sellafield site in West Cumbria is spread across six square kilometres and is home to more than 1,000 facilities performing a wide range of tasks. These include decommissioning the UK’s nuclear legacy as well as fuel recycling, manufacturing and the management of low, intermediate and high level nuclear waste. The site at Capenhurst in Cheshire is due to become the UK’s first nuclear site to complete its decommissioning and clean-up programme – and on the way has delivered the biggest demolition projects ever undertaken in the UK nuclear industry.
Read the full case study here.
Siemens - APM corporate accreditation case study
Siemens was established in the United Kingdom 167 years ago by William Siemens, a leading Victorian industrialist who turned his concepts and inventions into practical solutions – many of which were world firsts. Today, it is one of the largest global electronics groups and is still providing innovative solutions to help tackle the world's major challenges across the key sectors of energy, industry and healthcare.
Siemens designs and manufactures products and systems ranging from traffic lights, gas turbines and turbine spares to the superconducting magnets used in medical scanners and the drives that are behind many of the UK's manufacturing plants.
The company employs 15,612 people in the UK of which 332 are in project management roles. Globally there are over 405,000 employees of which around 17,000 are project managers with around 45,000 in project related roles. Its reputation for innovation reaches into all areas of activity, including its approach to project management.
Siemens was the first company to put its training and development programme to the test as the pilot for the Association for Project Management's Corporate Accreditation scheme, helping to fine-tune the procedure and become the first corporate organisation in the UK to achieve this accreditation.
Read the full case study here
Shell - APM corporate accreditation case study
Global energy and petrochemical major Shell operates in over 90 countries and territories and is a key provider of energy used by millions of people and businesses for heating and power.
Shell has more than a century of experience in oil and gas development and has completed some of the largest projects in the world. Today it employs around 93,000 people in the exploration, production, manufacturing and distribution of hydrocarbon products. This number includes some 3,000 project management professionals and a further 5,000 technical staff involved in project delivery across the various businesses.
Shell is in the business of delivering highly complex projects in challenging locations. In recent years, its huge project portfolio has averaged US$25-30 billion a year.
Project management is fundamental to the way the group works across the full array of technical, organisation, commercial, environmental and political aspects. All projects are developed and managed to processes and standards built on Shell’s 100 years of experience and which cover all the key components of the APM Body of Knowledge.
An impressive level of investment is going into creating new assets, new technology and working at the very frontiers of the industry as Shell prepares to maximise the opportunities opening up in even more challenging future. A number of initiatives have been introduced to improve project delivery, providing unique development and employment opportunities for Shell staff.
Raytheon - APM corporate accreditation case study
For more than a century, Raytheon UK has been designing, developing and manufacturing advanced systems and technologies for defence, homeland security and other global government and commercial sectors.
The company has built a reputation for innovation in key areas such as mission systems integration, networkenabled capabilities, mission support and training solutions for the UK Ministry of Defence. The company also exports to more than 40 countries, including the US.
Raytheon UK’s vision is to be recognised as a leading European provider of integrated capabilities in the defence, civil and national security domains. It is committed to driving strategic growth, establishing an inclusive culture and developing an environment for learning, because it believes that companies that depend on innovation must draw upon the skills of lifelong learners.
The company currently employs 1,200 people across its six main UK facilities, including 120 employees working in programme management.
Today, Raytheon engineers continue to lead the way from advanced defence services to national security systems, helping to keep military forces safe and playing a critical role in national and cyber security.
In delivering complex solutions around the world, Raytheon is focused on its promise of mission assurance so that customers can trust solutions to perform as promised and to deliver success.
Latest Blogs
Flights of experience in project management… you’ve been working with a company, successfully...
0 comments
I recently wrote an entry on LinkedIn APM PMOSIG group entitled ‘How does one go about determining...
1 comments
