DateTuesday 16th April 2013Time6:00pm Registration and refreshments6:30pm Presentation VenueThe Old Fire Station, The Crescent, Salford, Greater Manchester, M5 4WTPresented byIvan BuckleyCPDUp to 2 hours (find out more about CPD)CostMembers:Employees of APM Corporate Members:Non members: FreeFree£10 The phenomenal material graphene was first extracted as a single layer in 2004 by Professors Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov at the University of Manchester. This led to them being awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2010. With Government support the National Graphene Institute [ NGI...
The 2012 Olympics may be over, but the opportunity to pass on the lessons learned from this outstanding success and hear from those directly responsible is coming to Cumbria.This event is particularly suitable for senior leaders and professionals in the commercial, project management and project controls disciplines. Full details
DateTuesday 12th March 2013Time6:00pm Registration 6:30pm Presentation VenueDiscover Zone, Liverpool Central Library and Archive, William Brown Street, Liverpool, L3 3ENPresented byMatthew Pendergast, Turner and Townsend and speakers from Liverpool City Council, Amber Infrastructure and Shepherd ConstructionCPDUp to 2 hours (find out more about CPD)CostMembers:Employees of APM Corporate Members:Non members: FreeFree£10 This seminar provides delegates with an understanding of how through working together as an integrated team and adopting a proactive approach to stakeholder management and...
DateTuesday 19th February 2013Time3:15 pm Registrationand refreshments3:30 pm PresentationVenueThe Samuel Lindow Building Room 103, , Westlakes Science and Technology Park, Moor Row, Cumbria, CA24 3JYPresented byGuy Hindley, FAPM, MILTCPDUp to 2 hours (find out more about CPD)CostAPM members:Employees of APM Corporate Members:Non members:FreeFree£10All generic project management courses cover the importance of planning and scheduling and take the attendee through a basic critical path analysis process. Many vendors out there are ready and willing to sell you their latest and best computerised...
DateTuesday 26th March 2013Time6:00pm Registration and refreshments6:30pm Presentation VenueRoom Four, 58 Legh Street, Golborne, WA3 3PAPresented byAdrian Malone and Andrew Wall, APM Knowledge SIGCPDUp to 2 hours (find out more about CPD)CostMembers:Employees of APM Corporate Members:Non members: FreeFree£10 What is knowledge management (KM)? Ask 20 people, and you'll get 20 different answers. Adrian Malone of Faithful+Gould and Andrew Wall of United Utilities explore the basic ingredients of KM to explain why this is.We all know what knowledge is, and we all know what management is. So...
Duncan Law, Network Rail’s senior programme development manager, recently presented to APM North West branch members the history of the Northern Hub formation based on the market gap and demand in the northern area of England.The Northern Hub is about the economy. It is the plan to transform rail in the north by providing faster, more frequent journeys between the major towns and cities of the North. It is central to rebalancing the national economy and allowing the region to maximise its potential. It has a 60 year timescale to change the way people travel in the North by:• delivering...
DateMonday 11th February 2013Time6:00pm Registration and refreshments6:30pm Presentation VenueRoom Four, 58 Legh Street, Golborne, WA3 3PAPresented byLain Burgos-LoveceCPDUp to 2 hours (find out more about CPD)CostMembers:Employees of APM Corporate Members:Non members: FreeFree£10 Veteran tips about how to optimise a PMO through: relating three specific PMO techniques to each other, andmultiplying their power for little extra effortThis event aims to explore how to optimise a PMO in the face of the usual real life obstacles. The questions that will be debated are of most relevance to...
DateWednesday 12th December 2012Time5.30 - 6.00 Registration and refreshments6.00 - 8.00 Masterclass Presented byGraham Oakes 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£10.00The PMO can play a vital role in setting up and supporting an effective review and assurance programme for their organisations. The PMOSIG hosts a two hour masterclass – a learning opportunity and...
One of the key activities of the APM Northwest Branch is to reach out to educational bodies, to provide information based on the experience of seasoned professional APM members for the benefit of students in a variety of educational establishments.A joint event between the APM and the University of Manchester was hosted at the University on 11 October 2012 . Post-graduate students from the MSc Project Management course, the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering (MACE), joined members of the APM for a presentation on ‘Managing complexity in large development programmes’....
