APM support project management research into the management of projects through supporting individuals and organisations in launching new research concepts, being co-owners of the International Journal for Project Management, investing in research directly through its APM volunteer research fund and commissioning key research on behalf of the project management profession.
Latest research
This research explores why multi-agent projects in the UK public sector succeed or fail. Projects involve government departments, private firms and third-sector organisations.
We explore how political priorities, power shifts, and cross-organisational tensions shape outcomes and public value with the aim to identify lessons for better project delivery.
Recent research
This APM report explores how human factors influence the integration of agile project management, digital tools and sustainability.
Based on surveys of practitioners based in North America, this research finds that trust, readiness and training are critical for successful adoption of AI and digital tools.
This report illustrates how adjustments in recruitment practices, communication styles, and support systems can lead to improved outcomes.
Offering clear insights and actionable recommendations, the report encourages organisations to embrace cognitive diversity.
Methods and skills for project management
For anyone involved in project delivery across the public and private sectors, this piece offers clear, practical recommendations to help navigate digital change and lead with greater confidence.
This qualitative study explored the early-career experiences of racially diverse project professionals working in two prominent project management sectors – business and professional services.
The study produced evidence-based recommendations on how project-based organisations can better facilitate diverse project practitioners’ transition into the project management profession and meet their early-career needs.
A Five-Year Update on the Ongoing Dialogue
The third phase of reflection on the future of project management delves into the key trends influencing the profession.
The insights shared in this report are intended to steer future progress and enrich the ongoing conversation about our direction and how we are positioning both ourselves and the profession for what lies ahead.
APM Conditions for project success
Fairness and unfairness in projects
Can artificial intelligence learn to be a project professional?
Artificial intelligence in project management
Project data analytics: Opportunities explored in the new
APM report
Sustainability: Inclusive storytelling to aid sustainable development goals
Eliminating modern slavery from projects
Project and programme research centres: Lessons for scholarship, policy and practice
How does project management relate to productivity?
Climate change and what the project profession should be doing about it: A UK perspective
The wellbeing of project professionals
Quantification of social benefits on public and third sector
projects
How can we handover projects better?
Scaled Agile project management
Strategies for dealing with difficult stakeholders
How is systems thinking used in projects?
Understanding leadership in the context of transformation
projects
Capturing and evaluating individual and social factors that influence critical project decisions
Commissioned studies aim to address emergent themes, knowledge gaps, and answer some of the significant questions for the project profession.
These studies represent the flagship activity of APM’s research program and are among the most downloaded and influential of all APM publications.
APM is open to collaborative research opportunities. If you have any proposals that align with , are relevant for future editions of the APM Body of Knowledge, and could benefit APM’s members and the wider project management community, please contact the research team.
Please be aware that APM typically does not provide financial support for collaborative opportunities but offers other forms of assistance instead.
