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The word ‘legacy’ has rather grand connotations.

Have you ever attended a meeting that had just a rough outline of an agenda, or no agenda at all? Whatever type of project meeting you are holding there should always be an agenda distributed beforehand to the participants.

So what do people actually do on projects, and in particular do they collaborate with each other? If they do collaborate how has this come about? And if collaboration is lacking, how then do we as project managers and leaders, encourage more collaboration?What is collaboration?Collaboration means different things to different people.

It’s now a month since the latest version of the proposed structure for APM Body of Knowledge (BoK), 7th edition was made available for comment – thank you to those who have been in touch using yourviews@apm.

Martin Bellamy, chief information officer at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) takes a hybrid approach to project management.

Back in the 90’s, when I was in secondary school, I completed one of those questionnaires that somehow ascertained that I might one day become an engineer.

Projects and project management are no longer confined to traditional domains, but can be seen as a ‘golden thread’ helping to drive quality, efficiency and the effectiveness of strategic change in all sectors and organisations.

 Sir Tim Smit, co-founder of Cornwall’s Eden Project, explains how a galvanising message can hold a team together through the toughest of projects.

The construction industry has a homogenous problem; the higher up you go in the industry, the less diverse.

The project profession is not for the faint of heart.