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The pressure is on.

It’s a truth that we project managers often repeat: stakeholders are critical to the success of our projects.

As we all know the role of project manager is not necessarily one that we are aiming for when we embark on a degree course or even later when we are already working.

Two views of project successThere are two competing views on project success.

Politically and practically, this year’s Budget was a mildly inconvenient diversion from the real business of the Government, which currently is to prepare for the EU referendum.

Increasingly, we are seeing more and more workers abandon the 9-5 daily grind in favour of flexible hours.

The demand for project professionals continues to rise and millions of new project-management jobs are set to be created globally between now and 2020.

Today, International Women’s Day, APM’s Women in Project Management group is holding a sold-out event on how women can improve their negotiation skills in the workplace.

With change and transformation agendas scaling, pivoting and adapting to fast-moving variables, it’s becoming increasingly common for project and programme managers to call in external consultants to support initiatives.

Project management software tools can help a project manager be more methodical and better organised when it comes to planning, scheduling, tracking progress, maintaining documentation, managing the budget, allocating resources, and controlling risks and changes.