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Its easy in communications, where were used to short deadlines and a fast pace, to dismiss project management as an unnecessary and delaying step.

In 2011 I was selected as the first APM Board intern and I am now reaching the end of my time on the APM Board.

Knowledge workers are often the core of your organisation.

Youve been listening to the radio.

Its been a while since youve seen each other but its great to have some time and a few drinks with one of the few people who have known you since before you had the keys to the front door of your parents house.

Ive recently sat down with my manager to discuss the options available to me after my apprenticeship, which has left me with a dilemma.

Reflective account by Jim Dale (ProgM Secretary)Okay - let me be up-front and confess - this was my first ever webinar! Candidly the idea of passively sitting in front of a computer screen for an hour watching, PowerPoint slides and listening to a speaker drone on did not appeal to me.

Whenever I used to hear legacies I used to think of Victorian novels with gifts, endowments or inheritances being misplaced or misunderstood.

Project and programme management are well understood as a means of delivering effective outputs and outcomes; portfolio management still seems to be challenging organisations in terms of:what it means (its big programme management with prioritisation isn’t it?)its necessity (could you do just the project and programme management maturity assessment please, we don’t do portfolio management here)getting it onto a senior stakeholder agenda (they understand PPM, but what’s the third P for again?)how does it relate to my business; why should I bother? (you mean – I’ll be able to connect all my activity from strategy to delivery and back again??)The APM Portfolio Management SIG will be running an evening event on Tuesday October 1st in London to:Discuss how a portfolio management initiative is different from a project mgt or a programme mgt initiative in terms of getting it off the ground.

Earlier this year, Lord Browne of Madingley produced an excellent report entitled: Getting a Grip: How to improve major project execution and control in Government.