APM Blogs

Project failure often starts at the beginning.

Project management plays a crucial role in the success of non-profit organisations, helping them achieve their missions and maximise their impact.

On day two of the 2024 APM Conference, keynote speaker Thimon de Jong, a Dutch behavioural expert, got the packed audience so involved in his conversation on mental health that it took a wolf whistle from someone to quieten everyone down.

There’s no doubt about it, the demands on today’s project professionals are huge — and it pays to upskill.

After re-watching the original Star Wars trilogy and writing about the Empire’s approach to project management (read my first review here), in this blog I comment on the second film in the series — The Empire Strikes Back.

Project management and cybersecurity seem like very different careers, but they face a similar set of frustrating challenges, notably how people who aren't in those careers sometimes perceive them.

Jo Dunnett is a project and programme management consultant at Counterculture, and one of a small number of project directors working on capital projects in the cultural sector (you can read about the other movers and shakers in the summer 2024 issue of Project).

As you become more senior in your project management career, you’ll inevitably start to take on people management responsibilities.

Welcome aspiring project managers to the exciting world of project management! You've got the technical skills, the drive and the ambition to succeed, but there's one essential skill that underpins all successful projects: communication.

We all know we should be reflecting on professional practice and the process of bringing strategy into being through project delivery, but it’s often hard to find the time for lessons learned activities.