Causing confusion over customersThere is much written about the importance of stakeholder engagement and management, and in most cases it is right failure to engage with just one key stakeholder can undermine even the most well-defined and organised programme.
Achieving excellence in project management adds tremendous advantages to the individuals and the organisation as well as to the clients and stakeholders.
The number of projects undertaken in volatile, uncertain, complex or ambiguous (VUCA) environments is forecast to increase, but standard project management methods are often unsuccessful for these.
We recently launched the first in our Body of Knowledge-inspired book series Engaging stakeholders.
Anyone planning a Christmas get together of chief project officers (CPOs) will have to do a lot of clicking and squinting on LinkedIn to find enough people to fill the dancefloor.
What’s it like to work in project management at the Houses of Commons and the House of Lords? Algy Ayson is Head of Project Delivery, Centre of Excellence and Profession at UK Parliament, working in both chambers on projects that stretch across digital transformation, capital works and change initiatives.
A couple of weeks ago I was fortunate to attend a Friday and Saturday APM forum in York.
Project management is well served with bodies of knowledge, methodologies and other guides that give those new to the discipline a starting point for learning.
As I stepped from the lift, the energy and anticipation was palpable — actually, that’s an understatement.
Nearly 12 years ago, I embarked on my professional journey as a full-stack web application developer and gradually transitioned into the role of an IT project manager in Nepal.