APM Blogs

When I was invited to talk at the APM Benefits and Value and Governance SIG Conference on the legacy of the London 2012 Olympic Park, I jumped at the opportunity.

I started my career in the NHS as a Medical Receptionist about 19 years ago in a GP surgery – a role quite removed from the PMO Officer’s one I have now.

The current COVID-19 pandemic lockdown has provided an unprecedented opportunity for many project professionals to pause, recharge, reset and plan for a new uncertain post-pandemic world.

A real-time taste of massive disruption and the accelerated adoption of virtual technology could be a boon for today’s project management students.

Last week I was over in Dublin for three days for the PMI Global Congress EMEA; one presentation certainly took my eye “Establishing a Project Management Office (PMO) Using the Agile Approach” from three speakers based out of Saudi Arabia.

Most project managers know that feeling of time pressure and having dependencies that must align.

Having worked in a project management role in the development sector for five years, Kavita Rajah was at a point where she wanted to take a step back and figure out the next move in her career.

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

David Taylor, author of The Naked Leader, has a piece of leadership advice for APM members: don’t just serve the business – be the business.

The busyness of a project manager’s day-to-day business means problems are often brushed aside with the hope that they will just disappear – which they rarely do.