Just as the function of stakeholder management has been overtaken by the need to secure engaged relations, so too traditional project management planning skills and metrics are not well suited to meet emerging challenges in project delivery.
What turns a normal human being into a project manager?After 20 years of doing the job, I have sometimes wondered what turns a normal human being into a project manager.
Project management certainly doesn’t sound as exciting as building something or going shopping! How do we promote project management to children, and girls in particular? I led a Girlguiding unit for 30 girls aged 10-14 (Guides) in north west London, and one activity we’ve run with different groups is the ‘construction game’.
Hybrid life cycles are on the rise.
Deep in the French countryside, 800 miles from where the world’s leaders are gathering to broker a deal on climate change, an experiment called ITER is trying to point the way to a non-carbon future for the world.
Project management consultancy MI-GSO|PCUBED launched a reverse mentoring scheme in the UK in 2022.
Project management is changing fast and for the better.
The APM Built Environment Interest Network celebrates the diversity of voices and experiences that shape our sector.
Most projects aim for a positive outcome of some sort, and can offer things like employment, economic benefit and empowerment.
Diversity and inclusion is increasingly in the spotlight, with both benefits derived and shortcomings in performance alluded to.