In a blog last summer I wondered out loud, Where have all the portfolio managers gone? Well, a Portfolio Management (PfM) survey being run by the APM PfM SIG Committee since last December is beginning to reveal the answers.
You're only worth as much as someone is prepared to pay for you.
The APM Project Management Conference Manchester 2019, which takes place on 26 June, is all about gazing into the (very near) future.
We have worked in project management for more than 30 years each, in the public and private sectors, education and as consultants.
You have to feel sorry for those poor Apprentices trying their hardest to be project managers under the scrutiny of Lord Sugar and all for the benefit of entertaining the viewing public.
Knowing how to define and manage critical path is accepted as an essential skill for project managers.
As the world grapples with lockdown measures, Richard Young asks project professionals how their projects have been affected – and what their path back to ‘normality’ might beIt’s not just employees who’ve been put on furlough.
Globalisation for many project management professionals is likely to require interaction with people from different backgrounds and cultures, possibly involving virtual teams, organisational collaboration or complex matrix structures where hierarchy and positional power count for little.
“I get told what my people think I want to hear” sighed the chief executive of a major organisation to me.
I learnt early on in my career that if you want to change something, measuring it is a sure fire way to get results and a good tool to see the impacts of action in a quantifiable way.