APM Blogs

In today's rapidly changing business environment, the importance of effective project management has never been greater.

We all make mistakes, especially when we’re first starting out as project managers.

There is a ‘perfect storm’ brewing in the project profession.

Marie Hall was given a task by her CEO back in 2017: build a project management process and team for the business.

Welcome to the conclusion of a series of blog posts that aim to make the case for applying systems thinking to project management.

Leading change – are you enabling your organisation to be change ready? I have been delivering change programmes for well over 15 years and like many others in the profession I have a tried and tested set of tools I use to support organisations navigating change.

We often hear about transferable skills in project management, but how important are they and can we actually transfer skills between sectors? In March, I started working at Heathrow Airport, tasked with programme management for reopening Terminal 4 ahead of the summer peak.

Can a maker of ice cream or washing powder really learn much about innovation, project management and process improvement from Formula 1? The answer, perhaps surprisingly, is a resounding ‘yes’, according to Jerome Evans, Programme Director at PurpleSector.

Whatever you think of Amazon.

As we all know the role of project manager is not necessarily one that we are aiming for when we embark on a degree course or even later when we are already working.