APM Blogs

Any project manager will know that managing and motivating a team effectively can be hard work.

In project management, thorough planning is often heralded as the cornerstone of success.

What are the largest challenges organisation face relating to project and portfolio management? The 2016 State of Project Management Survey published by Wellingtone and the APM PMO SIG provides some insight: Poor resource management features in the top 5, with lack of visibility of project status making the top 10 list of challenges.

A recognised project management certification is an asset to you and your organisation.

Happy New Year to all ProgM members from the ProgM chair and committee.

Studies show most projects fail due to poor management of known risks which includes cost.

Think of the construction industry and you may picture vast entities like Balfour Beatty and Kier Group using their ample muscle and machinery to get things built and expand their sprawling portfolios.

Getting communication right in a crisis matters.

You don’t need me to tell you that COVID-19 hugely impacted the project profession.

In my last post I talked about how to identify risks on a project and how to ensure the risks were specific to the project and not general business-as-usual risks.