Have we cracked gender equality in the project delivery profession? As someone who has worked my way up through the Civil Service ranks and managed projects of various shapes and sizes, my answer is that there is still some way to go.
Across every sector I’ve worked in — aviation, rail, highways, technology and digital delivery — one truth has remained: projects rise or fall on alignment.
Since Theresa May became Prime Minister, one of the distinctions she has carefully drawn with the recent past has been her willingness to be activist in finding solutions to the UK’s long standing problems with productivity, regional disparities and skills deficits, whilst at the same time keeping her powder dry for a blitz on corporate tax and regulation should the EU drive too hard a deal over Brexit.
This is a world of social pluralism, institutional complexity and technical uncertainty.
The completion of projects so that they come in by a certain deadline and within the budget that has been set for them ultimately determines whether a business will prosper or fail.
As our regular board blogger, Alistair Godbold, was unable to attend Septembers board meeting, Im pleased to be able to step into the breach for this month and give you an insight into the latest APM board meeting.
Good governance is the critical success factor in delivering successful outcomes.
I’m sure I’m not alone in seeing some of the projects being delivered in this time of crisis and being taken aback by the outstanding accomplishments that are helping in the fight against coronavirus.
What is project execution? Getting on with it.
Working in project management can be prone to constant change.