APM Blogs

It has been a busy time over the last few weeks with the APM: conferences, awards, elections, forums, AGMs and board meetings.

We all want our projects to be successful and like to think they are when they have finally been completed but do we really know how to identify project success? Because unless we can identify project success there will always be that nagging doubt that maybe that last project wasn't quite as good as it could have been.

Every day more comes to light about our impact on the planet, and the importance of sustainability and clean growth.

How you conduct yourself as a professional and a person is vital during the last phases of a project, as it defines your brand as a professional project manager.

We have appointed Simon Taylor following a selection process involving the volunteer community and he now acts as branch and SIG ‘champion’.

Recently a warning was issued by Sir Cary Cooper, a British professor and formal government adviser, that obsessive email checking is hurting staff’s health and productivity.

We can improve project outcomes by changing our understanding of communication.

Is a quote from the film Top Gun where Tom Cruise plays United States Naval Aviator Lieutenant Pete "Maverick" Mitchell.

In our industry, high performing teams are considered to be everything.

It was the buzz word in the run up to the London 2012 Olympics and touched everyones lips legacy.