As the chartered body for our profession, Association for Project Management (APM) is responsible for setting standards and leading by example on behalf of the entire project community.
When you are attending an online or virtual training course it can be hard to be fully motivated.
The People Interest Network have a fantastic conference coming up in London at the Double Tree Hotel by Hilton, Tower of London on the 26th February 2025 where we will be touching on Autonomy, Teams and Tension with a focus on projects under stress, the tensions that may arise between autonomous leadership, teamworking and stakeholder inclusivity.
What comes to your mind when you consider what makes a really effective sponsor? Owning the business case? Regularly resolving escalations? Being an ally to the programme manager? Most articles will provide you with a list of responsibilities; influencing stakeholders, making decisions, monitoring the external environment, running steering groups.
Business cases can be tricky to get right.
Nick Gray of Network Rail (NR) recently presented on the Thameslink programme and reflected on overall sponsor challenges in NR at the APM Governance SIG event, hosted by Transport for London (TfL).
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Change managers or agents wear a multitude of hats and they can be involved in a number of roles through the life of a project, which is often dependant on the change in question and the organisation they are working in.
In my role as a creative producer, I am responsible for guiding my team and supporting our clients to achieve the project vision.