APM Blogs

We all know the importance of diversity and inclusion (D&I) in both projects and the wider world of work.

When Dawn Mahan was a girl, growing up in the US, her father would come home from working on the railway, dirty and exhausted, and she would guide him through the house to the couch, so he could lie down.

Competence, not qualifications, should be the most important priority when training project managers.

What makes a project manager’s role so valuable is that they provide ownership for successful results linked to change.

We’ve all told white lies or ‘stretched the truth’ to suit our needs, but are we lying more now than we used to? You might think so – or perhaps, with the rise of fake news, we have simply become more aware of the lies we are.

I have heard from a number of quarters that a strong, effective sponsor can make a significant difference to a project – the barriers can seem to melt away rather than continually build.

As of January I have been elected APM Board member to become what was previously known as the board intern role.

Members of the APM Governance SIG recently held at workshop to assess the performance of the governance and leadership of the Universal Credit programme to date.

The recently published APM Annual Salary and Trends Survey 2016, sponsored by Wellingtone, is always one of the most popular downloads and generates huge interest.

The Grapes of Wrath1 by John Steinbeck was set during the Great Depression in America.