Towards the end of last year, the UK’s Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy (JCNSS) published a paper titled A hostage to fortune: ransomware and UK national security.
Any new Prime Minister, from any political party, can always expect a full in-tray waiting for them when they arrive at 10 Downing Street.
Children are our future, we have heard it seen it written and spoken it so many times.
How big do stakeholders get? I was personally pleased when I recently worked with a major multi-national organisation that puts sustainability right at the heart of everything it does – including new projects and programmes.
At one of the earliest APM Portfolio Management Steering Committee meetings we decided to take our own medicine and adopt project management best practice!We did this by spending some agenda time thinking before doing.
As the well-oiled machinery of the establishment cranks up for action over the next four weeks, it set me wondering about the skills and knowledge needed for success in the hustings, and the skills and knowledge needed for success in government.
As the chair of the APM Knowledge SIG, I get to see many project/programme managers who have issues around establishing the differences between data, information and knowledge.
There are many different ‘types’ of project manager – they all have the same core skills, but emphasise different aspects to suit their roles.
From charity work to microbreweries, project professionals are using their expertise on projects outside of their day jobs to great success.
What can we learn from attention management? The world of programme and project management is full of workstreams, deliverables and actions plans.