APM Blogs

An eye for detail can help plan for now and the future, which especially tends to be true when the world is dealing with COVID-19.

A new study backed by APM is seeking to determine the state of agile in the project profession.

As a self-confessed ‘project management geek’, I keep an eye on how project management is portrayed on social media.

In many industries change is fast becoming the norm amid the continuous demand to adopt new technology and improve client satisfaction.

Waterfall was dead.

Project management is a profession that appears to stay strong even when the political and economic climate is uncertain.

Now that the dust is starting to settle from the Brexit vote to leave the EU, organisations should recognise the potential ‘discontinuity’ on their portfolio of change project and programmes.

What do the following ideas have in common?InnovationProject entrepreneurshipDealing with time critical projectsRe-discovering the human elementProjects within organisationsBlowback and the unintended consequences of decisionsSelling project management to executivesStakeholder involvementCollective actionSocial change(See answer at the end of the article)Project managers are continuously challenged to deliver more with less whilst improving the track record of project delivery.

I received the best ever out of office reply this week, from one of my international counterparts.

This blog series discusses the use of value management to develop and implement business initiatives (programs and projects) that are well aligned with the strategy, deliver benefits and are achievable.