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Most project managers are good at spotting risk early.

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.

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.

The Management of Portfolios (MoP) guidance has been in the public domain for quite a while now, and before that, it was available in draft form.

The annual Wellingtone and APM Project Management Office Specific Interest Group State of Project Management survey shows that approximately 85 per cent of project organisations have a project management office (PMO) of one type or another.

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.

Waterfall was dead.

In writing this article, I found myself asking whether I actually wanted to ‘tackle’ optimism bias.

The winner of APM’s 2025 Social Project of the Year Award, the Rochdale Town Hall Quarter regeneration project, is a powerful example of how transformational project management can drive lasting social change through clarity of vision, process and collaboration.

Which aspects of project management are relevant to dealing with climate change? The answer is virtually all of them, and this publication, "Climate change and what the project management profession should be doing about it", by Professor Peter Morris  - recently published by APM - looks into it in more detail.