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Data centres are the engines that are propelling our economic activity.

After 20 years of delivering public sector projects, now more than ever, a depressingly common theme is emerging, which is that key public sector projects and programmes are failing to deliver.

Are we alone amongst Specific Interest Groups (SIGs) in thinking that our subject is the most widely misunderstood in project management? Probably not.

Over the past 25 years I’ve had the privilege of working across numerous sectors and on a variety of different project types – for example civil engineering, new product development, business change, social change, R&D, to name a few.

Writing about project professionals as agents of change for the forthcoming spring 2023 issue of Project journal was a great opportunity to get under the bonnet of three outstanding APM Award-winning projects from Rolls-Royce, the MOD and Openreach.

If you’re reading this, you are probably a project professional.

"Anger and aggression sometimes seem to be protective because they bring energy to bear on a particular situation, but that energy is blind.

Project management plays a crucial role in the success of non-profit organisations, helping them achieve their missions and maximise their impact.

How you – and the people around you – think matters to the success of your project.

This is the 4th in a series of posts about the basics of project management for novice project managers.