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Integrated project management involves piecing together expectations to deliver a successful project.

When I received a phone call in January 2018 from a friendly head-hunter asking me if I would be interested in working on a programme to plan for a no-deal scenario from the Brexit negotiations, I jumped at a chance of a brand-new gig.

A process for reducing risk in projects is for a newly formed team to undertake a pre-mortem.

Sustainability in project management has often been treated as an afterthought; something to be discussed at a conference stream.

How do we ensure our projects deliver meaningful value to our organisations while balancing innovation and stability? Benefits management provides a structured approach to help align projects with strategic objectives, ensuring every initiative contributes to organisational success.

How is project management perceived and applied in different industries and professions? That’s been the focus of a series of APM discussion groups in recent months.

It was an exciting experience to attend the “Shaping your portfolio to realise organisation strategy”- Portfolio Management SIG conference on the 12th of May 2016.

Being interviewed for Project certainly made me revisit this question.

On 18th December 2019, I was part of a group of APM corporate member representatives who met with Skills Development Scotland (SDS) to lobby for project management apprenticeships in Scotland.

In February, the government unveiled its Levelling Up the United Kingdom white paper, with the aim of ending “geographic inequality” in the UK.