APM Blogs

Knowledge management (KM) has been around as a discipline and organisational practice since the 1990s, but is still smothered in confusion.

Coding is out, so is PRINCE2, but social influence is rising up the list of must-have PM skills, writes Mike Wild Against the backdrop of a global pandemic, national lockdowns and a global economy that is projected to contract more than during the 2008/09 financial crisis, you would be forgiven for questioning why anyone would be thinking about job specifications right now.

If we combine the best of humans and algorithms, we can reach new levels of project delivery performance, writes James Lea Today is a busy day.

Does it have to be this way?I don’t think so and I bet many of you agree with me!So if we recognise the problem, what has to change? Sam Huibers, lead author of The Evolution of Project Auditing, 2015 Global Benchmark Study tells the story of Sir John Franklin who set out in 1845 on a journey expected to last 2-3 years.

At 35 I was a TV reporter.

Dr Karen Thompson and Dr Nigel Williams reflect on the 18 months since the launch of the RPM Manifesto and look ahead to next year As 2020 draws to a close, the time is right to look back at the progress of Responsible Project Management (RPM) and look forward with anticipation to 2021 as the International Year of Responsible Project Management: the year when the project profession will ‘come of age’.

In a well-planned project there will be scheduled milestones and regular formal reviews, which allow those involved to assess progress, discover new risks and identify issues that might require a change to the project, such as: Inadequate business requirements New information coming to light External changes in the market Changes in organisational strategy New technology becoming available New regulations being imposed As are result it may be necessary to change the project scope or requirements.

Often when we talk about employing systems thinking (ST), it’s usually within the confines of a traditional project management methodology (PMM), PRINCE2, Agile, Six-Sigma to name a few.

I want to open up and acknowledge that behind every polished LinkedIn post or well-run project meeting, there are stories that often go unseen.

It’s easy for project professionals to get caught up in schedules or budgets and forget about the actual benefits delivery.