APM Blogs

I have had to remind myself that this current series of blog posts is predominantly aimed at those new to project management.

There’s always a risk when you’re working on projects that you invest the detail of the process with a spurious, level of authority.

Do you know what a project audit is? What is the difference between auditing a project and auditing a programme? Would you know where to start with such an audit?  Audits are a special type of review but for some, the term audit implies a ‘backwards view’; an emphasis on ‘compliance’; a policing activity.

Project management tech is booming – there has never been more choice in the software available to project managers, all offering the potential to streamline your processes, keep everyone on the same page and make managing a project so much easier.

Building Information Modelling – or BIM – creates a virtual prototype of projects, so everyone has complete visibility of a space, right down to the smallest details.

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’.

Project teams spend up to 30% of their time searching for information (Gartner), yet decisions still stall.

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.

Project professionals are well-placed to play a leading role in sustainable development and already have many of the skills required.

David Waboso’s inaugural message as APM President gave the project management community a lot to think about, namely that project management is increasingly about more than the rusty iron triangle of time, cost and quality.