APM Blogs

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

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

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.

Recently, there has been a lot of interest in the potential of large pre-trained language models, such as OpenAI's GPT, to transform the field of project management.

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.

It’s no good waiting around for things to go back to normal – it’s time to review how you hire and embed staff, and review performance.

At 35 I was a TV reporter.

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.