APM Blogs

As we move through the 21st century, data and the insights it gives us will change how we see the world.

August 2021: a team of rocket scientists, engineers and physicists from British company Pulsar Fusion sit round a table in the Caribbean discussing hybrid rocket engines and the US-dominated space sector.

The reopening of the world has brought with it various considerations for individuals, and despite vaccinations and scientists putting their best foot forward, we may always be mindful of the risk of infection, wary of shaking hands, close contact and enclosed spaces.

Calder Hall at Sellafield was the world’s first commercial nuclear power plant.

In this age of pandemic, how agile is agile project management? With the key agile principle of informal collaboration and communication seemingly hindered by remote working, is agile up to the challenges? Six months into APM’s major study of agile with the University of Southampton, themes are starting to emerge.

The most significant changes in our professional and private lives start with small steps.

Business analysts, project managers, executive sponsors, all identify that something needs to be communicated, but lack the skills, knowledge and experience of a communication specialist to be able to turn those requirements into impactful, meaningful communications that deliver the required results.

In my previous blog, I described why it’s so important to manage project quality well.

We all know we should be reflecting on professional practice and the process of bringing strategy into being through project delivery, but it’s often hard to find the time for lessons learned activities.

Over the past 12 months and more, our world has changed dramatically due to the pandemic, forcing a recalibration of norms and behaviours.