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Projects tend to be complex and have inherent risks and uncertainties so we use established procedures and templates to manage them.

Leadership is such an interesting and evocative abstract noun.

So you've decided you would like to climb aboard the project management ride, and feel that your love for planning, passion for budgeting and the pleasure evoked by telling people what to do will get you climbing the career ladder.

The global mission to get to net zero may be under more strain than before, so how about some inspiration on how to effect change when it comes to sustainability? Below are some insights taken from APM’s Project Summit in autumn 2024 – where senior project experts, leaders and C-suite executives shared ideas on the biggest challenges facing the profession – and recommendations from APM’s Projecting for the Future: Harmonising energy and environment report.

Project management in the heritage sector requires an interesting skillset – one that extends further than the typical toolkit of a project manager with PRINCE2 or similar training to include another set of skills that ensures the conservation of historic buildings is considered, or the heritage of a site / place / collection is understood and managed effectively.

The APM Governance SIG and community was privileged and delighted to hear from Nick Elliott, formerly the programme director of the UK Vaccine Task Force.

When faced with a messed-up Rubik’s Cube, it can be easy to give up when it seems just too complex to unscramble.

People tend to believe that failure to hit deadlines is mostly caused by unforeseen delays during the project.

We know that 65% of all megaprojects fail.

Since President Donald Trump moved back into the White House, diversity, equality and inclusion [DEI] rights in the US have rolled backwards at an alarming rate, impacting business and employment within the US and reducing several gender equity and broader DEI initiatives through executive action and policy shifts.