APM Blogs

It is almost a truism that large-scale public projects frequently fail to achieve intended objectives and deliver anticipated benefits.

It has been 20 years since the APM Governance Specific Interest Group (SIG) was founded, and nearly as long since the publication of the first edition of APM’s Directing Change: A guide to the governance of project management.

When executing projects, the importance of the new digital technologies cannot be overstated.

Volatility.

COVID-19 and the 2050 net-zero climate targets force us to rethink how we procure, provide and use urban infrastructure.

Early in 2020 the Association for Project Management (APM) Governance Specific Interest Group (SIG) analysed the results of an online survey of senior executives who undertake a sponsor role or are board directors and other project professionals involved in governance of change.

The business case for gender and ethnic diversity is irrefutable.

I recently attended the Women in Project Management (WIPM) Conference, themed Transform Tomorrow.

In 2019, the UK amended the Climate Change Act 2008 to include a national target of ‘net-zero’ emissions by 2050, becoming the first major economy to adopt net-zero legislation.

As one wit once put it, if you steal ideas from only one person, it is called plagiarism.