APM Blogs

The term VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous) has long been adopted into business terminology to convey the unpredictable environment we live in.

Uncertainty is higher than ever – yet it is essential that business executives and sponsors lead and move forward, taking on the more challenging decision making process, and accepting there is less certainty about the future.

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

If we had a magic ball that could tell us why projects fail we could make millions.

It’s one thing to remind colleagues that sustainability and regeneration are imperative, quite another to do something about it.

When I joined the APM’s Volunteer Delivery Group (VDG) in April this year, I was keen to get stuck in but not entirely sure what to expect.

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.

It doesn’t seem that long ago that project assurance was the preserve of large government departments and corporates that had the money to spend on it.