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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.

Volatility.

Whilst Sir Ernest Shackleton wrote to The Times announcing his Imperial Trans Antarctic Expedition—more commonly known as the Endurance expedition— it is the almost certainly fictional advert to recruit a crew that has captured the public imagination in recent years.

The future of project management is likely to demand even greater flexibility, agility and responsiveness.

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

There is one way to find out if a project manager is honest – ask them.

The APM Body of Knowledge 7th edition defines quality as “the fitness for purpose or the degree of conformance of the outputs of a process or the process itself to requirements” so to deliver quality one must meet the requirements.

In an industry like construction, where developers are tasked with implementing large infrastructure projects, people from a wide range of disciplines have to work together to enable delivery.