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There is a new trend beginning to emerge among some of our clients who are running multiple business change programmes.

What does a global engineering company looking to develop their project management methods, a global manufacturing business introducing project management for their new product development lifecycle, and a national retailer going through a major and complex business transformation programme all have in common, apart from the obvious project management?Many businesses give considerable thought, investment and effort towards the professionalism of their project management community, and to determining and developing project management processes which are operationally fit for purpose.

I have written elsewhere about 2017 being a year of change.

The Women’s Network within the Connecting Women in STEM (CWS) community at Thames Water is passionate about creating a place where all women within science, engineering, engineering project management, digital and other STEM areas can connect and work together in making a difference for women now and in the future.

Note: The original Gantt chart developed by Henry Gantt in 1910 was not the same as the one we use today; it actually showed resources against time (but that’s a topic for another blog post).

As Chair of the APM PMO SIG moving our industry forward has always been at the forefront of my mind.

It's Volunteer's Week, so we caught up with student volunteer, James Lesingham, who is a Programme Management SIG committee member to find out what motivates him.

ESG and sustainability can be overwhelming topics and you may think to yourself; where do you start? How can you create meaningful change?  Sustainable development is now very much a clear corporate priority, with legislative targets mandated by the UN and an ever-increasing passion to “do good” within our workforce.

Eight years ago, the eyes of the world were on the east end of London as the London Olympic games were delivered with such aplomb in front of thousands of spectators and millions of viewers.

Just as the function of stakeholder management has been overtaken by the need to secure engaged relations, so too traditional project management planning skills and metrics are not well suited to meet emerging challenges in project delivery.