APM Blogs

Simon Darby is portfolio manager at APM He discusses his views on portfolio management and how he got to where he is now, including his professional development and experience.

A rather thrilled person joined a management brief recently.

The link between projects and business strategy, and the idea that project professionals can follow a route into the top of business by becoming a chief project officer, is becoming ever more evident.

UK construction is undergoing a period of rapid transformation.

On the 27th of November, emerging project professional and South West of England and Wales Association of Project Management (APM) network member Marielle Salom spoke at the University of West England to students studying engineering and project management.

Tony Robbins (author of Unleash the Power Within) says that three things are required to bring about change in a person: The desire to change, and/or desire for a result.

The complexity of space travel is something that really fascinates me, and as a project/programme professional this fascination has often provided great inspiration.

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.