I’m sure it has happened to most of us: working under a tight project deadline while bureaucracy keeps us busy and makes us feel like we’re not making the best use of our time.
Across every sector I’ve worked in — aviation, rail, highways, technology and digital delivery — one truth has remained: projects rise or fall on alignment.
Why do we persist in making New Year’s resolutions despite knowing that most will likely be ditched? Is it because project professionals just need to have set goals, a tick-list and some defined outcomes in their lives? Perhaps they have more luck in achieving them than most.
Aerospace projects are some of the most challenging out there.
For a long time, science was all about curiosity and working on your own terms.
Once in a while, I pause to take stock of how I arrived where I am today.
BP’s Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) Phase 1 project off the coast of Africa is a case study in engineering innovation, complex stakeholder management and international collaboration.
How to Measure Anything in Project Management is a thought-provoking new book, co-authored by Douglas Hubbard, Alexander Budzier and Andreas Leed.
Tamsin Alli-Balogun ChPP, Associate Director for Operations Management at AtkinsRéalis, is the winner of the 2025 APM Chartered Project Professional of the Year Award.
I’ve spent a career in infrastructure.