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In project management, we often see words drift in and become part of our collective vocabulary, as if they’ve always belonged.

You’ll be familiar with the idea of a project having a life cycle: work begins, is carried out, is completed and delivered, hopefully creating something that adds value to the organisation.

Knowing how to set a project up for success is a key part of any good project manager’s job.

After 20 years of delivering public sector projects, now more than ever, a depressingly common theme is emerging, which is that key public sector projects and programmes are failing to deliver.

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.

The purpose of a project is to create change.

Are relentless deadlines pushing you to the edge? Take a deep breath.

The UK defence industry is the essential platform for economic and political stability, contributing to the nation's prosperity and quality of life.

After hosting the final APM face to face conference before the Covid-19 pandemic struck and then the first event when physical attendance events were resumed in early 2022, it’s with some irony that the Programme Management SIG Conference did not stage an event in 2023.

In an era where artificial intelligence (AI), including generative AI, is revolutionising industries, organisations face unprecedented opportunities and challenges.