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New APM book highlights the importance of leadership in project controls
Project Controls • APM Publications
Project Controls in the 21st Century, written by Paul Kidston and Carolyn Browning, offers a guide to effective project control and management.
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APM Body of Knowledge 8th edition
APM Body of Knowledge • APM Publications
Available now the APM Body of Knowledge 8th edition reflects the challenging backdrop for project delivery through expanded topics including leadership, systems thinking and sustainability.
From pointe shoes to project plans - life lessons from the perspective of middle age
Women in project management
I invite you to stop for a moment and take a breather. Reflect on how you got to where you are. Was it all meticulously planned or were there some events over which you had little or no control? Did you have to adapt and re-plan?
Six tips on how to work with subject matter experts
SME • Project success
As a project professional, you can’t expect to be an expert on everything. In fact, deep subject matter expertise isn’t even in the job description. While every successful project will need authoritative knowledge of specialist topics, that’s for others to bring.
How reliant should project professionals be on AI?
AI • artificial intelligence
As we lean more heavily on AI, it is right to question whether this reliance is becoming too great and whether it introduces risks that must be actively mitigated.
How to manage your first global project team
Global project teams
With a significant increase in global teams, it is becoming increasingly important for ambitious project professionals to think about how they would approach managing and leading projects across different countries.
What is project controls and how does it link to project success?
Project controls
Project controllers are not only the ‘truth tellers’ of projects, but also technical and strategy whizzes. But, to succeed in the role, what really matters, is the ability to be adept at the people side of things. These skills include communicating well, problem-solving and being a leader who creates the best kind of project culture.
Five leadership lessons from professor Mike Bourne
Leadership
Success requires not only the traditional virtues of project management, such as scheduling and budgets but also a greater emphasis on active and ongoing project leadership to ensure that what is being delivered remains relevant to changing needs and requirements.