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The APM Project Management Awards 2018, sponsored by RPC UK Ltd, celebrated the best of project management in the UK and overseas.

Projects can only thrive when their people are properly supported, writes Suresh Sadanandan What makes a great project or project delivery organisation? The familiar triad of people, processes and systems? An organisation’s ability to develop an appropriate project baseline by the time the business case is approved, giving projects a chance of successful delivery? How often does a project or project organisation have a mature understanding of requirements and design, or the numerous interfaces, varying risks and potential impact of market forces over time? Projects and delivery organisations spend a lot of time developing processes and systems, including establishing the initial baseline, with varying degrees of success.

Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith speaks to four millennial project managers about their career stories The millennial generation continues to intrigue employers.

Mike Purvis details how HMRC approached a wholesale organisational transformation, and offers up his top 10 tips One of the great things about working for HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is the scale of our transformation, which is one of the big building blocks of the cross-civil service SmarterGov work.

The first cohort of more than 270 Chartered Project Professionals (ChPPs) has now been registered.

How does private equity approach the projects that underpin its returns? By Amy Carroll There’s no doubt that identifying, prioritising and executing transformational projects, quickly and efficiently, is key to private equity performance.

In January 2017, London suburb Barking became the first English town with direct rail access to China when it welcomed the arrival of a freight train that had travelled 7,500 miles from eastern China’s Zhejiang Province with a cargo of garments and handbags.

Rolls-Royce is an iconic brand name in Britain and renowned for its engineering worldwide.

How much will it cost? When will you deliver results? How will you assure delivery? These are typical questions that we can expect at the start of a project.

Ben Hargreaves meets APM’s new chief executive, Debbie Dore, to hear about her vision for the organisation, the future of the profession and the value of driving New APM chief executive Debbie Dore resides in the Cotswolds.