Following an earlier APM event held in Exeter (Avoiding conflict before it arises) several of us met on 7 September 2017 and chatted about the possibility of trying out a different, more informal type of event.
The Chartered body for the project profession's yearly inspirational event, the APM National Conference for Women in Project Management 2017, sponsored by BAE Systems, is aimed at the progressive project professional and is currently underway in London.
In today’s society, we need to deliver more for less and in these extraordinary times we need to manage change effectively, efficiently and to capitalise on the opportunities available while driving forward new and innovative achievements.
Every project needs an appropriate framework in place to manage its performance effectively.
APM demystifies agile in a special supplement in the Sunday Telegraph and you can read the articles here.
Regional skills gap Research published by Ernst and Young (EY), "Can small changes today improve the UK’s commercial talent deficit tomorrow?", reveals public sector projects are facing rising costs as UK regions encounter a project management talent deficit.
Benedict gave a thought provoking presentation to the YNL branch on 7 September 2017 at the Leopold Hotel in Sheffield, on what leadership, especially project leadership, is likely to look like in the future, to the YNL branch of the APM in Sheffield.
Marta Zaremba-Marsden and Lara Warburton presented to the Midlands branch on 6 September in Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
Delegates from Association for Project Management in the North West Region embarked on a site visit to BAE Systems Warton on Tuesday, 12 September 2017.
What role does professional curiosity have in project management? Is it our responsibility to be curious, enquiring and inquisitive when dealing with stakeholders? Do we share information about what we’re seeing, information that might be outside the immediate scope of our roles, so that patterns of adverse behaviour might be spotted or early warnings of disgruntled stakeholders might be acted on? What are the risks of team members not being professionally curious? This is the theme in October’s “Useful Links” from the Stakeholder Engagement Focus Group (SEFG).
