Monthly Monitor
APM’s Monthly Monitors are a convenient way to quickly gain an insight into what is happening across the project profession.
The Monitors include developments in politics and policy, professional and research reports and insights, as well as project management research and APM publications.
Latest issue: Monthly Monitor May 2019
Summary: APM/PwC – The Golden Thread; The NAO’s framework to review programmes; Young professionals urge the next generation to share their vision for infrastructure; Framework for the Project Management Office; (PMO) for the nuclear sector deal (NSD); Reports, publications, and events across Westminster and Whitehall; Reports and publications – professional bodies/think-tanks/other; Reports, publications, and activity from the world of project management; APM events/research and policy outputs; APM forthcoming
Previous issues
Summary: The Golden Thread – APM/PwC report; Public accounts committee – report on the Department for Transport (DfT) and the delay to Crossrail; The spring statement; The transport infrastructure efficiency; taskforce (TIET) – one year on; NAO report on the government’s apprenticeships programme; Reports, publications, and events across Westminster and Whitehall; Reports and publications – professional bodies/think-tanks/other, Reports, publications, and activity from the world of project management; APM events/research and policy outputs; APM forthcoming
Summary: APM and the Institute for Government (IfG); Infrastructure Commission for Scotland; Sustainable procurement: A vision for UK infrastructure; Outsourcing decisions and contracting outside suppliers for the delivery of public services; Reports, publications, and events across Westminster and Whitehall; Reports and publications – professional bodies/think-tanks/other; Reports, publications, and activity from the world of project management; APM forthcoming
Summary: Brexit update; The future of infrastructure; The Institute for Government Whitehall; The Good Work Plan; HS2; Reports, publications, and events across Westminster and Whitehall; Reports and publications – professional bodies/think-tanks/other; Notable appointments; Reports, publications, and activity from the world of project management; APM forthcoming
Summary: Economic analysis of Brexit scenarios; in case you missed it – ChPP; value for money in higher education; reports, publications, and events across Westminster and Whitehall; reports and publications – professional bodies/think-tanks/other; reports, publications, and activity from the world of project management; APM events/research and policy outputs; APM forthcoming.
Summary: Autumn budget 2018 – key announcements and reaction; Party conferences 2018; Can cities outsmart the robots? The future of skills in the UK; Reports and Publications – professional bodies/think-tanks/other; Reports, publications, and events across; Westminster and Whitehall Reports, publications and activity from the world of project management; APM events/research and policy outputs; APM forthcoming
Summary: APM/Opinium report Making It Happen; Joint Rail Data Action Plan (JRDAP); National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF); CBI report Open and Controlled: A New Approach To Immigration After Brexit; Government technical notes and guidance documents on “how to prepare for Brexit if there is no deal”; Reports and publications; APM events/research and policy outputs; and APM forthcoming
Summary: The Institute for Government/ APM National Infrastructure Assessment event, IfG/APM report: How to be a minister, Brexit white paper, Infrastructure Projects Authority (IPA) annual report, Construction and nuclear sector deals, Reports and publications, Appointments and APM forthcoming
Summary: National Infrastructure Assessment, Heathrow airport expansion, Latest apprenticeship statistics, Apprenticeship levy update, Reports and publications, APM forthcoming
Summary: Grenfell Tower tragedy, Industrial strategy, Digital railway strategy, Head of the civil service and the importance of project management, Reports and publications and APM forthcoming
Summary: Artificial intelligence sector deal, T levels and human capital, Digital tech transforming the financial and related professional services industry, Reports and publications and APM forthcoming
Summary: National Apprenticeship Week 2018, creative industries sector deal, anniversary of the digital strategy, reports and publications and APM forthcoming.
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