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Making projects fly at the RSPB Blog

As Head of Portfolio Office at the RSPB, I work with other colleagues across the nature and bird life conservation charity to oversee the support and development of our project and programme management approach.


Star Wars: Return of the Jedi - 3 ways a project manager could have saved the Empire from collapse Blog

In the third instalment of the Star Wars trilogy, the Empire reveals a cunning plan, setting a series of traps to snare Luke Skywalker and the rebels.


Lessons from the top Blog

APM’s Project journal has been privy to some of the best leadership and project management advice from those at the very top of the profession.


Innovative financing and operational handover: Thames Tideway nears go-live Blog

This year, one of the wettest Septembers on record triggered flood warnings across the country.


Why lesson learned libraries are critical for successful project management Blog

We are all familiar with the narrative ‘you must record lessons throughout a project lifecycle’, but the more I talk to professionals, the more I realise it’s often not done to the nth degree, and that it seems to be seen as a tick boxing exercising within the project closedown process rather than a meaningful, dynamic process that occurs throughout a project lifecycle.


What went wrong with the Co-op Live project? Blog

On 23 April 2024, comedian Peter Kay was due to be the launch act for the 23,500-seater Co-op Live arena in Manchester, the UK’s largest indoor entertainment venue.


The ‘why’ not the ‘what’: How to make lessons learned easy Blog

We all know we should be reflecting on professional practice and the process of bringing strategy into being through project delivery, but it’s often hard to find the time for lessons learned activities.


Handle with care: how to deal with perfectionism Blog

Watch out for the perfectionists on your team, warns Greg Chasson, Associate Professor in Psychiatry at the University of Chicago, and author of the new book Flawed: Why Perfectionism is a Challenge for Management — they’ll need careful managing.


Five lessons for project managers on innovation projects Blog

Open Skies Cornwall is a live research and development project funded by Innovate UK, testing the potential for drones to deliver cargo over longer distances.



Making projects fly at the RSPB

As Head of Portfolio Office at the RSPB, I work with other colleagues across the nature and bird life conservation charity to oversee the support and development of our project and programme management approach.


Star Wars: Return of the Jedi - 3 ways a project manager could have saved the Empire from collapse

In the third instalment of the Star Wars trilogy, the Empire reveals a cunning plan, setting a series of traps to snare Luke Skywalker and the rebels.


Lessons from the top

APM’s Project journal has been privy to some of the best leadership and project management advice from those at the very top of the profession.


Innovative financing and operational handover: Thames Tideway nears go-live

This year, one of the wettest Septembers on record triggered flood warnings across the country.


Why lesson learned libraries are critical for successful project management

We are all familiar with the narrative ‘you must record lessons throughout a project lifecycle’, but the more I talk to professionals, the more I realise it’s often not done to the nth degree, and that it seems to be seen as a tick boxing exercising within the project closedown process rather than a meaningful, dynamic process that occurs throughout a project lifecycle.


What went wrong with the Co-op Live project?

On 23 April 2024, comedian Peter Kay was due to be the launch act for the 23,500-seater Co-op Live arena in Manchester, the UK’s largest indoor entertainment venue.


The ‘why’ not the ‘what’: How to make lessons learned easy

We all know we should be reflecting on professional practice and the process of bringing strategy into being through project delivery, but it’s often hard to find the time for lessons learned activities.


Handle with care: how to deal with perfectionism

Watch out for the perfectionists on your team, warns Greg Chasson, Associate Professor in Psychiatry at the University of Chicago, and author of the new book Flawed: Why Perfectionism is a Challenge for Management — they’ll need careful managing.


Five lessons for project managers on innovation projects

Open Skies Cornwall is a live research and development project funded by Innovate UK, testing the potential for drones to deliver cargo over longer distances.


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