Why attend the APM Risk Interest Network Conference: The Human Element – Crisis and Risk

Don’t miss the chance to be part of a transformative discussion on enhancing project risk management for humanitarian impact – register today and ensure you’re part of the solution.

The humans behind risk management: your worst nightmare is actually your best friend

The introduction to any blog is fraught with risks, which is rather apt! Will you stay, or will you go? Context of what we’re going to be exploring matters, so I’ll set the scene: It’s that time of the month again, the project is chugging along, stakeholders are calm and the plan is full of ticked boxes, but here comes a dark shadow, ready to take over and push the project into darkness; ‘risk’ is reluctantly added to the agenda.

Why project professionals need to up the ante when taking risks

There seems to be a common view that project management is very simple – you know where you want to get to, you think you know the intermediate steps, then it’s just a matter of lining up the sequence, drawing up the Gantt chart, nailing the critical path and master budget – and charging ahead! If it really was that simple, there would be no need for APM.

Inflation in infrastructure projects: a risk we need to address

It’s not often an economics story makes the headlines but as we start 2022, inflation is a lead news item.

We need to talk about risk

The pandemic has been a rude awakening.

Dealing with project risks effectively

In my last post I talked about how to identify risks on a project and how to ensure the risks were specific to the project and not general business-as-usual risks.

Integrated Cost & Schedule Risk Analysis (ICSRA): Demystified webinar

Reference Class Forecasting - useful method, or random number generator? webinar

Addressing the why, when, and how to use Reference Class Forecasting (RCF) as a method to predict uncertainty in major project planning and delivery.

Demystifying Project Risk Management: Practical Tips for Practitioners

Projects are risky and risk management is an integral part of managing projects.

Time to rethink and review the yearly project risk register

2023 is here …time to seize new opportunities … 

Driving projects "looking through the windscreen": multi SIG conference 2022

Advanced project risk reporting webinar

An insight into some advanced project risk reporting techniques to improve your project risk insights, and a glimpse into some emerging risk reporting.

The foundation of a project: How do you set a project off on the right track?

Projects are happening all the time across the world.

Smart Risk Management webinar

A look into Project Risk Management including CLP’s uplift journey and how to take Smart Risks through aspects such as People, Governance and Process.

The impact of heuristics and biases on project risk management webinar

The whole process of project risk management involves people.

APM Risk SIG conference 2021: Ripple effect - to be or not to be risky, a journey through the project life cycle

APM Risk SIG and the IRM Nuclear Industry SIG joined together to host a virtual two-day conference sponsored by Sellafield Ltd on Thursday 22 and 29 April 2021.