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What are the barriers to effective governance? Blog

Members of the Governance SIG recently came together to begin the first stage of what will be an ongoing conversation around the barriers to effective governance.


Insights from Life Hacks on Project Governance Blog

The first session of Life Hacks on Project Governance – a virtual meet up of the APM Governance SIG which took place on 13th December 2023 – was a valuable and insightful event.


Governance failures are as much about people as policies Blog

It has been 20 years since the APM Governance Specific Interest Group (SIG) was founded, and nearly as long since the publication of the first edition of APM’s Directing Change: A guide to the governance of project management.


Celebrating 20 Years of the APM’s Governance Specific Interest Group News

On Wednesday 29 October 2003 a group of eleven project professionals met in Oxford at the SAID Business School to discuss how the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) principles of corporate governance could and should apply to project governance.




5 tips for eliminating strategic misrepresentation from your projects Blog

Let’s not dress it up: sometimes, people lie to get what they want.



What are the barriers to effective governance?

Members of the Governance SIG recently came together to begin the first stage of what will be an ongoing conversation around the barriers to effective governance.


Insights from Life Hacks on Project Governance

The first session of Life Hacks on Project Governance – a virtual meet up of the APM Governance SIG which took place on 13th December 2023 – was a valuable and insightful event.


Governance failures are as much about people as policies

It has been 20 years since the APM Governance Specific Interest Group (SIG) was founded, and nearly as long since the publication of the first edition of APM’s Directing Change: A guide to the governance of project management.


5 tips for eliminating strategic misrepresentation from your projects

Let’s not dress it up: sometimes, people lie to get what they want.


Project outcomes should receive elevated recognition in company reports. Shouldn’t they?

Project outcomes are important to company performances, so you might expect their significance, and assurance of proper governance and management, would receive appropriate recognition in company reports.


The necessity of quality in project management

Projects can often be vague or offer up benefits which cannot be achieved.


Sponsorship: how to enhance the role within the project profession

Early in 2020 the Association for Project Management (APM) Governance Specific Interest Group (SIG) analysed the results of an online survey of senior executives who undertake a sponsor role or are board directors and other project professionals involved in governance of change.


Celebrating 20 Years of the APM’s Governance Specific Interest Group

On Wednesday 29 October 2003 a group of eleven project professionals met in Oxford at the SAID Business School to discuss how the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) principles of corporate governance could and should apply to project governance.





APM Assurance and Governance SIG conference 2021: Project ring of confidence - Data driven governance and assurance

Over 100 delegates attended this day of informative and stimulating presentations and discussions highlighting how quality and fast data contributes to good governance and assurance in today’s project world.


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