Do you feel overwhelmed by the number or variety of projects that you’re handling simultaneously? Many professionals welcome the opportunity to take on different roles and responsibilities, or to deal with several clients or campaigns at the same time – there’s no better way to avoid boredom.
What do the city of Montreal, the 2012 London Olympics, and the UK Borders Agency have in common? They are all examples of organisations coordinating complex projects that encountered significant problems: • An $11m Montreal overpass had to be demolished less than a year after completion because its positioning did not fit the redesigned road access to a nearby bridge, also under redevelopment.
"I don’t feel my team is taking adequate responsibility.
The motivated team is the more productive team.
I am an avid fan of the BBC medical soap Holby City.
Knowing how to define and manage critical path is accepted as an essential skill for project managers.
In 2017 the Association for Project Management, Arup and University College London published a report on the future of project management.
Leading change – are you enabling your organisation to be change ready? I have been delivering change programmes for well over 15 years and like many others in the profession I have a tried and tested set of tools I use to support organisations navigating change.
I've been working as a remote project manager and consultant for the past 12 years.
Following on from my last post in August, we have further refined the structure for the APM Body of Knowledge 7th edition and we have extended storyboards for each of the 70 topics.