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Whenever I used to hear legacies I used to think of Victorian novels with gifts, endowments or inheritances being misplaced or misunderstood.

Project and programme management are well understood as a means of delivering effective outputs and outcomes; portfolio management still seems to be challenging organisations in terms of:what it means (its big programme management with prioritisation isn’t it?)its necessity (could you do just the project and programme management maturity assessment please, we don’t do portfolio management here)getting it onto a senior stakeholder agenda (they understand PPM, but what’s the third P for again?)how does it relate to my business; why should I bother? (you mean – I’ll be able to connect all my activity from strategy to delivery and back again??)The APM Portfolio Management SIG will be running an evening event on Tuesday October 1st in London to:Discuss how a portfolio management initiative is different from a project mgt or a programme mgt initiative in terms of getting it off the ground.

Earlier this year, Lord Browne of Madingley produced an excellent report entitled: Getting a Grip: How to improve major project execution and control in Government.

The anniversary of the London 2012 Olympics has been a time for reflection on the impact the event has had on various different industries.

This week I saw that the Introductory Certificate was now available online what an achievement for the APM! Of course, this forms part of Strategy 2020 making APM products available to a wider range of people through an increasing number of channels.

I had the pleasure of attending a workshop last week on behalf of APM to discuss how PRINCE2 and other 'swirl logo' products can be developed to help professionalise the global project management community.

It was the buzz word in the run up to the London 2012 Olympics and touched everyones lips legacy.

When David Higgins was installed as the chief executive of the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) he had a simple plan.

A company employed a new accountant and thought everything was going according to plan until it came to the time for their audit.

Recently, I found an opportunity to review my journey (as an accidental project manager) in the profession so far.