APM Blogs

Risk, is defined by APM as ‘the potential of a situation or event to impact on the achievement of specific objectives’.

Time and again we come across numerous articles, speeches and blogs on the transformations that project data analytics (PDA) could bring to delivering projects.

On 9 January, the Irish government issued a warning to maritime traffic off the country’s south-western coastline: “There is a low probability for the vehicle to produce dangerous debris if a mishap were to occur.

Some years ago, APM used ‘doing the right project’ as one of its themes – which meant knowing exactly what it was you were supposed to be delivering.

In 2021 I wrote about how the COVID-19 pandemic shone a light on wellbeing in the workplace and the importance of wellbeing conversations in the project management community.

It is well known that we and our project teams need tools to help us keep track of what’s been done, aid decisions and inform our stakeholders.

As a part-time Army Officer and full-time Project Manager, I have spent years juggling the demands of both worlds.

As a project professional, you need to know how to make your projects fairer because the individuals you are working with care about fairness.

The one thing we know is consistent about project management is that it delivers a change, but as much as project managers may try, with good planning and execution, many projects don’t come to fruition until customers are happy.

New Zealand’s Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern recently and unexpectedly announced her resignation.