APM Blogs

In many organisations there will be a process for that – whatever ‘that’ is.

What are the top five skills wanted by employers? Is it initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling? Or is it creativity, persuasion, collaboration, adaptability and emotional intelligence? One is doing and the other thinking.

Nuclear projects represent some of the most impressive achievements of the human race, delivering scientific firsts that will find a place in history books for centuries to come.

How long will it take and how much will it cost? In one form or another, these are probably the two most asked questions before a project starts and during the project lifecycle (and sometimes even after it is finished as firms try to calculate the full cost of a project).

Most major companies, if not all, will have some dimension of internal politics that can impact project managers and the projects they are responsible for.

Mike Wild outlines practical ways to respond to the new, rapidly changing and complex project environment Projects in 2020 have turned out to be a little different than expected.

Change is happening, and project managers need to be a part of it.

Effective project leaders understand the nature of a serious challenge.

We’re now six months into social restrictions and lockdown measures in the UK, and coming to terms with what looks set to be a long haul towards a changed world.

When I was asked how best to sum up my time as a trustee and chair of Association for Project Management (APM), I didn’t expect it to be easy.