Volunteering is important for APM, the chartered body for the project profession and volunteers play a pivotal part in the future of the project profession and the organisation.
When I was first headhunted to join the Bar Standards Board (the legal regulator of barristers in England and Wales, BSB) as head of programmes, I was amazed at how much work such a small organisation was doing to address inequalities across the Bar and make Bar training more accessible.
The Chartered Project Professional (ChPP) standard is a benchmark that demonstrates attainment of a defined level of professional practice, technical knowledge, and ethical behaviour.
'Never waste a good crisis' said Churchill, allegedly, and there have certainly been no shortages of what the public at least, might consider have qualified as a series of 'once in a generation' crises facing governments over the last few years.
Like any job candidates, those seeking project management roles need to ensure they’re putting their best foot forward when they enter the job market.
In 2018, when the Flemish Waterways Authority (FWA) devised a project for a refuse-catching barrier on the Scheldt, a tidal river in Belgium’s Flanders region, the primary objective was clear: to solve a severe environmental and shipping hazard on the heavily navigated river.
The agile trend is here to stay.
In January, during lockdown, I attended an accreditation fair.
The impact of the past 12 months has been challenging for the whole world, but we are now starting to see light at the end of the tunnel and the hope of returning to some form of normality.
There are many different considerations for project managers to think about when procuring and managing external project suppliers.