Governance and assurance systems for complex public sector projects must differ based on the nature of the project to avoid harming progress, according to new research sponsored by Association for Project Management (APM).
Welcome to the APM People SIG newsletter January 2020 Contents Introduction from the Chair How to improve your people skills Inspiring learning: what it takes to be a leader Learning new skills: an agile approach Stakeholder engagement: best of NewSE Bites 2019 Small but mighty: Stakeholder Engagement Focus Group (SEFG) wins APM Volunteer Innovation Award 1.
In January's edition of "NewSE Bites": How to get your New Year off to a flying start by learning more about stakeholder engagement In this month’s NewSE Bites: How to get your New Year off to a flying start by learning more about stakeholder engagement! There are training courses and APM events in January and February that look at stakeholder behaviour and your own productivity.
Missed part one of our interview with Darryl? Read it here Darryl Fleming is director of Titanium Fireworks, the British company that has become the industry go-to for the world’s biggest pyrotechnic projects, including the Mayor of London’s New Year's Eve fireworks display, Edinburgh’s Hogmanay.
Darryl Fleming is director of Titanium Fireworks, the British company that has become the industry go-to for the world’s biggest pyrotechnic projects, including the Mayor of London’s New Year's Eve fireworks display, Edinburgh’s Hogmanay, and the opening and closing ceremonies of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
APM’s Technology team spent an enjoyable day volunteering at the National Trust Ashridge Estate near Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire.
In 2016, APM posed a tricky question: “How can a time-bound activity such as a project – which is by definition ‘temporary’ and ‘unique’ – be reconciled with sustainability objectives which are typically set in an unspecified but remote future?” Three years later, sustainability is top of national and global agendas, but this question remains difficult to answer.
An international project used to mean jumping on a plane to a far-flung client and then spending the next couple of years as an expat telling the locals what to do.
Association for Project Management (APM) has urged the Government to provide ‘adequate and sustained investment’ to help infrastructure projects succeed, following the State Opening of Parliament.
The SWWE branch was delighted to invite Dr David Hillson, the Risk Doctor, back to Bristol on 5th December, to talk about risk management.
