APM News

APM is very pleased to announce the winners of the APM Project Management Awards 2017, sponsored by RPC UK Limited.

APM’s latest research fund study is seeking participants to further the profession’s understanding of the role and boundaries of governance when it comes to the overlap between ‘owners and operators’ and ‘projects and programmes’.

One of the key PMO challenges remains the difficulty of successfully sharing the services, progress, and value add to the wider organisation.

A significant role of the APM community, made up of Branches and Specific Interest Groups (SIGs), is to provide high quality events that are accessible to all levels of our membership.

Martin Paver was the guest speaker at the latest Wessex branch event.

On the 4th October, John Clarke, The former CEO of the NDA took time out to give a unique perspective on his experiences of working with Whitehall.

Profile of an APM volunteer   Name: Jacob AchenbachJob title: programme lead - War on Waste, Rolls-RoyceMembership grade: AssociateVolunteer role: deputy chair and head of events, Midlands branch Why did you decide to volunteer with APM?I wanted to give something back to the industry.

2 November was International Project Management Day and Wessex branch embraced this with their PM Challenge Knockout event featuring nine teams made up of apprentices and students, for many of whom English is not their first language.

The Midlands branch were pleased to welcome Ian Cribbs on 1 November 2017, a founding member of the Stakeholder Engagement Focus Group (SEFG).

The NEC4 family of contract was completely updated in July this year.