APM News

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.

The Association for Project Management (APM) is pleased to launch its latest research initiative the APM Research Summary Series which will see the production of practitioner-focused summaries drawn from published articles within the International Journal of Project Management (IJPM).

The Planning, Monitoring and Control SIG presents the fourth in a series of podcasts – hosted by Simon Taylor – Head of Planning at HS2 and APM Board member.

The Enabling Change SIG announced a new ‘Change Pulse’ survey in November 2016 focusing on understanding change methodologies, success factors and measures being used by APM members.

We heard on Thursday 9 November from Laura Geddes-Brock and Hannah Bullingham from Infrastructure and Projects Authority [IPA], in a webinar about their new Guide to Effective Benefits Management in Major Projects, which has been developed in consultation with APM.

The Scotland branch were delighted to welcome Barry Gleeson to Edinburgh on 26 October 2017 to present to the branch and share his experience of implementing BIM.