APM News

After a few false starts, a project to replace legacy systems at Allianz morphed into something more ambitious.

In summer 2020, Project investigated the race to find a COVID-19 vaccine.

Jon Ager, programme director at the British Antarctic Survey, reports from an ambitious modernisation programme in Antarctica (leopard seals, international rescues and Boaty McBoatface included).

Do major government projects – from long-running epics like HS2 and HMS Queen Elizabeth to unanticipated new arrivals like the government’s furlough scheme and the vaccine roll-out – represent good value for money? Why do some end up late, over budget or beset by operational problems, while others seem to progress with barely a hitch? And ultimately, how can all such projects be better managed in the future? These are, by any standard, important questions, albeit tricky to answer.

The planned opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza later this year marks an internationally important event for a country that’s also enjoying a project boom, reports Emma De Vita.

Charities like Rewilding Britain thrive on the passion of their volunteers to make projects on a shoestring happen.

As the Government’s roadmap to easing lockdown restrictions continues, a new study of over 1,000 project professionals, carried out for Association for Project Management by research company Censuswide, highlights the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on ways of working across the project profession.

Benjamin Hooper led the airport’s anti-drone project, winner of APM’s Overall Project of the Year 2020.

APM Young Project Professional of the Year Emma Simpson tells Charles Orton-Jones about her repertoire of tools, tricks and techniques to get any job done “Oh no – they’ve come armed and ready.

IJ Samuel, an associate director at Turner & Townsend, shares her experience of empowering more women to get ahead in their careers.