Star Wars: Return of the Jedi - 3 ways a project manager could have saved the Empire from collapse Blog
In the third instalment of the Star Wars trilogy, the Empire reveals a cunning plan, setting a series of traps to snare Luke Skywalker and the rebels.
Lessons from the top Blog
APM’s Project journal has been privy to some of the best leadership and project management advice from those at the very top of the profession.
Innovative financing and operational handover: Thames Tideway nears go-live Blog
This year, one of the wettest Septembers on record triggered flood warnings across the country.
Why lesson learned libraries are critical for successful project management Blog
We are all familiar with the narrative ‘you must record lessons throughout a project lifecycle’, but the more I talk to professionals, the more I realise it’s often not done to the nth degree, and that it seems to be seen as a tick boxing exercising within the project closedown process rather than a meaningful, dynamic process that occurs throughout a project lifecycle.
What went wrong with the Co-op Live project? Blog
On 23 April 2024, comedian Peter Kay was due to be the launch act for the 23,500-seater Co-op Live arena in Manchester, the UK’s largest indoor entertainment venue.
The ‘why’ not the ‘what’: How to make lessons learned easy Blog
We all know we should be reflecting on professional practice and the process of bringing strategy into being through project delivery, but it’s often hard to find the time for lessons learned activities.
Handle with care: how to deal with perfectionism Blog
Watch out for the perfectionists on your team, warns Greg Chasson, Associate Professor in Psychiatry at the University of Chicago, and author of the new book Flawed: Why Perfectionism is a Challenge for Management — they’ll need careful managing.
Five lessons for project managers on innovation projects Blog
Open Skies Cornwall is a live research and development project funded by Innovate UK, testing the potential for drones to deliver cargo over longer distances.
Lessons from APM’s Overall Project of the Year Blog
How do you undertake a multi-million pound project to replace a key piece of safety infrastructure involving extremely high-pressure water, running under a key arterial road and railway to the capital city, for one of the busiest airport hubs in the world? Vicky Ye, Project Delivery Manager at Heathrow Airport, was responsible for leading the 2022 APM Overall Project of the Year.
From Rolls-Royce to Openreach – six lessons for more effective change projects Blog
Writing about project professionals as agents of change for the forthcoming spring 2023 issue of Project journal was a great opportunity to get under the bonnet of three outstanding APM Award-winning projects from Rolls-Royce, the MOD and Openreach.
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi - 3 ways a project manager could have saved the Empire from collapse
In the third instalment of the Star Wars trilogy, the Empire reveals a cunning plan, setting a series of traps to snare Luke Skywalker and the rebels.
Lessons from the top
APM’s Project journal has been privy to some of the best leadership and project management advice from those at the very top of the profession.
Innovative financing and operational handover: Thames Tideway nears go-live
This year, one of the wettest Septembers on record triggered flood warnings across the country.
Why lesson learned libraries are critical for successful project management
We are all familiar with the narrative ‘you must record lessons throughout a project lifecycle’, but the more I talk to professionals, the more I realise it’s often not done to the nth degree, and that it seems to be seen as a tick boxing exercising within the project closedown process rather than a meaningful, dynamic process that occurs throughout a project lifecycle.
What went wrong with the Co-op Live project?
On 23 April 2024, comedian Peter Kay was due to be the launch act for the 23,500-seater Co-op Live arena in Manchester, the UK’s largest indoor entertainment venue.
The ‘why’ not the ‘what’: How to make lessons learned easy
We all know we should be reflecting on professional practice and the process of bringing strategy into being through project delivery, but it’s often hard to find the time for lessons learned activities.
Handle with care: how to deal with perfectionism
Watch out for the perfectionists on your team, warns Greg Chasson, Associate Professor in Psychiatry at the University of Chicago, and author of the new book Flawed: Why Perfectionism is a Challenge for Management — they’ll need careful managing.
Five lessons for project managers on innovation projects
Open Skies Cornwall is a live research and development project funded by Innovate UK, testing the potential for drones to deliver cargo over longer distances.
Lessons from APM’s Overall Project of the Year
How do you undertake a multi-million pound project to replace a key piece of safety infrastructure involving extremely high-pressure water, running under a key arterial road and railway to the capital city, for one of the busiest airport hubs in the world? Vicky Ye, Project Delivery Manager at Heathrow Airport, was responsible for leading the 2022 APM Overall Project of the Year.
From Rolls-Royce to Openreach – six lessons for more effective change projects
Writing about project professionals as agents of change for the forthcoming spring 2023 issue of Project journal was a great opportunity to get under the bonnet of three outstanding APM Award-winning projects from Rolls-Royce, the MOD and Openreach.