Is your project effectively efficient? Blog
Is the question of whether your project is effectively efficient one that you have considered? If the answer is no, you are not alone, but effectiveness and efficiency need to be uppermost in your mind from the inception of your project and throughout its life cycle.
Understanding your project mission: what to achieve and why Blog
By now, you've hopefully become familiar with the Army's mission planning tool from my last blog.
Social activism holds valuable lessons for project managers Blog
What makes a great project manager? Perhaps the answer is a natural gift for getting everyone behind a new, slightly unloved initiative – or the ability to win over a room full of doubters with humour and a Gantt chart to die for.
What is scope creep and how can we mitigate it? Blog
The term ‘scope creep’ may sound like another innocuous piece of professional jargon, but it has the potential to become the bane of any project professional’s life.
How to set project goals you’ll actually achieve in 2022 Blog
Setting achievable project goals has always been a problem.
Three common mistakes businesses make when managing project benefits Blog
It’s easy for project professionals to get caught up in schedules or budgets and forget about the actual benefits delivery.
Reflections on the dynamic conditions for project success Blog
Ahead of the publication of the APM report Dynamic Conditions for Project Success, we caught up with Dr David Eggleton and Professor Nicholas Dacre who reflect on the process and challenges of completing a high-profile research project amidst a pandemic.
The necessity of quality in project management Blog
Projects can often be vague or offer up benefits which cannot be achieved.
Managing quality in the project supply chain Blog
Almost all projects involve a supply chain, and the cultural, commercial and geographic gaps between members of the supply chain can lead to catastrophic quality issues, both intentional and unintentional.
Planning for quality is planning for success Blog
Once the project requirements are understood, quality planning ensures that they will be met.
Is your project effectively efficient?
Is the question of whether your project is effectively efficient one that you have considered? If the answer is no, you are not alone, but effectiveness and efficiency need to be uppermost in your mind from the inception of your project and throughout its life cycle.
Understanding your project mission: what to achieve and why
By now, you've hopefully become familiar with the Army's mission planning tool from my last blog.
Social activism holds valuable lessons for project managers
What makes a great project manager? Perhaps the answer is a natural gift for getting everyone behind a new, slightly unloved initiative – or the ability to win over a room full of doubters with humour and a Gantt chart to die for.
What is scope creep and how can we mitigate it?
The term ‘scope creep’ may sound like another innocuous piece of professional jargon, but it has the potential to become the bane of any project professional’s life.
How to set project goals you’ll actually achieve in 2022
Setting achievable project goals has always been a problem.
Three common mistakes businesses make when managing project benefits
It’s easy for project professionals to get caught up in schedules or budgets and forget about the actual benefits delivery.
Reflections on the dynamic conditions for project success
Ahead of the publication of the APM report Dynamic Conditions for Project Success, we caught up with Dr David Eggleton and Professor Nicholas Dacre who reflect on the process and challenges of completing a high-profile research project amidst a pandemic.
The necessity of quality in project management
Projects can often be vague or offer up benefits which cannot be achieved.
Managing quality in the project supply chain
Almost all projects involve a supply chain, and the cultural, commercial and geographic gaps between members of the supply chain can lead to catastrophic quality issues, both intentional and unintentional.
Planning for quality is planning for success
Once the project requirements are understood, quality planning ensures that they will be met.