Project managers must seize the opportunity to lead the way in the development of increasingly crucial surge strategies, writes Dr Mike Waters The world’s major and most challenging incidents – and often those that cause the most misery – are surge events: earthquakes, storm surges, floods, pandemics, sudden mass migrations, mass casualty incidents, and sudden conflagrations like the terrible Grenfell Tower fire.
Remote teams often bring added complexity.
What do tomorrow's engineers look like? Well, they could very well look like our Autumn Project journal Rising Star, Liz Rawlinson, who has an MEng in civil engineering, University of Bristol and is a Chartered member of the Institution of Civil Engineers.
With several major national projects in the pipeline, now is a crucial time for UK infrastructure.
Dr Rebecca Casey, Lecturer in Newcastle University Business School, is to work with APM and lead on a project to inform and develop the adoption of benefit realisation management among the project management community.
We are pleased to announce the publication of details of our chartered standard; the professional benchmark that demonstrates a defined level of technical knowledge, professional practice and ethical behaviour required to become a Chartered Project Professional (ChPP).
Featuring talks from RSM Director, Nigel Bennett and Head of Professional Standards at APM, Gill Hancock, this joint Wessex and Thames Valley APM branch event in September began with the 2017 update of PRINCE2 - a structured project management method and certification programme for practitioners in the methodology.
On the evening of 28th November 2017 in Central London the APM Enabling Change SIG launched its first guide Introduction to Managing Change.
As the nation digests what the Industrial Strategy means for them, it is clear the UK is undergoing a step change in its ambitions to adopt and thrive in a new world of heightened digital infrastructure, artificial intelligence and new ways of educating and working; all bolstered by a world class research.
The National Audit Office has today published a briefing describing how the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (the Authority) is supporting government departments as they prepare for implementing EU Exit.
