What is change control?  “The process through which all requests to change the approved baseline of a project, programme or portfolio are captured, evaluated and then approved, rejected or deferred ..read more

Millions wake up to no electricity after power grids are taken offline… Online banking systems crash and customers can’t access money… Drinking water ruled unsafe after water treatment facilities breached…  Such headlines are classic examples of what might happen if the UK’s Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) fails ..read more

On 18th December 2019, I was part of a group of APM corporate member representatives who met with Skills Development Scotland (SDS) to lobby for project management apprentices in Scotland ..read more

Commercial and humanitarian projects have very different missions and goals ..read more

I have never had a definitive diagnoses of Aspergers ..read more

‘Politics’ is not a dirty word, but it does carry a lot of weight ..read more

Towards the end of last year, the UK’s Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy (JCNSS) published a paper titled A hostage to fortune: ransomware and UK national security ..read more

Why has so much lack of success become tolerated on our projects, and what does that say about our attitude to failure? It’s a provocative question but why is failure tolerated — even expected — on major projects? Damning statistics that show that the majority of projects fail to meet their budgets, timeframes or expectations are shocking to those outside the profession but resignedly accepted by those working on the projects ..read more

For anyone interested in gender equality, APM’s new research report Developing Effective Interventions for Gender Equality in UK Construction Project Organisations, by Sara Hajikazemi, Giorgio Locatelli and Kate Lawrence, is a must-read ..read more

What are the secrets to Ed Mason-Smith’s success? As Director of Project Services at his company CBO, and Chair of APM’s Channel Islands Branch, I asked him how it felt to win the APM award for Chartered Project Professional of the Year? “It feels amazing and pretty insane to have won ..read more