APM News

APM’s Women in Project Management Specific Interest Group (WiPM SIG) has welcomed a new Chair, Irene Maposa.

Emma is an experienced Management Consultant with more than 20 years experience in designing, planning and delivering complex programmes for a diverse portfolio of clients across multiple sectors.

Association for Project Management (APM), the chartered membership organisation for the project profession, has called on the Government to do more to ensure long-term stability and appropriate skills provision for UK infrastructure projects, following the launch of a major report.

  On Tuesday 17 October, APM held a webinar focussed on the recently published guide Project Management in Newsrooms, aimed at those working in a newsroom environment who have responsibility for managing projects of different sizes.

As part of its series of articles to mark Black History Month in the UK, APM spoke with Professor Chris Jackson, Director of Sustainable Geoscience at Jacobs, about the people who have inspired him in his career and the importance of mentoring for young project professionals of colour.

Addressing the why, when, and how to use Reference Class Forecasting (RCF) as a method to predict uncertainty in major project planning and delivery.

APM Midlands Branch has successfully conducted another face to face event on 12 October 2023 in Birmingham on ‘Change Management skills for Project Managers’ by Paul Clavering, Founder, Just Enough Change.

In March 2022, Nick Fewings, MD of Ngagementworks, published Team Lead Succeed, based on his 30+years of both leading operational and project teams, and subsequently facilitating team development around the world.

A new partnership between Transport for London (TfL) and the Association for Project Management (APM), was launched with a celebratory event that showcased the value and importance of TfL’s project work.

On 4 October, the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that the second stage of the HS2 rail link project between Birmingham and Manchester will be scrapped, with the £36 billion cost being earmarked for other transport projects around the country.