Have you ever felt cautious about leaving a job that you don’t hate but doesn’t fill you with a desire to spring out of bed to get to work early? Or been wary of moving to a nicer area because you’re not sure what the...
You may not think that you, as a project professional, have much in common with formidable dancers such as Michaela DePrince but you may share a lot more with them than is obvious. As an amateur dancer and a megaproject specialist, I’ve observed a lot...
Arcadis found that a one-month average delay on transport spending plans from 2016 to 2021 would cost the UK £2bn in GDP. Crossrail, Europe's largest infrastructure project, has made the news for financial issues thrice in 2018: for a £590 million cash injection in July, a £350 million...
How many times have you felt the frustration of seeing your company continue to make mistakes that you feel were avoidable? Too often companies have the same struggles year after year and fail to address them. Albert Einstein reportedly said, 'Insanity is doing the same thing...
Fellowship is the highest level of membership that the Association for Project Management (APM) offers. It’s provided for people who’ve been full Members of the APM for five years or can demonstrate equivalent experience. This year, I became a Fellow of the APM. Initially, I thought...
Proper stakeholder management in projects is crucial. A common definition of a project stakeholder is someone who is interested in the project and its outcomes or will be affected by the project. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and to a certain extent,...
"Lessons will be learned" is a phrase that we hear frequently, but it’s not always followed with meaningful change. Within your organization, that doesn’t have to be the case. Use this project review framework to help your company actually learn lessons. Start with establishing the needs and...
Have you noticed that 'lessons learned' sessions are often a round of high fives or blame and recrimination at the end of a project, rather than a dynamic tool to build project success? A lessons learned session is when the project team and key stakeholders...
There’s no doubt that there is a real opportunity for the project management community to take greater advantage of social media in order to share lessons. Many organisations are reluctant to share what they've learnt from things that have gone well or could have gone...