News

Royal Mail programme manager Graeme Barker and project manager Diane Glasspool had a major project on their hands – to reduce more than 70 large Royal Mail distribution centres to 36 units across the country.

Bob Laslett emphasises the importance of offering a holistic view of project changes One of the biggest challenges to successfully delivering a project is the impact of changes.

The Land Environment Tactical Communications and Information Systems (LE TacCIS) programme is one of the highest priority programmes in the British Army and is aiming to transform how tactical communications are delivered on the battlefield.

Wrap your project in a sign reading ‘mishandle’ and it will get stronger, writes James Lea As project professionals, our job is to deliver change.

It is true that large change initiatives have a tendency to make employees anxious to the point where they oppose the initiative.

The APM Project Management Awards 2018, sponsored by RPC UK Ltd, celebrated the best of project management in the UK and overseas.

Projects can only thrive when their people are properly supported, writes Suresh Sadanandan What makes a great project or project delivery organisation? The familiar triad of people, processes and systems? An organisation’s ability to develop an appropriate project baseline by the time the business case is approved, giving projects a chance of successful delivery? How often does a project or project organisation have a mature understanding of requirements and design, or the numerous interfaces, varying risks and potential impact of market forces over time? Projects and delivery organisations spend a lot of time developing processes and systems, including establishing the initial baseline, with varying degrees of success.

Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith speaks to four millennial project managers about their career stories The millennial generation continues to intrigue employers.

Mike Purvis details how HMRC approached a wholesale organisational transformation, and offers up his top 10 tips One of the great things about working for HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is the scale of our transformation, which is one of the big building blocks of the cross-civil service SmarterGov work.