APM News

Welcome to the International Edition of the APM PMO SIG Newsletter! This quarter the PMO SIG has gone international to find the latest news, events, and PMO Wisdom.

Looking through the plethora of cranes from the advantaged height of London’s Shard tower, it’s hard to ignore the overwhelming contribution that high profile eccentric public projects of yesteryear have made to the skyline of today.

APM’s External affairs team proactively monitor developments from across the world of politics and have produced a succinct briefing presenting the agenda of the new Government and the challenges it faces.

When you tell people you are a project manager, do they look at you blankly or assume you work in engineering or construction? Now APM is the Chartered body for the project profession, we want to raise awareness, as well as standards, so that people consider project management as a career of first choice.

APM congratulates Philip Isgar, chair of the APM Project Management Conference Manchester, and one of the North West’s leading lights in the civil engineering sector on his Honorary Doctorate from the University of Bolton.

Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S), the trading arm of the Ministry of Defence, has recently been re-accredited by APM.

There are many different routes to a career in project management, and the skills of the project professional are in demand across multiple sectors.

The 4th of July is a day of great celebration in America but here in Norwich we chose to have our own entertainment in the guise of an excellent talk on conquering K2 with Elmar Kutsch from Cranfield University.

APM has pre-launched a new publication, Introduction to Managing Change, which introduces the importance of managing change effectively in order to successfully deliver and realise the benefits of projects, programmes and portfolios.

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