APM News

Programme management was brought to life by presenter Alan Macklin through his personal experience of some major UK programmes, during the Introduction to Programme Management Webinar held on 23 February 2017.

Welcome to the Spring edition of the APM PMO SIG Newsletter! In this issue of the newsletter we share our Machiavellian plans for PMOs to dominate the world (oops, we meant “for PMOs to become critical in the project management world!”).

The South Wales and West of England branch was pleased to invite back Jill Poyton, Senior Sponsor for the West of England Rail Electrification at Network Rail, to talk about the challenges of the programme.

APM has refreshed its highest standard, APM Registered Project Professional (RPP).

Crossrail is sharing insight and good practice to benefit the next generation of future projects and those delivering them.

SIG publishes reference table of risk tools Project managers new to risk management, or looking to upgrade equipment, can now access at-a-glance information on the latest risk tools available in the market.

On Thursday, 9 March 2017 the North West branch held an evening CPD event at Manchester University on the thorny question of resolving arguments and disputes.

Huw Lewis’s presentation showed us how Nexus considers stakeholders specifically when delivering projects under the Metro: All Change programme of light rail infrastructure renewals.

In our increasingly connected, globalised and digital world, the need for collaboration to deliver project and programme success is growing.

Storm Doris raging outside did not deter the enthusiastic reception for Dr Ozma Taylor’s talk on ‘think Global, act local’ at the University of Cumbria’s Carlisle campus.