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Help! I’m managing multiple projects Blog

There has always been tension between running the business and changing the business.


Portfolio thinking – getting the recipe right Blog

If I weren’t an auditor, my dream job would be to run a small fish restaurant on the coast.


Practical advice on setting up and managing your portfolio Blog

A couple of years ago the APM Portfolio Management Specific Interest Group (SIG) saw a gap in the market for a practical guide to portfolio management.


Master strategic goals with portfolio and benefits management Blog

Meeting strategic goals in a consistent and efficient way is extremely valuable.


What is the value of the project sceptic? Blog

It’s late, you’ve just won a 10-year war against the Greeks, and all you want is to get this giant wooden horse off the beach and into Troy – you want to start the party.


My journey to portfolio manager Blog

Simon Darby is portfolio manager at APM


Welcome to the Portfolio Management SIG Summer newsletter 2016 News

Details can be seen in the Annual Report now available on our website.


Shaping your Portfolio to realise Organisation Strategy - PfM SIG conference, 12th May 2016, material available News

The Portfolio Management SIG hosted a very well-received conference on 12 May in London, during which around 130 people from many business sectors heard from a wide range of presenters on the challenges and triumphs of developing a change portfolio designed to help achieve strategic objectives.



Welcome to the Spring 2016 edition of the APM Portfolio Management (PfM) SIG Newsletter News

In this edition, find out about how the 2016 annual PfM SIG conference is shaping up, a round-up of recent activities, a look at the SIG committee plans for the year ahead and how your contributions can help shape the way forward.


Help! I’m managing multiple projects

There has always been tension between running the business and changing the business.


Portfolio thinking – getting the recipe right

If I weren’t an auditor, my dream job would be to run a small fish restaurant on the coast.


Practical advice on setting up and managing your portfolio

A couple of years ago the APM Portfolio Management Specific Interest Group (SIG) saw a gap in the market for a practical guide to portfolio management.


Master strategic goals with portfolio and benefits management

Meeting strategic goals in a consistent and efficient way is extremely valuable.


What is the value of the project sceptic?

It’s late, you’ve just won a 10-year war against the Greeks, and all you want is to get this giant wooden horse off the beach and into Troy – you want to start the party.


My journey to portfolio manager

Simon Darby is portfolio manager at APM


Portfolio management - helping plot a strategic pathway in a complex world

Todays world depends on inter-connectivity as were regularly reminded by experts; the ever-advancing progress of technology, alongside population-related pressures on resources and environmental consequences.


Portfolio management? How do I even get that near a meaningful agenda?

Project and programme management are well understood as a means of delivering effective outputs and outcomes; portfolio management still seems to be challenging organisations in terms of:



Help, I've just implemented governance!

Part4 of a farce in 6 parts.


Welcome to the Portfolio Management SIG Summer newsletter 2016

Details can be seen in the Annual Report now available on our website.


Shaping your Portfolio to realise Organisation Strategy - PfM SIG conference, 12th May 2016, material available

The Portfolio Management SIG hosted a very well-received conference on 12 May in London, during which around 130 people from many business sectors heard from a wide range of presenters on the challenges and triumphs of developing a change portfolio designed to help achieve strategic objectives.



Welcome to the Spring 2016 edition of the APM Portfolio Management (PfM) SIG Newsletter

In this edition, find out about how the 2016 annual PfM SIG conference is shaping up, a round-up of recent activities, a look at the SIG committee plans for the year ahead and how your contributions can help shape the way forward.



Portfolio Management SIG AGM with Robert Buttrick presenting "Success, maturity, matrices and portfolios"

On 17 June, we were delighted to have a presentation at the PfM SIG AGM by Robert Buttrick, Honorary Fellow of the Association for Project Management and an international authority on business-led, strategic programme and project management.


Portfolio Management - making it work for you and your organisation

The Portfolio Management (PfM) SIG hosted a packed full-day conference in London on 22 April with nearly a 100 portfolio managers and other change professional participating in a highly interactive set of presentations, workshops and stimulating debate.


Portfolio management knowledge development presentation

London on a cool November evening, but Euan Dean got a warm welcome with a fascinating presentation on how portfolio management is being implemented in ID Business Solutions (IDBS).



Portfolio Management SIG 2014 AGM and "Managing a dynamic drug development portfolio

During the AGM, the current SIG strategy and future plans were outlined, with a request for volunteers to help the committee bring these to fruition and to validate the findings and conclusions.


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