By Ben Snell Hi everyone, and welcome to my latest blog. In this post I’ll be talking about my ongoing search for my first role in project management and some of the steps I’ve been taking to increase my chances. A first thing to mention would be that since my last...
By Ben Snell Welcome back to the seventh edition of my blog. This time we’ll be talking about my ongoing job search, how I’ve been using the APM competence framework to improve my applications and a little bit about the jobs I’ve been applying for. As always, any...
By Ben Snell Hi, my name’s Ben and I’ve been asked to write a series of blogs about my ongoing experiences of switching careers into project management. For this first I thought it would be good to give some background information on me and why I decided to switch...
By Sheila RobertsToday I heard someone saying on the radio that Education is where change really happens. They were not referring to organisational change but it applies equally to most areas of change. Drucker’s saying ‘culture eats strategy for breakfast’ has held...
By Sheila RobertsThis has to be the most unusual time that I or others can remember. Never before has there been a complete closure not only of borders, but also most commerce and social contact. At the same time we have pressure on public services. It feels almost...
By Sheila RobertsCoronavirus is the type of unknown unknown which is doubtful anyone had on their risk register, whether corporate or project level. Yet it is now a huge issue for everyone globally. After the Chinese lockdown, the authorities in Italy have essentially...
By Sheila RobertsWe have had the new APM BoK 7 out for a few months now. We have had a good look at it and identified the major changes for you. We’re adding the list of changes to the site so that you can see the full information so this is just to give you the...
APM have announced that there are now over 1000 Chartered Project Professionals, from the latest cohort in December. This is a great milestone to celebrate, as it is the start of the journey to have the profession recognised for the contribution it makes. This...
By David Roberts Most people are back at work this week and the children are back to school. Already there are many things happening in the world that could change how 2020 compares with 2019, some will impact the projects, programmes and portfolios that you are...