APM Research: Now and the future

1. APM Research: Now
and the future
10 April 2018
APM NW Research Symposium
Daniel Nicholls

2. Today we will cover
 Research at APM – how and why?
 How can APM support you and your
organisation?
 Looking ahead: Research plans for 2018/19
and how you might get involved
 Questions

3. APM Research consultation in 2014/15 identified three
key consistent themes:
The need for research to address knowledge gaps and
emergent themes
Disseminating cutting edge research for practitioners
Encouragement of collaboration with other
professional bodies and external parties
Research at APM – why and origins?

4. APM’s Research programme

6. How can APM help you?
Grant Funding
e.g. APM
Research Fund
Commissioned
Research

7. How can APM help you? (2)
Collaboration
Events

8. How can APM help you? (3)
Dissemination
and promotion

9. Research plans for 2018
Commissioned and Grant funding
Research Fund 2016 and 2017 (5 studies published)
Productivity research expected May
Research Fund 2018 launch May onwards
PwC Contribution study published autumn
Events
APM NW Research Symposium 10 April
Sponsorship and exhibiting at BAM September
ESRC Event TBC November

10. Research plans for 2018 (2)
Collaboration/ other
Future of Project Management (FoPM) V2/Events
Continued support of Branches and SIGs
Opportunities with other professional bodies and
learned societies e.g. ILM, BAM etc.
Support of IPA’s Project X inc. funding X2 studies
RAG open call for new members
Dissemination beyond reports and events
Research Summary Series (20+ summaries)

11. New for 2018/19
Greater emphasis on supporting Early Career
Researchers and doctoral students.
How? Doctoral summaries? Ring fenced funding for
ECR’s? Part or whole funded PhD? Events or networks?
Workshop to collect ideas from students, supervisors,
ECR’s. When?
Recommendations to APM Exec/ Board on how to better
support doctoral students and ECR’s.