APM Welcome
Tuesday 30 April 2024
APM North West Network Conference, Synergies Across Sectors
Presented by:
Professor Adam Boddison OBE, Chief Executive Officer, APM
Conference overview:
https://www.apm.org.uk/community/apm-north-west-branch-conference/
Content description:
APM welcome from CEO
The main conference objective was to promote the Project Management profession with interaction between project practitioners, APM Corporate members, current project management students, academia and all who have an interest in projects.
19. +8.9% compared
to 2019 midpoint
+19% compared
to 2019 midpoint
Project management has seen significant
growth: GVA and FTE estimates
£186.8
bn of GVA generated
annually
2.32
million FTEs currently
employed
Single use of ChatGPT requires the equivalent of a 500ml bottle of water to cool in data centres… risk/reward? Are the benefits worth it? Regulation?
AIPM - Australia
The strongest salary growth is in the first ten years of project careers – link to social mobility.
Impact of ChPP on ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance)
All true.
Depends on when and what is definition of success (goes well beyond iron triangle – example of Channel Tunnel or Jersey – JT roll out of 5G!)
Is success about long term benefits realisation? Who checks? What about unintended consequences/benefits?
Is success about societal benefit/impact?
Maths teacher – train analogy…
Examples of new collar jobs:
Cloud administrator.
Computer technicians.
Cybersecurity architect.
Database administrator.
Dental assistant.
Digital marketer.
Field service engineer.
Graphic designer.
IT support specialist.
Mortgage loan originator.
Pharmacy technician.
Project manager.
Social media assistant.
Software developer.
Sonographer.
Web developer.
https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/feature/New-collar-jobs-explained-Everything-you-need-to-know
https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/finding-a-job/what-are-job-collars