A presentation given to delegates and teams who are taking part in the SWWE project challenge event 2014.

1. Project Management Challenge
Launch Event
23 October 2014
Association for Project Management South Wales and West of England Branch

2. Launch Event
Welcome!
Introductions (Committee)
Feedback form (on-line)
CPD certificate

3. Housekeeping
Fire Alarm
No smoking
Toilets
Mobiles

4. Welcome and Introductions (18.30)
Tonight’s Objectives
A Bit About APM
The Challenge Objectives
End to End and the Bits in the Middle
Learning From Experience
Close (20.00)
Agenda

5. Tonight’s Objectives
Understand the Challenge…
–Theme
–Lifecycle
–Deliverables
–Roles and responsibilities
–Benefits

6. Key metrics – APM
Not for Profit organisation - Registered Educational Charity
Largest member of the IPMA (International Project Management Association)
40 years young!
21,150 professional members
Over 547 corporate members of which 57 are universities
Over 50 accredited corporate development and academic programmes
More than 10,000 exam candidates annually
20,000 members of APM in LinkedIn community
300,000 unique visitors to the APM website per annum
215 APM Registered Project Professionals
Represented within over 30 UK standard setting and influencing bodies

7. Some of our corporate members

8. A few stats (SWWE)

9. Our Branches - 13 in total - including Hong Kong

10. 5 Dimensions of Professionalism
A framework or methodology which defines the processes and practices for the organisation
A competence framework to map levels of knowledge and experience at appropriate levels
Qualifications to provide developmental opportunities and recognition of competence at appropriate levels
A continuing professional development scheme that broadens horizons and builds understanding through sharing of good practice
Recognition that true professionals should be accountable for their actions and adhere to a code of ethics and professional conduct

12. The Challenge Objectives
Develop and practice project management theory in a realistic environment
Opportunity to be mentored and work alongside experienced project professionals
Gain real-life experience and practice a wide range of key project management competences and skills to deliver a project
Develop knowledge of the success criteria required to deliver a project
Develop a better understanding of the personal qualities and professional competences required to become an effective project manager and leader
An opportunity to compete and gauge the performance of other aspiring project professionals in the South Wales and the West of England domain
An opportunity to enhance the learning experience within the corporate and further education environments
A high-visibility example of successful project management delivery and implementation which provides beneficial publicity for the corporate team sponsors
Corporate investment in PMs of the future
Have fun!

13. High-Level Process
Teams are expected to be provided by corporate members with a blend of students from our regional HEIs
Each team must have a minimum of 2 and maximum of 5 members
Encourage collaboration between industry and HEIs
Each team is to prepare and develop a project of their choice that delivers output and benefit to a customer
All teams will be appointed a mentor for the project duration
Regular reporting will be required throughout the project lifecycle to the Project Board
All teams to deliver a Final Report
All selected teams will enter the final assessment phase and Finals night
Finals night in Bristol on Thursday 16 April 2015 where the winning team and runners- up will be awarded their prizes
Corporate members will be expected to provide sufficient support for their teams to deliver their chosen projects
Upon completion of each project, each team will provide the outputs to their chosen customer
Published assessment criteria
Prime outputs: Business Case, Final Report and Presentation

14. PM Challenge Theme
Output(s) and benefit(s) to a charitable organisation or community project
Previous themes include…
–‘Collaboration’ (Thames Valley)
–‘Sustainability’ and ‘benefits using social media’ (Wessex Branch)
–‘Innovation whilst raising money for charity’ (Scotland Branch)

15. Level 1 Plan
7 weeks
3 weeks
11 weeks
3 weeks

16. Proposed Corporate Teams
Airbus: (Sarah Halstead)
Aspire Europe Ltd: (Rob Sowden)
Bristol Water: (Rebecca Edmond)
General Dynamics: (Gary Mainwaring)
University of the West of England: (Hadi Abalrub)
plus…
Sponsorship from Lloyds Banking Group: (Alan Watson)
–‘Values and Behaviours’

17. Mentors
Provided in-house by each corporate team
Can be provided by external corporates if required
Guidance, advice and approach…but not the answer! 

18. Business Case
Justification for your chosen project
–Requirements: capturing and assessing stakeholder needs
–Benefits to the stakeholder(s)
–Costs to deliver
–Risks of delivery
–Rationale
By 15 December 2014

19. Final Report
Justification for your chosen project
–How the project, as described in the business case, was delivered
–Competence focused
–By 27 March 2015

20. Presentation
Finals Night
–How does the presentation match up with the Final Report?
–Confidence
–Connection
–Convincing story
–16 April 2015

21. Assessment Criteria
Business Case
(30%)
Final Report
(60%)
APM SWWE
PM Challenge
Assessment Criteria
Presentation
(10%)
Smart Outputs and
Outcomes
Clear Relation to
Theme
Meets Challenge
Objectives
Clear Achievable
Project Outline and PMP
Consideration of Risk
Management and
Dependencies
Effective Stakeholder
Engagement and User
Benefits Identification
Setting
Governance
Professionalism
Interpersonal Skills
Scope Management
Integrative management
Financial and Cost
Management
Schedule Management
Quality Management
Risk Management
Quality of Report
Resource Management
Quality of Presentation
Confidence of Delivery

22. Project Board
APM SWWE PM Challenge
Bruce Phillips (APM SWWE)
Nathan Moss (Turner and Townsend)
Alan Watson (Lloyds Banking Group)
Abi Williams (Burges Salmon)
Martin Gosden (APM SWWE)
Supervise the competition
Review reporting
Sounding board between mentors and teams
Assess and mark business case, final report and presentations
Announce the winner and runners-up
Provide feedback

23. Corporate Teams
Chosen projects?

24. Learning From Experience!
Dr. Ermias Kebede, MAPM
Deputy Project Manager, Ministry of Defence, Bristol

25. Benefits and Prizes
SWWE PM Challenge Trophy
Individual engraved trophies
Individual engraved medals to runners-up
CPD Certificates
Free student membership
APM literature
Publicity
Kudos
Enhanced confidence and professionalism
Experience in your future (potential) career! 

26. ...and remember your on-line feedback forms please!
Thank you for your contributions and support!