APM ProgM SIG webinar 26th March 2014.
Authors of the Gower Handbook of Programme Management were brought together to review developments since 2006.
Paul Rayner sadly died on 1st August 2011. Paul was a very highly respected expert in project and programme management, a popular speaker, spreading the word about programme management throughout the UK and Europe.
Delivering Value through Benefits – John Chapman
John says “At the time we wrote the original manuscript projects were focused on the technology, people and resources. There wasn’t much focus on benefits. Perhaps that was a reflection on project delivery.
Since then, organisational competencies in programme and project management had grown, there was increased ‘brain space’ to understand the impact of the change.
There is now a recognition that IT systems are enablers helping to solve business problems. Projects create deliverables, outputs or in PRINCE terms, products. Another analogy is baking a cake – we actually need to eat it if we are to derive the benefit.
People is difficult – Adrian Pyne
Adrian says “I am talking about the PEOPLE stuff. How people behave, as individuals or in groups, namely the culture and environment of the project.
Well yes there is a bit of Leadership, Stakeholder Management , Communications. Even lots on the project organisation, but that is not really about people, its more about what processes their roles are about.
There is also a great deal about teams out there, but not much specifically in the projects space. And that is the issue.
He advocates creating organisations fit for projects, through integrating and adapting its processes, tools and above all else, through its organisation culture - its people.
Evolution of Governance - Geof Leigh
Geof explained that Best practice guidance hasn’t changed substantially in the last 30 years. IT promised to revolutionise governance by providing a ‘silver bullet’ but it didn’t happen. Executives disconnected and projects and programmes were left to fend for themselves.
Ten years ago he explained the governance those performing governance seemed to be unclear about their role. They were often under self-imposed pressure from their strategies and business plans.
Geoff went on to characterise what good governance looks like today.
Has Portfolio Management come of age? Geoff Reiss
Geoff cited Gartner and Forrester Studies in 2001/3 surveys showed that only one in four programmes delivered a measurable benefit
In 2004/7 PWC surveys showed that those organisations who were using portfolio management believed they were getting better results!
Activity in this area has ramped up considerably. APM has created the Portfolio and Benefits Management SIGs a wide range of software tools for portfolio managers have emerged.
There are still a significant number of ‘pet projects’ that make it through as the brainchild of a powerful individual, PPM generally had matured and spread its influence.
On Thursday 16th October 2014, John Chapman and Andrew Gray presented at the APM Project Management in Practice Event, where the subject area was an Introduction to Programme Management.
Theirs was an interactive session where John provided the theoretical side of programme management, whilst Andrew explained how this worked using a real life example from the UK MOD where a Programme Management approach was adopted using the Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) framework.
The Programme Lifecycle gave a structure to the presentation covering seven areas
1. What is a programme?
2. Why do a programme?
3. What makes up a programme?
4. How do we run a programme?
5. Who is in the programme?
6. When does a programme end?
7. What challenges are faced?
It was important to show how Programme Management called upon the specialisms from the other Specific Interest Groups.
An example of this relates to Benefits Management. Early on in the programme the questions to be asked, and answered, include:
1. Is there a vision of a change future?
2. Is this a shared single vision?
3. Is it in line with what is needed?
4. What are the benefits to be gained?
5. Who benefits, what do they benefit, how much benefit, when do they benefit?
Andrew commented that an important area to consider was the area of stakeholder management. With a high profile programme, there are many diverse stakeholder groups and interfaces including
• An external advisory group
• Local representatives and committees
• Regulators & policy holders
• UK & Scottish governments
• Press coverage
• Wide ranging public consultations
Consultation and communication (two way) would then provide inputs and influences to the decision making process within the Programme.
At the end of the presentation Andrew noted the lessons learned (so far) on the adoption of a programme management approach as:
A Programme Management approach is not for everything
- Split change element of the objectives from long-term business as usual
Bring clarity & focus
- Projects need to know how they fit into ‘big change picture’
Get senior commitment
- Have the approach endorsed by the Programme Board
Co-ordinate stakeholder engagement
- Communications must be co-ordinated and consistent across the projects
Scale the management investment that is needed
- Do not swamp with bureaucracy
Efficient pooling of resources
- A small programme team benefits from pooling common central activities
Cope with geographically dispersed team
- Programme Management approach is the glue to hold things together
“Getting into Project Management": presented by Vince Hines, MD, Wellingtone. There are a number of practical ways you can be boosting your employability in project management. The session will look at the current employment market, what organisations are looking for, how to create a CV and profile that gets people talking to you and how to network for success. This session will help you to start taking the right steps to a fulfilling career in project management.
Vince is the Managing Director of Wellingtone, the project management recruitment, training and consulting company. Wellingtone is an APM accredited training company and a Microsoft Gold Partner for Project and Portfolio Management. Vince is an expert Project Management Consultant, having worked with clients across the UK, US and Europe. He retains a number of professional qualifications including MAPM and has extensive real world experience of developing client project management maturity. As MD of Wellingtone Vince has a particular insight into career development and recruitment of project management professionals and recently judged the APM Young Project Professional of the Year Award.
APM ProgM SIG webinar 26th March 2014.
Authors of the Gower Handbook of Programme Management were brought together to review developments since 2006.
Paul Rayner sadly died on 1st August 2011. Paul was a very highly respected expert in project and programme management, a popular speaker, spreading the word about programme management throughout the UK and Europe.
Delivering Value through Benefits – John Chapman
John says “At the time we wrote the original manuscript projects were focused on the technology, people and resources. There wasn’t much focus on benefits. Perhaps that was a reflection on project delivery.
Since then, organisational competencies in programme and project management had grown, there was increased ‘brain space’ to understand the impact of the change.
There is now a recognition that IT systems are enablers helping to solve business problems. Projects create deliverables, outputs or in PRINCE terms, products. Another analogy is baking a cake – we actually need to eat it if we are to derive the benefit.
People is difficult – Adrian Pyne
Adrian says “I am talking about the PEOPLE stuff. How people behave, as individuals or in groups, namely the culture and environment of the project.
Well yes there is a bit of Leadership, Stakeholder Management , Communications. Even lots on the project organisation, but that is not really about people, its more about what processes their roles are about.
There is also a great deal about teams out there, but not much specifically in the projects space. And that is the issue.
He advocates creating organisations fit for projects, through integrating and adapting its processes, tools and above all else, through its organisation culture - its people.
Evolution of Governance - Geof Leigh
Geof explained that Best practice guidance hasn’t changed substantially in the last 30 years. IT promised to revolutionise governance by providing a ‘silver bullet’ but it didn’t happen. Executives disconnected and projects and programmes were left to fend for themselves.
Ten years ago he explained the governance those performing governance seemed to be unclear about their role. They were often under self-imposed pressure from their strategies and business plans.
Geoff went on to characterise what good governance looks like today.
Has Portfolio Management come of age? Geoff Reiss
Geoff cited Gartner and Forrester Studies in 2001/3 surveys showed that only one in four programmes delivered a measurable benefit
In 2004/7 PWC surveys showed that those organisations who were using portfolio management believed they were getting better results!
Activity in this area has ramped up considerably. APM has created the Portfolio and Benefits Management SIGs a wide range of software tools for portfolio managers have emerged.
There are still a significant number of ‘pet projects’ that make it through as the brainchild of a powerful individual, PPM generally had matured and spread its influence.
On Thursday 16th October 2014, John Chapman and Andrew Gray presented at the APM Project Management in Practice Event, where the subject area was an Introduction to Programme Management.
Theirs was an interactive session where John provided the theoretical side of programme management, whilst Andrew explained how this worked using a real life example from the UK MOD where a Programme Management approach was adopted using the Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) framework.
The Programme Lifecycle gave a structure to the presentation covering seven areas
1. What is a programme?
2. Why do a programme?
3. What makes up a programme?
4. How do we run a programme?
5. Who is in the programme?
6. When does a programme end?
7. What challenges are faced?
It was important to show how Programme Management called upon the specialisms from the other Specific Interest Groups.
An example of this relates to Benefits Management. Early on in the programme the questions to be asked, and answered, include:
1. Is there a vision of a change future?
2. Is this a shared single vision?
3. Is it in line with what is needed?
4. What are the benefits to be gained?
5. Who benefits, what do they benefit, how much benefit, when do they benefit?
Andrew commented that an important area to consider was the area of stakeholder management. With a high profile programme, there are many diverse stakeholder groups and interfaces including
• An external advisory group
• Local representatives and committees
• Regulators & policy holders
• UK & Scottish governments
• Press coverage
• Wide ranging public consultations
Consultation and communication (two way) would then provide inputs and influences to the decision making process within the Programme.
At the end of the presentation Andrew noted the lessons learned (so far) on the adoption of a programme management approach as:
A Programme Management approach is not for everything
- Split change element of the objectives from long-term business as usual
Bring clarity & focus
- Projects need to know how they fit into ‘big change picture’
Get senior commitment
- Have the approach endorsed by the Programme Board
Co-ordinate stakeholder engagement
- Communications must be co-ordinated and consistent across the projects
Scale the management investment that is needed
- Do not swamp with bureaucracy
Efficient pooling of resources
- A small programme team benefits from pooling common central activities
Cope with geographically dispersed team
- Programme Management approach is the glue to hold things together
“Getting into Project Management": presented by Vince Hines, MD, Wellingtone. There are a number of practical ways you can be boosting your employability in project management. The session will look at the current employment market, what organisations are looking for, how to create a CV and profile that gets people talking to you and how to network for success. This session will help you to start taking the right steps to a fulfilling career in project management.
Vince is the Managing Director of Wellingtone, the project management recruitment, training and consulting company. Wellingtone is an APM accredited training company and a Microsoft Gold Partner for Project and Portfolio Management. Vince is an expert Project Management Consultant, having worked with clients across the UK, US and Europe. He retains a number of professional qualifications including MAPM and has extensive real world experience of developing client project management maturity. As MD of Wellingtone Vince has a particular insight into career development and recruitment of project management professionals and recently judged the APM Young Project Professional of the Year Award.
APM Portfolio Management SIG survey 2020 results
- including comparison to the 2015 survey
The SIG microsite: https://www.apm.org.uk/community/portfolio-management-sig/
The Government’s new Project Delivery Capability Framework webinar - Questions and answers
APM Benefits Management Specific Interest Group (SIG)
Thursday 30 November 2017
presented by Tony Seigel and Mark Sutherland, Infrastructure and Projects Authority
hosted by Merv Wyeth, APM Benefits Management Secretary
The link to the write up page and resources of this webinar
https://www.apm.org.uk/news/the-government-s-new-project-delivery-capability-framework-webinar/
http://bit.ly/apmbenefits
Twitter
#apmbenefits
@apmbmsig
Does your Board exhibit good governance of project and change management?
Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Farnborough
APM Thames Valley branch and Governance Specific Interest Group
by Martin Samphire and Miles Dixon
FuturePMO 2017 - Dr Andrew Schuster, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLPWellingtone
Are you looking to maximise the value that PMOs play in your organisation? Although there are many types and designs of a PMOs, each plays a role in the transformation of an organisation and the attainment of organisational goals. This presentation explores lessons of designing, delivering and assuring organisational transformation from the perspective of the PMO Cockpit. It will explore the relationships of your PMO with business as usual functions, organisational governance and other PMOs. The presenter hopes that some of the insights will help put you in the drivers seat when designing your future PMO.
An introduction to portfolio management - the theory and in practice webinar
Tuesday 19 May 2020
presented by
Petula Allison and Adam Skinner
The link to the write up page and resources of this webinar:
https://www.apm.org.uk/news/an-introduction-to-portfolio-management-the-theory-and-in-practice-webinar/
These are some of the questions which Mike Reynolds, as Network Rail’s Group Investment Controller, set out to answer, and came up with a management tool to aid robust governance. He will explain some of the challenges and the importance of this work.
Introducing the Portfolio Management SIG, APM Presents 2016
APM Presents..... Project Management in practice
APM Portfolio Management SIG
Thursday 17th March 2016
presented by Steve Leary
Keep calm and carry on – How to run a data migration in the middle of lockdown webinar
Tuesday 20 October 2020
presented by
Andy O'Dell
The link to the write up page and resources of this webinar:
https://www.apm.org.uk/news/keep-calm-and-carry-on-how-to-run-a-data-migration-in-the-middle-of-lockdown-webinar/
Introducing the UK Government’s Project Delivery Standard webinar
Thursday 25 October 2018
Panel:
Tony Meggs, Robert Buttrick, Jai Grygoruk and Fiona Spencer
Host:
Merv Wyeth
The write up page URL with additional embedded resources:
https://www.apm.org.uk/news/introducing-the-uk-government-s-project-delivery-standard-webinar/
This presentation was given by Roger Garrini of Selex ES (and also a Governance SIG committee member) to delegates at the APM Governance SIG's autumn conference entitled "Achieving change successfully - why good governance matters". This conference took place on 1st October 2015 in London.
FuturePMO 2017 - Susan Palmer-Trew, The Open University: Do Less. Do it Better.Wellingtone
The Open University, alongside many other HEIs, faces significant challenges in allocating its scarce resources, both in terms of financial resources and the efforts of its staff and our ability to make the best decisions – and the University’s ability to successfully execute those decisions – is critical to achieving our strategic goal. In Autumn 2016, we put the brakes on the volume of change we were trying to achieve as an institution, we were falling short in both our ability to identify the right changes and to deliver them well.
This session will be both reflective and proactive, sharing our transition as a PMO through considerable cultural and procedural change and sharing how our approach is impacting the OU’s capacity and capability to manage, lead and land change in order to deliver the best for our students.
Mapping the future: the art and science of programme planning in a waterfall or agile world
Thursday 16 July 2020
Presented by
Adam Skinner and Andy Willis
The link to the write up page and resources of this webinar:
https://www.apm.org.uk/news/mapping-the-future-the-art-and-science-of-programme-planning-in-a-waterfall-or-agile-world-webinar/
APM Portfolio Management SIG survey 2020 results
- including comparison to the 2015 survey
The SIG microsite: https://www.apm.org.uk/community/portfolio-management-sig/
The Government’s new Project Delivery Capability Framework webinar - Questions and answers
APM Benefits Management Specific Interest Group (SIG)
Thursday 30 November 2017
presented by Tony Seigel and Mark Sutherland, Infrastructure and Projects Authority
hosted by Merv Wyeth, APM Benefits Management Secretary
The link to the write up page and resources of this webinar
https://www.apm.org.uk/news/the-government-s-new-project-delivery-capability-framework-webinar/
http://bit.ly/apmbenefits
Twitter
#apmbenefits
@apmbmsig
Does your Board exhibit good governance of project and change management?
Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Farnborough
APM Thames Valley branch and Governance Specific Interest Group
by Martin Samphire and Miles Dixon
FuturePMO 2017 - Dr Andrew Schuster, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLPWellingtone
Are you looking to maximise the value that PMOs play in your organisation? Although there are many types and designs of a PMOs, each plays a role in the transformation of an organisation and the attainment of organisational goals. This presentation explores lessons of designing, delivering and assuring organisational transformation from the perspective of the PMO Cockpit. It will explore the relationships of your PMO with business as usual functions, organisational governance and other PMOs. The presenter hopes that some of the insights will help put you in the drivers seat when designing your future PMO.
An introduction to portfolio management - the theory and in practice webinar
Tuesday 19 May 2020
presented by
Petula Allison and Adam Skinner
The link to the write up page and resources of this webinar:
https://www.apm.org.uk/news/an-introduction-to-portfolio-management-the-theory-and-in-practice-webinar/
These are some of the questions which Mike Reynolds, as Network Rail’s Group Investment Controller, set out to answer, and came up with a management tool to aid robust governance. He will explain some of the challenges and the importance of this work.
Introducing the Portfolio Management SIG, APM Presents 2016
APM Presents..... Project Management in practice
APM Portfolio Management SIG
Thursday 17th March 2016
presented by Steve Leary
Keep calm and carry on – How to run a data migration in the middle of lockdown webinar
Tuesday 20 October 2020
presented by
Andy O'Dell
The link to the write up page and resources of this webinar:
https://www.apm.org.uk/news/keep-calm-and-carry-on-how-to-run-a-data-migration-in-the-middle-of-lockdown-webinar/
Introducing the UK Government’s Project Delivery Standard webinar
Thursday 25 October 2018
Panel:
Tony Meggs, Robert Buttrick, Jai Grygoruk and Fiona Spencer
Host:
Merv Wyeth
The write up page URL with additional embedded resources:
https://www.apm.org.uk/news/introducing-the-uk-government-s-project-delivery-standard-webinar/
This presentation was given by Roger Garrini of Selex ES (and also a Governance SIG committee member) to delegates at the APM Governance SIG's autumn conference entitled "Achieving change successfully - why good governance matters". This conference took place on 1st October 2015 in London.
FuturePMO 2017 - Susan Palmer-Trew, The Open University: Do Less. Do it Better.Wellingtone
The Open University, alongside many other HEIs, faces significant challenges in allocating its scarce resources, both in terms of financial resources and the efforts of its staff and our ability to make the best decisions – and the University’s ability to successfully execute those decisions – is critical to achieving our strategic goal. In Autumn 2016, we put the brakes on the volume of change we were trying to achieve as an institution, we were falling short in both our ability to identify the right changes and to deliver them well.
This session will be both reflective and proactive, sharing our transition as a PMO through considerable cultural and procedural change and sharing how our approach is impacting the OU’s capacity and capability to manage, lead and land change in order to deliver the best for our students.
Mapping the future: the art and science of programme planning in a waterfall or agile world
Thursday 16 July 2020
Presented by
Adam Skinner and Andy Willis
The link to the write up page and resources of this webinar:
https://www.apm.org.uk/news/mapping-the-future-the-art-and-science-of-programme-planning-in-a-waterfall-or-agile-world-webinar/
APM Careers presentation,
Vince Hines,
Westminster University
14th March 2016
Project Management Specialist Project Management Recruitment, Training & Consulting company
Tools and techniques of project management are universal Typical Route to Becoming a PM - Most Project Managers start as SMEs Develop PM skills.
Recognise the skills of a Project Manager - do you have those skills?
Gain appropriate qualifications.
The Selection Process Social Media
Job Title Average Salary
Project Manager Contract Rates
Agencies related to project management jobs
Let’s connect:
APM - https://www.apm.org.uk
Google+ - https://plus.google.com/114687352375530136328
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/AssociationForProjectManagement
Twitter - https://twitter.com/apmprojectmgmt
Linkedin company page - https://www.linkedin.com/company/association-for-project-management
Outputs from the Enabling Change SIG seminar led by Neil White and Elisabeth Goodman at APM Presents… Project Management in Practice, London 16th October 2014. The seminar was run 3 times and attracted a total of 60 delegates.
The APM Risk SIG presented a Quantitative Risk Analysis event on 11th February 2016 that provided perspectives across the project stakeholder spectrum, from client decision-makers to risk analysts and consultants.
The APM Risk SIG presented a Quantitative Risk Analysis event on 11th February 2016 that provided perspectives across the project stakeholder spectrum, from client decision-makers to risk analysts and consultants.
The APM Risk SIG presented a Quantitative Risk Analysis event on 11th February 2016 that provided perspectives across the project stakeholder spectrum, from client decision-makers to risk analysts and consultants.
The APM Risk SIG presented a Quantitative Risk Analysis event that provided perspectives across the project stakeholder spectrum, from client decision-makers to risk analysts and consultants.
The APM Risk SIG presented a Quantitative Risk Analysis event on 11th February 2016 that provided perspectives across the project stakeholder spectrum, from client decision-makers to risk analysts and consultants. Dr David Hillson, The Risk Doctor, spoke about assessing overall project risk with quantitative risk analysis.
APM Knowledge Specific Interest Group (SIG) conference 2016
Project Management is from Mars, Knowledge Management is from Venus
Improving Knowledge Management in a Project World - Bringing Lessons Learned and Communities Together in Transport for London (TfL)
by Liz Hobbs and Tim Ellis
Tuesday 1st March 2016
The APM Risk SIG presented a Quantitative Risk Analysis event on 11th February 2016 that provided perspectives across the project stakeholder spectrum, from client decision-makers to risk analysts and consultants.
On the 9thOctober, Neil White, a Change Management specialist and APM Enabling Change SIG committee member, gave a presentation entitled ‘The need for Why and the importance of How’ in which he described how answers to these two key questions helps pave the way for successful change outcomes.
The backdrop for this presentation is the rate and scale of world change with the scene being set for it to change much faster. Neil described how much change is a product of our Capitalist way of living and as long as profit is favoured over societal values then we must be prepared to tolerate continual change.
The presentation started with a ‘just for fun’ quiz to guess the dates of some of the top 25 inventions of all time. A ‘throwable’ microphone was used to good effect to let people share their thoughts on what the benefits and disbenefits of each invention had been. The dates of these inventions were plotted on a graph to describe the exponential increase in technologically determined change. It was emphasised that Technology enabled innovation – continues to revolutionise the way we work and has opened up vast number of new markets. It has reduced cost and raised expectations and is undoubtedly the greatest catalyst for change in modern times – today though, such developments almost always result in a loss of jobs.
The impact that globalisation is having on the world and that we were increasingly exposed to world events which we have little warning and no control over but to which we have little choice but to respond was described. Globalisation (enabled through technology) is one of today’s greatest change drivers. Our customers are now our competitors; they have learned to innovate for themselves and of course we had already enabled their ability to manufacture!
How certain aspects of economically driven change can be forecast and how the scene is set for a good period of growth and prosperity was described. However, where the wealth is down to technological progress it almost always increases the wealth of the already wealthy.
Neil referred to a number of specific change management principles to describe the reason why the question WHY is so important to stakeholders. A key message was the role that 'respect' plays in meeting the change challenges faced by our organisations. He emphasised that people must be increasingly respected as the most powerful and long-lasting tool in the armoury. Such is our need for shorter and more dynamic change lifecycles that an organisation’s people should not only be involved in the change process but also enabled to resolve how objectives are to be achieved for themselves.
Neil explained how we already have the tools and disciplines needed to effect organisational change successfully but that success depended on how our organisations choose to implement them. Neil draws our attention to the importance for organisations to develop and continually adapt their own ‘unique’ change management capabilities.
A presentation on:
the challenges the world faces,
the changes we must make to meet those challenges
how organisations and people are impacted by change
A high proportion of change initiatives fail
the capabilities we can establish and develop become successful with change
A brief introduction to understand Lean's natural development through human evolution, how it was scientifically documented and developed in manufacturing and how it is transforming the construction sector
A Power Point package designed to allow organisations to run internal lean and continuous improvement training. The package is comprehensive containing 157 slides detailing continuous improvement strategy and tools. Topics include; introduction, change management, team development, facilitation, voice of the customer, the seven wastes, strategy deployment, data collection, metrics, flow, levelling, cell layout, quick changeover, just in time, root cause analysis, 5s, autonomation, error proofing, visual management, standard work, value stream mapping, A3 thinking, PDCA, kaizen, office TPM, and sustainment. Unlike other lean introductory courses, this is not solely aimed at the factory floor.
Terms are defined in English and if Japanese, Romaji and Kanji are also included.
Adopting Lean innovation thinking involves deliberately practicing Lean innovation routines. too often companies attempt to reduce innovation to a set of tools. Great companies make innovation a part of the fabric of the organization through continuous improvement. We provide thought starters here. Learn more about how organizations are doing this at the 2014 LPPDE Conference on September 23-24 in Raleigh/Durham, NC (www.lppde.org).
Agile for enterprise - Architecting digital change using agile as a strategy ...Reading Room
Presentation from Reading Room's Agile for Enterprise event on the 19th of September 2014 where Margaret Manning who is CEO of consultancy Reading Room, spoke on his experience and the purpose of his team.
Presenation "How to drive a DWP Change Initiative that really changes something" given at ValueIntranet's Belgian Intranet & Digital Workplace Group on 12.09.2019
How to create time and become agile and adaptable - Financial Performance Man...HAYNE Solutions
How an enterprise financial software solution like IBM Planning Analytics, improves your Budgeting, Planning and Forecasting process - to create more time for the finance team and allows you to deal with change.
Similar to APM Presents - Why Change? Understand change management and how it combines with project management to deliver your outcomes (20)
APM webinar hosted by the Scotland Network on 14 May 2024.
Speakers: Chris Drysdale and Peter Huggett
An interactive session discussing how Project Managers can identify mental health symptoms, provide tools to help themselves and others, plus also increase the capabilities of the Project Management function. This webinar was held on 14 May 2024.
The covid-19 pandemic led to concerns about a worsening of mental health & wellbeing across the world and increased awareness in both society and the workplace. This webinar looks to advise the benefits of having a Mental Health First Aid function in the workplace whilst also providing tools and techniques that can be readily used and applied to yourself and colleagues. Additionally, there are wider benefits to Project Management which will be proposed and discussed.
Making communications land - Are they received and understood as intended? webinar
Thursday 2 May 2024
A joint webinar created by the APM Enabling Change and APM People Interest Networks, this is the third of our three part series on Making Communications Land.
presented by
Ian Cribbes, Director, IMC&T Ltd
@cribbesheet
The link to the write up page and resources of this webinar:
https://www.apm.org.uk/news/making-communications-land-are-they-received-and-understood-as-intended-webinar/
Content description:
How do we ensure that what we have communicated was received and understood as we intended and how do we course correct if it has not.
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.
Projecting for the Future: Harmonising Energy and Environment
Tuesday 30 April 2024
APM North West Network Conference, Synergies Across Sectors
Presented by:
Graham Winch, Professor of Project Management, Alliance Manchester Business School
Conference overview:
https://www.apm.org.uk/community/apm-north-west-branch-conference/
Content description:
APM launched Projecting the Future in June 2019 to debate the challenges and opportunities for the profession, building on the 2017 Future of Project Management exercise conducted by Arup and University College London. This presentation provides the initial results from this third phase of reflection on the future of our profession.
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.
New to Nuclear - Transition into nuclear from other sectors
Tuesday 30 April 2024
APM North West Network Conference, Synergies Across Sectors
Presented by:
Elaine Falconer, Head of Profession for Project Management, Jacobs
and
Karen Williams, Project Manager, Jacobs
Conference overview:
https://www.apm.org.uk/community/apm-north-west-branch-conference/
Content description:
In this session, Jacobs shared insights and learning from its ‘New to Nuclear’ programme designed to support mid-career and lateral entrants whose existing skills and expertise can be utilised in the nuclear sector.
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.
Tell us what to do, not how to do it
Tuesday 30 April 2024
APM North West Network Conference, Synergies Across Sectors
Presented by:
Alan Livingstone, Project Delivery Lead, UK&I Water Sector, Stantec
Conference overview:
https://www.apm.org.uk/community/apm-north-west-branch-conference/
Content description:
How the Stantec Project Management Framework provides our PMs with the flexibility to deliver projects of varying complexity, across a variety of different sectors, within a Global Organisation.
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.
The Future is Fractional
Tuesday 30 April 2024
APM North West Network Conference, Synergies Across Sectors
Presented by:
Karen Frith, Founder & Managing Partner, Greenlight Partners
Conference overview:
https://www.apm.org.uk/community/apm-north-west-branch-conference/
Content description:
Discovering the transformational impact of working with fractional experts. Learning how businesses and professionals are embracing fractional roles and how they’re redefining work structures for optimal agility and efficiency.
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.
Lessons learned across projects
Tuesday 30 April 2024
APM North West Network Conference, Synergies Across Sectors
Presented by:
Barney Harle, Head of Major Projects, Manchester City Council
Conference overview:
https://www.apm.org.uk/community/apm-north-west-branch-conference/
Content description:
What are my key takeaways from working on a vast array of projects including the recent 30+ low carbon and decarbonisation schemes at Manchester City Council?
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.
Agile Adaptability: Navigating Project Management in a Dynamic World
Tuesday 30 April 2024
APM North West Network Conference, Synergies Across Sectors
Presented by:
Nathan Lumb, Partners Project Manager, GEIC
Conference overview:
https://www.apm.org.uk/community/apm-north-west-branch-conference/
Content description:
This presentation delved into the vital role adaptability plays in modern project management.
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.
Inclusive Practices in Project Management: Leveraging Digital Frameworks for Diverse Minds
Tuesday 30 April 2024
APM North West Network Conference, Synergies Across Sectors
Presented by:
Caroline Keep, PhD researcher Digitization in Education Organisation, University of Central Lancaster
Conference overview:
https://www.apm.org.uk/community/apm-north-west-branch-conference/
Content description:
This talk aimed to provide actionable insights and strategies for embedding inclusivity into the fabric of project management, thereby unlocking the new dimensions of productivity and innovation in the digital sphere.
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.
Leadership - the project professionals secret weapon
Wednesday 24 April 2024
APM East of England Network
Presented by:
Chris MacLeod
Keep up to date with the APM East of England Network:
https://www.apm.org.uk/community/east-of-england-network/
Content description:
“I’m a Project Manager”.
That’s often what we tell family, friends and peers when asked what we do. But is it really a fair description? It may well be our role title, but it probably doesn’t convey a lot of what we actually do.
This presentation and discussion is about going beyond the frameworks, processes and stereotypes associated with project management and exploring the leadership roles we all in fact perform.
“I provide leadership focused on delivering projects and change for organisations”
APM Project Management Awards - Hints and tips for a winning award entry webinar
Thursday 18 April 2024
The APM Awards overview and the resources of this webinar:
https://www.apm.org.uk/apm-awards/
Content description:
Ahead of the APM Awards 2024, find out from our expert panel what elements make a winning APM Award entry.
Learn how to choose the category best suited to you or your company.
Answers provided to those all-important questions:
-What importance does the criteria hold?
-What are the judging panel looking for?
-How should I structure my entry?
-What additional evidence is acceptable?
-What will give my entry an edge?
X hashtag: #APMawards
The Vyrnwy Aqueduct Modernisation Programme webinar
Wednesday 17 April 2024
APM North West Network
Presented by:
Katie Rowlands
The link to the write up page and resources of this webinar:
https://www.apm.org.uk/news/the-vyrnwy-aqueduct-modernisation-programme-webinar/
Content description:
Spotlight on the Vyrnwy Aqueduct Modernisation Programme and the challenges facing a large project within Cheshire.
The Vyrnwy Aqueduct Modernisation Programme is one of United Utilities largest projects focused on the modernisation of three 42” aqueducts that carry clean drinking water across the North West.
This webinar covered the Vyrnwy project and an insight into the project challenges that face a live project within the Cheshire area.
APM event hosted by the London Network on 10 April 2024.
Speaker: Nick Fewings, MD of Ngagementworks
In March 2022, Nick Fewings, Ngagementworks, MD of Ngagementworks, published Team Lead Succeed, based on his 30+years of both leading operational and project teams, and subsequently facilitating team development around the world.
It has become a best seller, with a 96% 5-star review rating, and has been read on 5 of the 7 continents.
In this interactive session, Nick will share learning from Team Lead Succeed that can be applied immediately and make a positive difference to your teamwork.
Nick will share the importance of knowing both WHO is in your team and also HOW effective your teamwork is.
Only 10% of teams achieve high-performance, with 50% being average and 40% dysfunctional.
In this session, delivered by award-winning conference speaker Nick Fewings, and author of best-seller Team Lead Succeed, Nick will share his 30+ years of leading teams and facilitating team development.
Nick has profiled 1,000 of individuals and worked with 100s of teams.
Those attending will benefit from understanding;
Why many projects fail to achieve their goals.
Not relying on just measuring KPIs.
The importance of knowing WHO is in your team, both from a behavioural and technical skills aspect.
The 16 areas of high-performance teamwork, and their importance.
https://www.apm.org.uk/news/team-lead-succeed-helping-you-and-your-team-achieve-high-performance-teamwork-2/
Currently Knowledge Transfer Subject Matter Expert (Commercial) in the UKDT PMO on the Peru Reconstruction Plan. Stuart has more than 25 years’ track record of commercial and contract management experience working across both public and private sector projects, as well as more than 20 years’ experience in the development and delivery of professional training. As well as working for Gleeds in the UK and Peru, Stuart has also worked in China for Gleeds and has supported people development in Gleeds’ offices in Egypt and Poland. Stuart has been well placed to support the adoption of the NEC and UK Cost Management best practice in Peru – he was Chair of the RICS New Rules of Measurement (NRM) initiative and was heavily involved in the creation of the RICS Black Book Guidance (best practice in cost management).
APM event hosted by the Midlands Network on 11 April 2024.
Speaker: Carole Osterweil
Data is power. AI changes everything.
If the claims about both are true, how can we ensure we use data and AI well? And what does it mean for the very things which make us human - our feelings?
In this workshop Carole will draw on material from her ground-breaking book, Neuroscience for Project Success: why people behave as they do to answer both questions.
“We like to think our decision making is completely rational. However, once there's an element of uncertainty, conscious assessments are only part of the story. Two other inputs, both subconscious and driven by our innate need to survive, have a big impact.
One, automatic reactions driven by cognitive biases, gets plenty of airtime.
The other input, our raw visceral emotions might be scary to talk about and less understood - but that’s not a reason to pretend they don’t exist!”
This interactive workshop will draw on material from Carole’s book, Neuroscience for Project Success: why people behave as they do, published by APM in 2022.
You’ll come away with:
a clear understanding of how the human brain works.
a framework that:
explains ‘why people behave as they do’.
makes it easier to talk about feelings in a matter-of-fact way (so that they become part of your conscious data set)
new insights into yourself and your projects in a world that’s often characterised by stress and disorder.
Act on these insights and you’ll see the impact - on your teams and stakeholders, your decisions about how to use data and AI, and ultimately your project outcomes.
AI in the project profession: examples of current use and roadmaps to adoption webinar
Wednesday 27 March 2024
Association for Project Management
Speaker panel:
Andy Murray, James White, James Garner, Karina Singh and Alex Robertson
The link to the write up page and resources of this webinar:
https://www.apm.org.uk/news/ai-in-the-project-profession-examples-of-current-use-and-roadmaps-to-adoption-webinar/
Content description:
Disruptive technology and accelerating change is the now the norm within business. Advancements that feel relatively recent are already becoming embedded into business-as-usual activity. AI is one such advancement; it is already being used and having real-world impacts across the project profession.
To help P3M professionals understand the implications of this change, APM invited representatives from organisations that have introduced or are preparing to introduce AI into their project workstreams, to explain their approach and share their insight with fellow professionals.
This webinar on explored how AI is currently being used in project and programme management, and how organisations are gearing up for its adoption.
Katharine works for WRAP which is a climate action NGO working in more than 40 countries around the globe to tackle the causes of the climate crisis and give the planet a sustainable future. In this session, you will learn about WRAP’s plastics programme and how sustainability has been incorporated as a core value in delivery of the programme, with the aim of inspiring the audience to take action in their own work.
Kai-Fu Lee predicted that AI would change the world more than anything in the history of humanity – even electricity. It would disrupt how we live and work, how we operate our businesses, the core products and services on offer and the way in which we build technology.
However, in 2024 the impact of AI can no longer be discussed in future tense. With Microsoft copilot now publicly available, the change is already upon us. There is no consultation period or ‘unsubscribe’ button.
Project management professionals are likely to be asked to manage AI projects - and we are expected to skilfully use AI in our daily work lives. While overwhelming, this is not the first time we’ve had to adapt.
Sarah helps her audience sharpen their cutting-edge skills by answering:
What do I need to know about AI right now?
If I’m asked to work on an AI project, what techniques do I need to be successful?
Where do I start my own learning journey to upskill and prepare?
Sarah’s expertise in advanced agile and experience in highly regulated Finance environments give her a unique perspective into balancing governance with technical innovation. She uses her own experience building an AI solution in 2023 to share practical, widely applicable concepts in an “AI for project managers” 101 style session.
The silent project disruptor: Building AI solutions
APM Presents - Why Change? Understand change management and how it combines with project management to deliver your outcomes
1. APM Presents
16th October 2014
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The Enabling Change SIG
Change Management in support of
Project, Programme and Portfolio
Management
Neil White &
Elisabeth Goodman
2. Our theme for today and how we will
explore it..
Why change? Understand change
management and how it combines with project
management to deliver your outcomes.
1.Why focus on enabling change? (5 mins*)
2.What kinds of things does a structured approach
entail? (5 mins*)
3.How might this apply to some real scenarios? (30
mins*)
4.How could you take your learnings forward? (5
mins*)
*Timings are approximate
3. Speaker Profile: Neil White
22 yrs RAF (Engineering)
Change Management 20yrs
Business Improvement (SEI CMMI) -
Assessor & Assessment Team Lead
Transformation Change Management
Benefits & Business Change
MSc Change Management
‘an ardent believer that the ability to change is more
important than the required changes themselves’
APM
Enabling Change SIG – Change Futures Pillar lead
Benefits Management SIG Committee
4. Speaker Profile: Elisabeth Goodman
25 yrs Pharma R&D
Now training, coaching, project management, and
author
Change management, knowledge management,
lean and six sigma “portfolio”
Creating exceptional managers and teams
Giving people the resources to be and to create
navigators rather than victims of change
APM
Enabling Change SIG – Capablities & Methods Pillar
lead (previously East of England branch committee)
5. Enabling Change SIG
The SIG’s mission is to ‘improve the
change capability of organisations,
teams and individuals’
10. ‘Punctuated equilibrium’
a recurring pattern of continuous and transformational change ...
The Theory and Practice of Change Management, Hayes, 2007
13. Understanding the organisation
French, W and Bell, C (1984) Organizational Development: Behavioral Science
Interventions for Organization Improvement,
14. Reasons for poor change performance
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CHANGE
X =
CONFUSION
X =
ANXIETY
CHANGE X
= GRADUAL
X =
FRUSTRATION
X
= FALSE
STARTS
15. 2. What kinds of things does a
structured approach entail?
16. Kurt Lewin’s change model:
Apparent
‘equilibrium’
Refreeze
Change
Unfreeze
Lewin, K (1952) Field Theory in Social Science
Behavioural and
procedural concepts
and methodologies
18. Relationship between Management Capabilities
Business
Contribution
People, business
Change & organisation
Shared agenda &
benefits aligned to
strategy
Change BRM
Effective delivery
Change BRM P2 of change enablers
Strategic Oversight
Change BRM P2 Portfolio & control
Sustainable change
aligned to
organisational
strategy
Change BRM P2 Portfolio
19. 3. How might this apply to some
real scenarios?
Three case studies in your hand-out:
IT change: “Everyone uses eLearning now for new
technology – so that will work”
Organisational change: “We must keep our plans for this
new structure quiet until it’s definite otherwise people will
get unnecessarily worried”
Process change: “Why aren’t people following the new
process?” Do you recognise any of these?
20. Break out structure
1. Move to a table with the first case study that you
would like to explore
2. How could you do a better job of enabling the
change than the case study suggests?
– Record your ideas on a flip chart sheet
1. If time allows you will be invited to move onto
another table / case study
2. We will review your suggestions at the end of the
break-out
21. Discussion
Feedback from the break-out
Please see your hand-out for other
suggestions as to how the changes
could be enabled
22. 4. What resources are
available to help you take this
further?
Each other
Events
Micro-site
(resources,
discussion)
Newsletter
Contact us!
neilwhite57@gmail.com
elisabeth@riverrhee.com
23. This presentation was delivered
at an APM event
To find out more about
upcoming events please visit our
website www.apm.org.uk/events
Editor's Notes
Notes on Symbiosis from Wikipaedia
This is an incomplete list of notable mutualistic symbiotic relationships, in which different species have a cooperative or mutually dependent relationship. This relationship can be endosymbiotic, whereby an organism resides in another's body or cells.
There are three types of symbiosis: mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism. Mutalism is symbiosis in which both organisms benefit. Commensalism is symbiosis in which one organism benefits and the other is not harmed or helped. Parasitism is symbiosis in which one organism benefits and the other is harmed.
Some of these relationships are so close that we speak of the composite of two species as one unit; for example, we speak of the composite of algae and fungi as lichens. This is analogous to our speaking of a modulator and a demodulator as a modem.
There is no doubt about the increasing frequency and scale of change
Spanish revolution 2011 – mass rallies mass unemployment
Various countries bailed out by EU, Greece, Ireland, Portugal – total of 41!
Problems in Egypt
Scottish vote
Retail casualties
Globalization factor means we are increasingly vulnerable to world events
So we must be better able to respond to change drivers
Top inventions of the world plotted on a timeline
As we can see there is an exponential growth in technological driven change – and its going to increase even faster.
The term punctuated equilibrium is used to describe organisations that without an ability to continually address change drivers find themselves in a repeating cycle of transformational and continuous change
Such transformation usually result in major disruption and the inevitable job losses – it is in the interest of all change for change to be managed successfully
Each person deals with change in their own way – uniquely
Aim here is to flatten the curve
The aggregated effect of poor individual change management is poor performance
Aim here is to flatten the curve
Most people are aware of the way that change impacts the tip of the iceberg
But the most difficult aspects of an organisation to change are in the mass that is generally hidden.
Each of these if not managed appropriately can severely impede change progress.
– recognising the contribution and relationship that Benefits Management has with other organisational capabilities
Change Management– the ability to manage the organisation, its people and business operations through change
BRM – an end to end benefits driven process that engages with stakeholders and links changes with business strategy. Provides meaningful data to enable management
P2 – enabling changes must delivered with key abilities such as measurement, reporting, risk, estimating etc
Portfolio – tuned to meet organisations strategic needs – puts organisation in control