APM News

APM is pleased to announce that the University of Westminster Business School has gained APM Academic Accreditation for its MSc Project Management programme.

APM's vision is for a world in which all projects succeed.

The South Wales and West of England branch were very pleased to be able to provide members with an insight into the Bristol MetroBus programme, which is one of the largest infrastructure projects in the area and of considerable local interest.

Programme management was brought to life by presenter Alan Macklin through his personal experience of some major UK programmes, during the Introduction to Programme Management Webinar held on 23 February 2017.

Welcome to the Spring edition of the APM PMO SIG Newsletter! In this issue of the newsletter we share our Machiavellian plans for PMOs to dominate the world (oops, we meant “for PMOs to become critical in the project management world!”).

The South Wales and West of England branch was pleased to invite back Jill Poyton, Senior Sponsor for the West of England Rail Electrification at Network Rail, to talk about the challenges of the programme.

APM has refreshed its highest standard, APM Registered Project Professional (RPP).

Crossrail is sharing insight and good practice to benefit the next generation of future projects and those delivering them.

SIG publishes reference table of risk tools Project managers new to risk management, or looking to upgrade equipment, can now access at-a-glance information on the latest risk tools available in the market.

On Thursday, 9 March 2017 the North West branch held an evening CPD event at Manchester University on the thorny question of resolving arguments and disputes.