There are many situations where it’s better to work together, and the individual specific interest groups within a professional association are no exception. Association for Project Management (APM – the Chartered body for the Project Management Profession) has 12 Specific Interest Groups, and two, Contracts & Procurement and Benefits & Value, worked closely to deliver… Continue reading Procuring for Benefits and Value – what happens
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APM Body of Knowledge v7 – First Impressions
The Association for Project Management (APM)’s new Body of Knowledge published on 2 May 2019 is an exciting development. On one hand, it’s much more readable than previous Body of Knowledge’s. On the other, it’s no longer designed to dip into – it’s a “read start-to-finish” kind of document. Purchase from: https://www.apm.org.uk/book-shop/apm-body-of-knowledge-7th-edition/ (permission APM) Is… Continue reading APM Body of Knowledge v7 – First Impressions
Complementary Disciplines: Communication and Benefits
Sharp-eyed readers may notice that I specialise in creating Value, through benefits. This means creating improvement in individuals, in organisations, and in projects. I don’t think it’s a secret that all improvement requires change. But not all change leads to improvement. Making change happen is, however, vital. Making change happen requires communication. Here’s a blog… Continue reading Complementary Disciplines: Communication and Benefits
An Age of Benefits and Value Management?
Project Management is an ancient profession – we can certainly trace it over 1,000 years, although project managers would have been called “Administrators”, or “Architects”. Project Management as a discipline goes back at least 100 years, as does the Iron Triangle. I argue on the APM (Association for Project Management) website https://www.apm.org.uk/blog/an-age-of-benefits-and-value-management/ that Project Management… Continue reading An Age of Benefits and Value Management?
A guide to using a benefits management framework
Description “Very few people have experience of creating benefits management frameworks at an organisational level from scratch. This guide is written by people who do…” Dr Hugo Minney and Sarah Parris, with the APM Benefits and Value SIG, explain the process of creating and embedding a benefits framework in an organisation. In doing so they show… Continue reading A guide to using a benefits management framework