
New Project Management Sessions

Project Challenge is back at Olympia, London on Tuesday 10th & Wednesday 11th October 2017. The autumn show is the leading project management expo in the UK and features over 40 seminar sessions alongside the project management exhibition.
The two day event is free to attend, just register today
Take a look at some of the recently announced sessions:
Organisational Change Capability – a key 21st century competitive advantage?Fiona Magee, Managing Consultant, CITI Ltd |
![]() Fiona’s presentation will consider; what do we mean by organisational change capability, why is it important to our success and how do we develop it? |
Understanding your value in the PPM marketJohn Thorpe, Managing Director, Arras People |
![]() John, the author of the Arras People Project Management Benchmark Report (PMBR) for the last 12 years, will be exploring the data from the Arras People report along with data published by other sources to offer practitioners a view on the UK market and what this means for you! |
Tinker, Tailor, Teacher, Trainer – customise your Project Management styleAdrian Dooley, Non-Executive Director, APM Group |
![]() APM Group is at the heart of leading the response to deliver meaningful courses and qualifications. In conjunction with other stakeholders we will be pleased to showcase our approach to strengthening the portfolio of qualifications available to everyone engaged in delivering value worldwide. Tinker, Tailor, Teacher, Trainer. How many hats can you wear at the same time? |
Why Realising Benefits from Projects is a Rarity and how to ensure you actually realise benefitsDavid Walton, Managing Director, Bestoutcome |
![]() David Walton, Managing Director of Bestoutcome, describes some key steps to ensure that your projects actually deliver the savings you need. David describes how you plan, manage and deliver benefits throughout the project lifecycle. He covers benefits probabilities, disbenefits, quality gates and linking milestones to benefits delivery. |
Management Of UncertaintyGraham Joyce, Chief Operations Officer, IMD Group |
![]() This is never more so than at the early phases of the project; when the demands of establishing a robust, underpinned estimate and the drive to secure sanction to get critical activities underway in a timely fashion are often in conflict. Managing this uncertainty throughout the project lifecycle is a cornerstone of Project Controls, and this presentation will look at some common pitfalls and approaches to avoiding optimism bias. |
AXELOS and our part in the future of PPMCameron Stewart, Head of Product Development for PPM, AXELOS |
![]() This session will give a snapshot into the exciting future of the AXELOS PPM portfolio and, most importantly, how we need you to get involved. |
Using information psychology to better engage stakeholdersStephen Brown, Head of Innovation, Polarisoft |
![]() Stephen Brown, will discuss the role between project information and the stakeholder; how to get stakeholders engaged and why it’s inherently difficult to achieve this. In an information rich world what techniques can be deployed and what formats are effective in winning the struggle to win people’s time and attention and change their behaviour. |
Programme Control – It’s not all about the tool!!Nick Wilson, MD of ProgrammExpress, and David Broom, MD of Retail Fix, a Business Change and Strategy Consultancy |
![]() It is never a ‘one size fits all’, but there is always a minimum level of Programme Governance required. Successful Programmes will always have a great Team, People, and Communications, and appropriate governance. A minimum level of governance, and ‘less is more’ approach to ongoing Programme Control has to be the start point for the majority! |
More sessions are announced in the lead up to the expo – register for more information or to attend Project Challenge this autumn