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This article is about the new British standard on benefits management: BS202002 applying benefits management on portfolios, programmes and projects — A guide.

This article is about the new British standard: applying benefits management on portfolios, programmes and projects — A guide.

Did you know that nearly one million workers in the UK suffer from work-related stress, depression or anxiety? It's not surprising that so many projects fail.

When I was invited to talk at the APM Benefits and Value and Governance SIG Conference on the legacy of the London 2012 Olympic Park, I jumped at the opportunity.

John Elkington coined the phrase “Tripple bottom line” in 1994 to describe a balanced set of objectives between profit, people and the planet for businesses to follow.

”If you can see it, you can be it.

As project delivery professionals we forge and develop relationships across different stakeholder groupings, and even cultures to successfully deliver our outcomes.

Project failure is not an easy subject to think about, but the more we face up to it, the better prepared we will be to succeed.

When I ask a room full of project managers how many have sufficient time and resources for the scope they are being asked to deliver, I’m greeted by a stony silence.

It’s lovely and warm on your summer holiday, the sun upon your face.