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Do major government projects – from long-running epics like HS2 and HMS Queen Elizabeth to unanticipated new arrivals like the government’s furlough scheme and the vaccine roll-out – represent good value for money? Why do some end up late, over budget or beset by operational problems, while others seem to progress with barely a hitch? And ultimately, how can all such projects be better managed in the future? These are, by any standard, important questions, albeit tricky to answer.

Jon Ager, programme director at the British Antarctic Survey, reports from an ambitious modernisation programme in Antarctica (leopard seals, international rescues and Boaty McBoatface included).

In summer 2020, Project investigated the race to find a COVID-19 vaccine.

  Will you join the culture club? On the evening of Thursday 18 March 2021, around 50 delegates from a wide range of industry sectors attended an excellent and informative evening webinar, ‘Changing Culture to Maximise Enterprise Value’, that described the origins of value and benefits management, the relationship between them and the key elements that typically enable the successful implementation of value and benefits management as a key performance measurement function of success.

Congratulations to Nikki Marks on achieving Chartered Project Professional (ChPP) status with the help of her mentor.

The COVID-19 crisis has massively expanded the use of remote working tools.

Responding to the publication of the strategic review on the restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster, David Thomson, head of external affairs at APM said: “This project carries unique heritage, political and value-for-money challenges.

North London Heat and Power Project – Establishing the Programme Delivery Arrangements for a Major Infrastructure Programme webinar   This webinar presented on Thursday 11 March explored the challenges of developing a programme to deliver a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project by a client organisation where major infrastructure delivery is not business as usual.

The UK government is looking at the possibility of building a bridge or tunnel between Scotland and Northern Ireland as part of its review of connectivity within the UK, it has been announced.

An event on delivering projects and programmes within the NHS featured a well-received contributions from Association for Project Management (APM).