A robust professional network can be invaluable for career success. A strong network can provide support, advice, job opportunities, and valuable industry insights. However, when you’re a busy project professional, it can be hard to find the time outside of your day-to-day work to grow your network, and when there is time, it can be challenging to know where to look to expand your network with the right people.

Effective resource allocation is a cornerstone of successful project management. It is crucial to balance avoiding overallocation, which leads to burnout and inefficiencies, with preventing shortages, which can cause delays and subpar project outcomes.

Entering the field of project management can be both exciting and challenging. It’s a career offering many opportunities, with the Talent Gap: Ten-Year Employment Trends, Costs, and Global Implications report estimating the need for 25 million new project professionals by 2030.

For organisations with complex environments or where multiple stakeholders and variables are involved, it becomes essential to have a defined project management structure. This is where governance can be vital for a clear vision.  Governance structures within project management serve as the backbone for overseeing projects efficiently and effectively.

PRINCE2® is widely used worldwide, and for effective, structured project management, many private and public sector organisations are using PRINCE2 to their advantage. There are over 1 million certified PRINCE2 professionals worldwide, many of whom are making an impact in their industries by running successful PRINCE2 projects. Here are just some of the recent successful PRINCE2 projects taking place:

“You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone.” ― Johnny Cash

Sometimes, things don’t go to plan. Even with the best intentions and plans, failures can happen, especially in project management.

Project closure and handover is a pivotal stage in the PRINCE2® methodology, designed to ensure that the project outputs are accepted, the project is completed within scope, and resources are efficiently released.

One of the most exciting aspects of being a project manager is that it’s a continually evolving role. As trends change, new technologies appear, and society evolves, so do the priorities of project managers.

When striving to deliver projects quickly and effectively, one thing that can get overlooked is project performance reporting. When everything is moving fast in a project, taking time to step back and analyse the performance or pausing to reflect can feel less important than taking action.

In every organisation, it feels like there is a new way of working and different software to get to grips with. There are many tools and platforms out there, all designed to boost productivity, quality and efficiency. But which ones are the best ones to adopt?