APM Young Project Professional of the Year - Tips for Success

APM Young Project

Professional of the Year

Helen Evans, Luke Streeter and Louise Best

Tips for success

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Helen Evans

19:00 – 19:05

Welcome to the

event

Luke Streeter

19:05 – 19:30

Training & PM

tips

Louise Best

19:30 – 19:50

What companies

look for


Objective of today

Title

Training

1Title

PM tips

2Title

Employer tips

3Title

Consultancies

4

For each person in the room to leave with at least one useful tip to help them

with their career.

We will be focusing on 4 key topics and information will be populated in these

boxes as we progress through the presentation.

Section 1: Training


APMCabinet Office Best

PracticePMI Agile

Process

Improvements

New Project

Manager

• The APM Project

Fundamentals

Qualification

• PRINCE2

Foundation

• Certified Associate

in Project

Management

• Professional Scum

Master 1

• Six Sigma Yellow

Belt

Junior Project

Manager

• The APM Project

Management

Qualification

• PRINCE2

Practitioner

• Project

Management

Professional

• Professional Scum

Master 2

• DSDM Advanced

Practitioner

• Lean Practitioner

Project

Manager

(approx. 3

years

experience)

• Practitioner

Qualification

• APM Project Risk

Management

Certificate

• Management of

Risk

• Management of

Value

• PMI Risk

Management

Professional

• PMI Scheduling

Professional

• The APMG

AgilePM®

certification

• PMI Agile Certified

Practitioner

• Lean Advanced

Practitioner

• Six Sigma Green

Belt

Senior Project

Manager

• APM Registered

Project Professional

• Lean Master

Practitioner

• Six Sigma Black

Belt

Programme

Manager

• Managing

Successful

Programmes

• Program

Management

Professional

There are a vast range of project management courses available. For new Project Managers my core

tips would be:

• For a basic grounding in project management the APM Introductory certificate and PRINCE2

practitioner compliment each other very well

• Broaden your understanding of different techniques and use them to your advantage

• MSP will give you an appreciation for the wider context of project delivery

Key take-away messages


Title

Training

1Title

PM tips

2Title

Employer tips

3Title

Consultancies

4

For a basic grounding in project

management the APM Project

Fundamentals Qualification and

PRINCE2 practitioner

compliment each other very well

Broaden your understanding of

different techniques and use

them to your advantage

Managing Successful

Programmes will give you an

appreciation for the wider

context of project delivery

Section 2: Project Management Tips


Heathrow Airport Limited Transport Systems Catapult London Underground

In this section I will be talking through 3 key pieces of work that I have been involved in, focusing on the

different lessons that I have learnt.

In each of these projects I was assigned a different role allowing me to see the project in a different

light.

Project Manager Bid Manager Project Adviser

Heathrow Airport Limited


The project & my role Lessons learnt

Installing 29 automatic

boarding gates across the

terminal - halving plane

boarding time.

Lead by exampleThe importance of putting

100% into any role. You

never know where it will

lead…

Immovable deadline due to

terminal opening

The importance of flagging

issues early (with potential

solutions)

The importance of a strong

teamDelivery Project Manager

overseeing approximately

50 resources

Automatic boarding gates project

Understand what your

clients drivers are

Involve the end-user

throughout the project

Transport Systems Catapult


The project & my role

Bidding for government

funding to set up an efficient

and scalable supply chain

for Cell Therapy products

within the UK

Bid Manager across 6

different companies

including the Cell Therapy

Catapult

Cell therapy manufacturing & supply chain improvements did

Lessons learnt

The principles of project management apply to much more than

you think

Look for opportunities in everything, don’t focus on the negatives

Get to know the technical detail of your projects, don’t just leave it

to othersNot successful but helped

to shape future bidding

processes for the company

London Underground


The project & my role

Cash handling device project

Lessons learnt

Understand the team and stakeholders. Different personalities

need to be treated in different ways

Learn the Project Management methodology of the company

you’re in

Ensure that the project ties in with the rest of the programme

Installing automatic Cash

Handling Devices across

c.300 stations

Project Advisor –

responsible for advising

senior stakeholders on the

health of the project and

assisting with improvements

Feeds into a wider

programme looking to

maximise customer service



Title

Training

1Title

PM tips

2Title

Employer tips

3Title

Consultancies

4

The importance of putting 100%

into any role. You never know

where it will lead…



solutions)

Involve the end-user throughout

the project

Look for opportunities in

everything, don’t focus on the

negatives

Get to know the technical detail

of your projects, don’t just leave

it to others

Understand the team and

stakeholders. Different

personalities need to be treated

in different ways









Managing Successful




Section 3: What are Deloitte looking for in PMs?


Hard skills Softer skills

What are we looking for?

We do not expect them to necessarily have project management experience

We have tools, techniques and training to help people develop those skills

Logic

Structured ways of thinking

Able to look at the wider picture

Attention to detail and ability to

simplify detail

Forward thinking

Proactive

Stakeholder engagement

Flexibility

Ability to translate for different

audiences

Self-starter

Increasingly expecting them to be on top of the latest innovations in their sector e.g. digital

Changing world

Section 4: What’s it like in consultancy?


Breadth not depth

Consultancy Industry

Breadth not depth in consultancy whereas depth not breadth in industry

In consulting the early years are about developing a broad range of skills and experience

across numerous clients

More likely to get responsibility earlier in industry but within a much narrower remit

Consulting can be very changeable however opportunity to be on some of the most exciting

projects out there

Industry workload and pattern of work will be more consistent

Consulting access to people that have had similar experiences



Title

Employer tips

3Title

Consultancies

4

To have a combination of hard

and soft skills

To be on top of latest

innovations in their sector

Breadth not depth

Develop broad range of skills

and experience

Opportunity to be on exciting

projects

Access to people that have had

similar experiences

Title

Training

1Title

PM tips

2









Managing Successful




The importance of putting 100%

into any role. You never know

where it will lead…



solutions)

Involve the end-user throughout

the project

Look for opportunities in

everything, don’t focus on the

negatives

Get to know the technical detail

of your projects, don’t just leave

it to others

Understand the team and

stakeholders. Different

personalities need to be treated

in different ways

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