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The webinar on Wednesday 22 April explored the practical implications for project management which arise from the presenter published book, ‘’, part of the Routledge Advancing Management and Business Studies series. 

Much depends on how value is defined, which can vary from the very general, such as making life better, to the very specific, such as a monetary valuation of an object. In the book it builds up a case for a universal conception of value co-creation as occurring through different types of exchange, which always have material, social and mental aspects for the people concerned. There is a crucial difference between value for the individual and for the organisation – for organisations, value has material and social, but not mental, aspects. How project professionals manage their roles as representatives of organisations engaging with other individuals, groups and organisations leads to value being created or destroyed for different parties. 

This webinar went on to explore the implications of this conception of value for the development of strategies and the design of change programmes for implementation. The roles of portfolio and programme management in achieving alignment between the strategic level and individual projects will be linked to the focus on value as a bridging concept.   

Examples were drawn from personal experience of working in programme management, together with recent research findings from the project management literature. Links with APM publications and best practice guidance placed the arguments made in the webinar into a professional development context.  

 

Webinar resources

Richard has kindly allowed their presented material to be made available for viewing. The , and , are now available in our APM resources area and also embedded below for reference.

The questions submitted during the broadcast are being reviewed, and as an additional resource the answers will be added shortly were possible.

This webinar is suitable for professionals with any level of experience.

 

 

Speaker

Richard Breese, Emeritus Fellow, Sheffield Hallam University

After a career in town planning and regeneration programme management, he became a university lecturer in 2009, teaching organisational change and project management. He has published extensively on benefits management as part of an eclectic range of research interests. Richard has contributed to APM activity on benefits and value for many years as well as being a member of the International Editorial Board for the International Journal of Project Management.