Consulting

Project dependencies are the links between tasks, decisions, teams, suppliers and other projects that determine when work can start, continue or finish. Understanding the different dependency types in project management - and actively managing them [...]

Windsor, UK based project, programme and portfolio management (PPM) consultancy celebrates a quarter century of growth, from a UK start-up to a Microsoft Global Partner of the Year. Wellingtone, a specialist consultancy in project, programme [...]

I get asked this almost every week: “should we do a maturity assessment, or should we go straight for P3M3?” It's a fair question, and honestly, most people asking it have been sold both terms [...]

A P3M3 assessment is an evidence-based review of how well an organisation delivers projects, programmes and portfolios, carried out by a licensed assessor through document review, interviews and workshops. It scores capability from Level 1 [...]

What is the P3M3 Maturity Model? P3M3 (Portfolio, Programme and Project Management Maturity Model) is a framework, owned by AXELOS (now part of PeopleCert), used to measure how capable an organisation is at delivering portfolios, [...]

Learn about the role and responsibilities of a Project Sponsor, as well as how to engage with them and deal with poor project sponsorship.

Most organisations are exploring AI in project and portfolio management, but very few are truly ready to scale it. To successfully adopt AI, PMOs need three key foundations: a centralised platform, standardised governance, and consistent [...]

What is the difference between the APM Project Fundamentals Qualification (PFQ) & the Project Management Qualification (PMQ)? How to choose?

A strong project assurance framework provides confidence that projects are delivering what they should, while applying the right level of scrutiny for their complexity and risk. The key is proportionality. Too little assurance creates blind [...]

Project assurance principles provide a structured, risk-based foundation for improving governance and strengthening delivery confidence. When applied proportionately and supported by healthy culture, they reduce surprises, surface risk early and enable better decision-making across projects, [...]

Good project assurance is the structured, independent process of building confidence that projects will achieve their intended outcomes. Applying it effectively requires proportionality, risk-based oversight, strong escalation discipline and cultural maturity. This guide explains how [...]

Many organisations invest in maturity assessments but struggle to turn the results into action. The issue is rarely the assessment itself. It is the absence of a clear maturity roadmap. According to Wellingtone’s annual State [...]