So we've looked at prints to them we looked at job briefly.
There is a third methodology that I really like which I would call the A.P.M. methodology that's the
association of project management.
So the APM is an organization that you can join most project managers or a member of the A.P.M. the
American equivalent of the British A.P.M. is p.m.-I.
The Project Management Institute and it's kind of the same that the American version.
So the APM or p.m.-I have been around for 150 years and they have been thinking about project management
and they've been gradually perfecting it for 150 years.
So I just don't think you can argue with 150 years of project management.
So personally I don't think we need Prince or agile although they do have their place.
As I mentioned Prince for a very large infrastructure type projects.
Ok agile for small software projects where it's more of a development process than OK.
But I think for the vast majority of project I would go for the APM process.
Agile people call it the waterfall process because it's based on Gantt chart which you could say looked
like a waterfall but actually they're not a waterfall they're a gunshot.
So it's sometimes called waterfall process and it's sometimes called Embarq which stands for the project
management body of knowledge.
So the APM have been writing down everything in this book that's got bigger and bigger called PM Barak
the project management body of knowledge you can buy from Amazon.
I wouldn't because it's quite complicated and in fact I think P.N. book has got so big now that it's
almost useless because it's got the whole world in there and you know you to actually read it and do
it all would be really difficult.
And I think one of the downsides of A.P.M. is they're so clever that they made it all a bit too complicated
and what we need is a simpler view of APM and that's what I'm going to do for you on this course.
I'm going to simplify A.P.M. just out of the bits you really need.
I think the other thing about APM is they're not brilliant into PR.
So print and agile are really good at PR particularly agile.
They've made it very sexy they've got burned down charts and sprints and scrums which is their weekly
meeting and it all sounds really exciting.
And poor old A.P.M. are quite boring and old school really you know you do your network diagram and
you do your Gantt chart and it doesn't sound as exciting and fun.
But on the other hand does that matter if it's good and they have perfected it over 150 years.
They really have.
I think they've absolutely nailed it.
So if you follow their process it will work for any project.
So I'm a big fan of A.P.M. and everything in the world has been made by the A.P.M. every bridge every
skyscraper every tunnel and free space rocket oil rig you name it.
The A.P.M. have done that with gunshots.
So really they have to be the people to follow and that's what we're going to look at.
So the next thing I want to tell you about in the next video is a quick overview of the A.P.M. process.