Miles Shepherd
Salisbury, United Kingdom
Miles Shepherd is an executive editorial advisor and international correspondent for PM World Journal in the United Kingdom. He is also managing director for MS Projects Ltd, a consulting company supporting various UK and overseas Government agencies, nuclear industry organisations and other businesses. Miles has over 30 years’ experience on a variety of projects in UK, Eastern Europe and Russia. His PM experience includes defence, major IT projects, decommissioning of nuclear reactors, nuclear security, rail and business projects for the UK Government and EU. Past Chair, Vice President and Fellow of the Association for Project Management (APM), Miles is also past president and chair and a Fellow of the International Project Management Association (IPMA). He was a Director for PMI’s Global Accreditation Centre and is immediate past Chair of the ISO committee developing new international standards for Project Management and for Program/Portfolio Management. Miles is Chair of the British Standards Institute’s Committee on Project, Programme and Portfolio Management and has been involved in the development of Uk’s BSI 6079 for more than 25 years. He was involved in setting up APM’s team developing guidelines for project management oversight and governance. Miles is based in Salisbury, England and can be contacted at miles.shepherd@msp-ltd.co.uk.
Profile updated March 2020
Articles and Papers
- Good News, Not So Good News, Not All Bad News, Signs of Things to Come and More… - Report - Shepherd - September 2024
- Good News, Bad News, Not Sure News, Professional Society News and more (UK PM Roundup) - Report - Shepherd - August 2024
- Significant Events (Voyager, Chenab Bridge, Sports Cross-Overs), Good News…more - Report - Shepherd - July 2024
- Good News, Chelsea, New Projects, AI in the News, Energy Issues, Professional Association News, and Save the Hedgehog (UK PM Roundup) - Report - Shepherd - June 2024
- Good News, Professional Society News (PMI, APM), New Contracts (BAE Systems, Cummins, Rolls-Royce, ASCO, Landmark Power Holdings), the politics of green energy and the famous Lincoln Imp - Report - Shepherd - May 2024
- Good News, Net Zero Projects, MP Strike, Major Infrastructure Turnaround and Woolly Mammoths again - Report - Shepherd - April 2024
- March 2024 UK Project Management Roundup - Report - Shepherd - March 2024
- Good News (DRAX, Nuclear Power Expansion), Bad News (New Nuclear, HS2 Fallout), APM News, HORIZON and comments on Rewilding - Report - Shepherd - February 2024
- Looking Back, BREXIT, Looking Ahead, Other Causes for Optimism, AI, Leftovers, British Baked Bean and a God for Project Managers - Report - Shepherd - January 2024
- UK Project Management Roundup - Report - Shepherd - December 2023
- November 2023 UK Project Management Roundup - Report - Shepherd - November 2023
- Something Old, Something New, Something Less Controversial, Future Taxis, Some Worrying Signs, Something Sporty, Trivial Pursuits and Habitat Boost - Report - Shepherd - October 2023
- Awards for Government Projects, Institutional Awards, Project Management Awards, Sporting Awards, Award Potential and the Loch Less Monster - Report - Shepherd - September 2023
- A303 Stonehenge Tunnel, North Sea Oil, Ministry of Defence Projects, Wind Farm in Trouble, HS2, Other Nuclear and more - Report - Shepherd - August 2023
- Dennis Lock, Good News, Not So Good News, Transport Projects, New Energy, New Projects, Newts and more - Report - Shepherd - July 2023
- Moving on: The Coronation of King Charles III, Politics, Energy, Changes at APM and the Missing Pieces Project (UK Project Management Roundup) - Report - Shepherd - June 2023
- Good News, Bad News, Advanced Engineering and Escaping Beavers (May 2023 UK PM Roundup) - Report - Shepherd - May 2023
- Good news, Not so good news, A Tale of 110 Trees, Judgement of Benefits, Cricket and Scottish Osprey (UK Project Management Roundup) - Report - Shepherd - April 2023
- Infrastructure (nuclear, wind, new oil, rail), BREXIT, Defence Procurement, AI, Rewilding projects and dancing cranes - Report - Shepherd - March 2023
- Good News, Artificial Intelligence and Projects in the World of Conservation - Report - Shepherd - February 2023
- What does 2023 hold for the PM World? Governance, Pharma and Medical Projects, Aerospace, Terraforming and Wormonauts - Report - Shepherd - January 2023
- December 2022 UK Project Management Roundup - Report - Shepherd - December 2022
- UK Project Management Roundup - Report - Shepherd - November 2022
- UK Project Management Roundup for October 2022 - Report - Shepherd - October 2022
- September 2022 UK Project Management Roundup - Report - Shepherd - September 2022
- Nuclear, large and small; Alternative energy including tidal and wind; Construction problems, and White Tailed Eagles (UK Project Management Roundup) - Reports - Shepherd - August 2022
- Good News, Possibly Good News, Not So Good News, APM News and Closing Remarks (with birds) (UK PM Roundup) - Report - Shepherd - July 2022
- Catching Up, Crossrail is no more, the Elizabeth Line Opens, and Closing Remarks - Report - Shepherd - June 2022
- Onboarding, the Power of Projects and the Exciting Future of Project Management and APM, Interview with Adam Boddison, APM CEO - Interview - Shepherd - March 2022
- Good News, APM News, December Events, Stirling Prize, Project Successes, Hail and Farewell, Stellar Success and Closing Remarks - Report - Shepherd - January 2022
- The Power of PM, Green Projects, Rail Project News, Beavers, Squirrels, Boxing and Higher Education in Britain - Report - Shepherd - December 2021
- Sad news, bad news, good news, English hedgerows and two Cricket stories (UK Project Management Roundup) - Report - Shepherd - October 2021
- Project Curator, Space Projects, Summer Projects, Wildlife Projects, Space Projects, Film Projects, Traditional Projects and a Salute to Japan - Report - Shepherd - September 2021
- Good News, Not So Good News, Construction Industry News, Government Projects, Politics and Projects, Billionaire Projects, the national flagship and the first Beaver kit in 600 years (UK Project Management Roundup) - Report - Shepherd - August 2021
- Professional Society News, National Flagship, Project Progress, Power station shutdown due to jelly fish, Axelos bought by Peoplesoft, and Magawa the Hero Rat retires - Report - Shepherd - July 2021
- Bad News, BREXIT, Good News, APM News and More from UK - Report - Shepherd - June 2021
- Bad News, BREXIT, Good News, Covid-19, Professional News and the new Government Projects Academy (UK Project Management Roundup) - Report - Shepherd - May 2021
- Professional news, Infrastructure and Energy, Covid news, Good news and Stonehenge is not really English (UK Project Management Roundup) - Report - Shepherd - March 2021
- Good news, Bad News, BREXIT, International view, Wildlife projects, and Goats for Zoom calls - Report - Shepherd - February 2021
- BREXIT, Covid-19, Big Pharma: News and Lessons Learned - Report - Shepherd - January 2021
- Covid-19, BREXIT, Bad News, Good News and Seasonal Comments (UK PM Roundup) - Report - Shepherd - December 2020
- On the Matter of the PM World Journal - Letter to the Editor - Shepherd - December 2020
- On the Matter of Project Management Standards - Letter to the Editor - Shepherd - December 2020
- High Speed 2, New Nuclear, Covid News, BREXIT, Short Reports & Silver Lingings (UK PM Roundup) - Report - Shepherd - November 2020
- Major Projects, Energy Projects, Construction News, Small Projects, PM Issues, Covid Projects, BREXIT and Magawa the hero rat - Report - Shepherd - October 2020
- APM news, Good Covid-19 news, Defender continues, Political News, BREXIT, Stonehenge mystery solved and some successful Wildlife projects - Report - Shepherd - August 2020
- Bad news, APM, PMI UK, Coronavirus, Good news and Beavers in Scotland - Report - Shepherd - July 2020
- Old Oak Common Station… (UK Project Management Roundup) - Report - Shepherd - June 2020
- Covid-19, Climate Change, the Great Crane Project, BTV (before the virus) Projects, Other Projects… (UK Project Management Roundup) - Report - Shepherd - May 2020
- Covid-19 Update and then some (UK Supplemental Report) - Report - Shepherd - April 2020
- The Step Pyramid Project of Djoser, Bad news from HS2, Impact of Covid-19 on UK projects & PM - Report - Shepherd - April 2020
- On the matter of Project Management Standards - Letter to the Editor - Shepherd - April 2020
- The Fifth Estate, Bad News for Infrastructure Projects in the Courts, A little Good News and… no BREXIT news - Report - Shepherd - March 2020
- BREXIT, Bridges and Infrastructure in the United Kingdom (UK Project Management Roundup) - Report - Shepherd - February 2020
- Political Scene, Election Consequences, HS2, BREXIT, MI6, AI and the next decade (UK Project Management Roundup) - Report - Shepherd - January 2020
- Good Project News, Not So Good News, BREXIT, Culture, PM Awards and Happy Holidays in a Post Truth Era (UK Project Management Roundup) - Report - Shepherd - December 2019
- Good News, Stirling Prizes for Architecture, PM Professional Awards, Not So Good News, Sustainability, BREXIT, the world’s largest crane and more naps - Report - Shepherd - October 2019
- Good News, Other Project News, Not So Good News, BREXIT and Singing with Monty Python (UK Project Management Roundup) - Report - Shepherd - September 2019
- Prime Ministerial Impact, BREXIT, APM News, IPMA Research Awards, A Conflict Over Project Success and Buckingham Palace needs a Project Manager - Report - Shepherd - August 2019
- Good news, Not so good news, BREXIT and APM Projecting the Future - Report - Shepherd - July 2019
- Green Power, New Projects, Project Progress, Stirling Prize winners, Historic Projects, Not Classified News, Not So Good News, BREXIT and the Length of a Year - Report - Shepherd - June 2019
- Not so good news, Lessons learned, More rail projects, Better news, BREXIT and more - Report - Shepherd - May 2019
- Big Ben, Autonomous Ships, the UK Space Race, Lessons Learned (really), BREXIT, Cricket, a Stiff Upper Lip and more - Report - Shepherd - April 2019
- Bad news: IT Projects, HS2, Crossrail, BREXIT, skills shortage and new nuclear; Good news: Meggett extension, Hybrid Air Vehicles, Silverton Pier, Bloodhound Project, Alton’s Hydrogen Train Plan; and Captain Flinders’ grave was found - Report - Shepherd - February 2019
- Good News, BREXIT, Professionalism in the UK PM, Project Management Standards - Report - Shepherd - January 2019
- BREXIT, Problem Projects, Rail Programmes, New Nuclear, Other Projects, APM Awards (UK Project Management Roundup) - Report - Shepherd - December 2018
- Old Projects, Ethical Issues, New Projects, Professional Societies & What can we do about Global Warming? - Report - Shepherd - August 2018
- Rail Project Problems, IT Woes Continue, Brexit – Again, Energy, More Good News, British Way of Life Under Threat - Reports - Shepherd - July 2018
- Program Benefits Management: An International Best Practice the U.S. Government Could Use - Second Editions - Abba, Pells, Shepherd - June 2018
- UK Project Management Roundup for June 2018 - Reports - Shepherd - June 2018
- Brexit, The Battle for GKN, Professional News and Salibury - Reports - Shepherd - April 2018
- UK Project Management Roundup for February 2018 - Reports - Shepherd - February 2018
- Looking Back and Looking Forward at Projects and Project Management in UK - Reports - Shepherd - January 2018
- UK Project Management Roundup for November 2017 - Reports - Shepherd - November 2017
- UK Project Management Roundup - Reports - Shepherd - August 2017
- July 2017 UK Project Management Round Up - Reports - Shepherd - July 2017
- Brexit, Crossrail, Airport Projects, Alternative Energy, Cyber Crime, Space Projects and future smiles - Reports - Shepherd - June 2017
- UK Project Management Roundup for April 2017 - Reports - Shepherd - April 2017
- March 2017 UK Project Management Round Up - Reports - Shepherd - March 2017
- February 2017 UK Project Management Round Up - Reports - Shepherd - February 2017
- December 2016 UK Project Management Round Up - Reports - Shepherd - December 2016
- Infrastructure, Energy and Other Projects in UK (UK Project Management Round Up) - Reports - Shepherd - November 2016
- Brexit Update; Infrastructure Projects; Government Major Projects Portfolio; Major Projects in the News (UK Project Management Roundup) - Reports - Shepherd - September 2016
- Brexit: The Aftermath - Reports - Shepherd - July 2016
- Program Management Improvement Team: A Best Practice Based Approach to Process Improvement and Program Governance at the National Nuclear Security Administration - Second Editions - Abba, Archibald, Pells, Haase, Zocher, Shepherd - June 2016
- New Nuclear; Infrastructure Projects; University Expansions in London; Britain and Chernobyl’s Containment – Positive News - Reports - Shepherd - May 2016
- Power Stakes; Transport Projects; Construction Projects & Reconstruction of Houses of Parliament - Reports - Shepherd - March 2016
- Cultural Domain, Wildlife Project Success, Education Projects, Defence Projects, Project People, Other Project News (UK Project Management Round Up) - Reports - Shepherd - February 2016
- Successful Doctoral Defence – Jouko Vaskimo Awarded D.Sc (Tech) - News Articles - Shepherd - February 2016
- Looking Back with the NAO, Forward with the IPA (not the beer!); APM Research Call extended (UK Project Management Round Up) - Reports - Shepherd - January 2016
- This Month, People, Programs, Portfolios, Progress (UK Project Management Roundup) - Reports - Shepherd - December 2015
- Award Season, Rail Industry News, New Nuclear Programme and Short Reports (UK Project Management Roundup) - Reports - Shepherd - November 2015
- Infrastructure Projects, Transatlantic Sports, a Post Project Review, an International Scandal, Falling Beechnuts and the End of Summer in UK - Reports - Shepherd - October 2015
- APM Activities, Successful Projects, Crossrail, the Not So Positive News and weird names given to buildings (UK Project Management Roundup) - Reports - Shepherd - August 2015
- Project completions, fascinating new project plans, rail & mega projects, including the Palace of Westminster - Reports - Shepherd - July 2015
- Two Birds! A Simple Approach to Improving Program/Project Management Practice and Governance - Second Editions - Abba, Pells, Shepherd - July 2015
- Swansee Tidal Bay Lagoon project, Rampion Wind Farm, Post-Election Impacts, Finance, Crossrail & the Wallasea Island Wild Coast Project (UK Project Management Roundup) - Reports - Shepherd - June 2015
- Power generation, election results, project problems and project opportunities – UK Project Management Roundup - Reports - Shepherd - May 2015
- Springtime means conferences, exhibitions and projects (UK Project Management Roundup) - Reports - Shepherd - April 2015
- UK Project Management Roundup - Reports - Shepherd - March 2015
- UK Project Management Roundup - Reports - Shepherd - February 2015
- UK Project Management Round UP - Reports - Shepherd - December 2014
- UK Project Management Round Up - Reports - Shepherd - November 2014
- Project Management Roundup from UK - Reports - Shepherd - September 2014
- Project Management Roundup from UK - Reports - Shepherd - August 2014
- Project Management Roundup from UK - Reports - Shepherd - July 2014
- UK Project Management Roundup - Reports - Shepherd - May 2014
- UK Project Management Roundup - Reports - Shepherd - April 2014
- UK Project Management Round Up - Reports - Shepherd - March 2014
- UK Project Management Roundup - Reports - Shepherd - January 2014
- UK Project Management Roundup - Reports - Shepherd - December 2013
- UK Project Management Roundup - Reports - Shepherd - November 2013
- A Team-Based Approach to Continuous Improvement in Program, Project and Portfolio Management: The U.S. Government’s Global Threat Reduction Initiative - Second Editions - Abba, Pells, Archibald, Shepherd, Zocher - November 2013
- UK Project Management Roundup - Reports - Shepherd - October 2013
- UK Project Management Roundup - Reports - Shepherd - September 2013
- UK Project Management Round Up - Reports - Shepherd - August 2013
- UK Project Management Round Up - Reports - Shepherd - July 2013
- UK Project Management Round Up - Reports - Shepherd - June 2013
- UK Project Management Round Up - Reports - Shepherd - May 2013
- UK Project Management Round Up - Reports - Shepherd - March 2013
- UK Project Management Round Up - Reports - Shepherd - January 2013
- UK Project Management Round Up - Reports - Shepherd - November 2012
- UK Project Management Round Up - Reports - Shepherd - October 2012
- UK Project Management Round Up - Reports - Shepherd - September 2012
- UK Project Management Round Up - Reports - Shepherd - August 2012
- The Power of Independent PM Reviews for Global Programs: The GTRI Example - Conference Papers - Abba, Archibald, Pells, Shepherd - November 2008