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
- What does 2023 hold for the PM World? Governance, Pharma and Medical Projects, Aerospace, Terraforming and Wormonauts - Report - Shepherd -
- December 2022 UK Project Management Roundup - Report - Shepherd -
- UK Project Management Roundup - Report - Shepherd -
- UK Project Management Roundup for October 2022 - Report - Shepherd -
- September 2022 UK Project Management Roundup - Report - Shepherd -
- Nuclear, large and small; Alternative energy including tidal and wind; Construction problems, and White Tailed Eagles (UK Project Management Roundup) - Reports - Shepherd -
- Good News, Possibly Good News, Not So Good News, APM News and Closing Remarks (with birds) (UK PM Roundup) - Report - Shepherd -
- Catching Up, Crossrail is no more, the Elizabeth Line Opens, and Closing Remarks - Report - Shepherd -
- Onboarding, the Power of Projects and the Exciting Future of Project Management and APM, Interview with Adam Boddison, APM CEO - Interview - Shepherd -
- Good News, APM News, December Events, Stirling Prize, Project Successes, Hail and Farewell, Stellar Success and Closing Remarks - Report - Shepherd -
- The Power of PM, Green Projects, Rail Project News, Beavers, Squirrels, Boxing and Higher Education in Britain - Report - Shepherd -
- Sad news, bad news, good news, English hedgerows and two Cricket stories (UK Project Management Roundup) - Report - Shepherd -
- Project Curator, Space Projects, Summer Projects, Wildlife Projects, Space Projects, Film Projects, Traditional Projects and a Salute to Japan - Report - Shepherd -
- 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 -
- 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 -
- Bad News, BREXIT, Good News, APM News and More from UK - Report - Shepherd -
- Bad News, BREXIT, Good News, Covid-19, Professional News and the new Government Projects Academy (UK Project Management Roundup) - Report - Shepherd -
- Professional news, Infrastructure and Energy, Covid news, Good news and Stonehenge is not really English (UK Project Management Roundup) - Report - Shepherd -
- Good news, Bad News, BREXIT, International view, Wildlife projects, and Goats for Zoom calls - Report - Shepherd -
- BREXIT, Covid-19, Big Pharma: News and Lessons Learned - Report - Shepherd -
- Covid-19, BREXIT, Bad News, Good News and Seasonal Comments (UK PM Roundup) - Report - Shepherd -
- On the Matter of the PM World Journal - Letter to the Editor - Shepherd -
- On the Matter of Project Management Standards - Letter to the Editor - Shepherd -
- High Speed 2, New Nuclear, Covid News, BREXIT, Short Reports & Silver Lingings (UK PM Roundup) - Report - Shepherd -
- Major Projects, Energy Projects, Construction News, Small Projects, PM Issues, Covid Projects, BREXIT and Magawa the hero rat - Report - Shepherd -
- APM news, Good Covid-19 news, Defender continues, Political News, BREXIT, Stonehenge mystery solved and some successful Wildlife projects - Report - Shepherd -
- Bad news, APM, PMI UK, Coronavirus, Good news and Beavers in Scotland - Report - Shepherd -
- Old Oak Common Station… (UK Project Management Roundup) - Report - Shepherd -
- Covid-19, Climate Change, the Great Crane Project, BTV (before the virus) Projects, Other Projects… (UK Project Management Roundup) - Report - Shepherd -
- Covid-19 Update and then some (UK Supplemental Report) - Report - Shepherd -
- The Step Pyramid Project of Djoser, Bad news from HS2, Impact of Covid-19 on UK projects & PM - Report - Shepherd -
- On the matter of Project Management Standards - Letter to the Editor - Shepherd -
- The Fifth Estate, Bad News for Infrastructure Projects in the Courts, A little Good News and… no BREXIT news - Report - Shepherd -
- BREXIT, Bridges and Infrastructure in the United Kingdom (UK Project Management Roundup) - Report - Shepherd -
- Political Scene, Election Consequences, HS2, BREXIT, MI6, AI and the next decade (UK Project Management Roundup) - Report - Shepherd -
- 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 -
- 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 -
- Good News, Other Project News, Not So Good News, BREXIT and Singing with Monty Python (UK Project Management Roundup) - Report - Shepherd -
- Prime Ministerial Impact, BREXIT, APM News, IPMA Research Awards, A Conflict Over Project Success and Buckingham Palace needs a Project Manager - Report - Shepherd -
- Good news, Not so good news, BREXIT and APM Projecting the Future - Report - Shepherd -
- 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 -
- Not so good news, Lessons learned, More rail projects, Better news, BREXIT and more - Report - Shepherd -
- Big Ben, Autonomous Ships, the UK Space Race, Lessons Learned (really), BREXIT, Cricket, a Stiff Upper Lip and more - Report - Shepherd -
- 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 -
- Good News, BREXIT, Professionalism in the UK PM, Project Management Standards - Report - Shepherd -
- BREXIT, Problem Projects, Rail Programmes, New Nuclear, Other Projects, APM Awards (UK Project Management Roundup) - Report - Shepherd -
- Old Projects, Ethical Issues, New Projects, Professional Societies & What can we do about Global Warming? - Report - Shepherd -
- Rail Project Problems, IT Woes Continue, Brexit – Again, Energy, More Good News, British Way of Life Under Threat - Reports - Shepherd -
- Program Benefits Management: An International Best Practice the U.S. Government Could Use - Second Editions - Abba, Pells, Shepherd -
- UK Project Management Roundup for June 2018 - Reports - Shepherd -
- Brexit, The Battle for GKN, Professional News and Salibury - Reports - Shepherd -
- UK Project Management Roundup for February 2018 - Reports - Shepherd -
- Looking Back and Looking Forward at Projects and Project Management in UK - Reports - Shepherd -
- UK Project Management Roundup for November 2017 - Reports - Shepherd -
- UK Project Management Roundup - Reports - Shepherd -
- July 2017 UK Project Management Round Up - Reports - Shepherd -
- Brexit, Crossrail, Airport Projects, Alternative Energy, Cyber Crime, Space Projects and future smiles - Reports - Shepherd -
- UK Project Management Roundup for April 2017 - Reports - Shepherd -
- March 2017 UK Project Management Round Up - Reports - Shepherd -
- February 2017 UK Project Management Round Up - Reports - Shepherd -
- December 2016 UK Project Management Round Up - Reports - Shepherd -
- Infrastructure, Energy and Other Projects in UK (UK Project Management Round Up) - Reports - Shepherd -
- Brexit Update; Infrastructure Projects; Government Major Projects Portfolio; Major Projects in the News (UK Project Management Roundup) - Reports - Shepherd -
- Brexit: The Aftermath - Reports - Shepherd -
- 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 -
- New Nuclear; Infrastructure Projects; University Expansions in London; Britain and Chernobyl’s Containment – Positive News - Reports - Shepherd -
- Power Stakes; Transport Projects; Construction Projects & Reconstruction of Houses of Parliament - Reports - Shepherd -
- Cultural Domain, Wildlife Project Success, Education Projects, Defence Projects, Project People, Other Project News (UK Project Management Round Up) - Reports - Shepherd -
- Successful Doctoral Defence – Jouko Vaskimo Awarded D.Sc (Tech) - News Articles - Shepherd -
- Looking Back with the NAO, Forward with the IPA (not the beer!); APM Research Call extended (UK Project Management Round Up) - Reports - Shepherd -
- This Month, People, Programs, Portfolios, Progress (UK Project Management Roundup) - Reports - Shepherd -
- Award Season, Rail Industry News, New Nuclear Programme and Short Reports (UK Project Management Roundup) - Reports - Shepherd -
- Infrastructure Projects, Transatlantic Sports, a Post Project Review, an International Scandal, Falling Beechnuts and the End of Summer in UK - Reports - Shepherd -
- APM Activities, Successful Projects, Crossrail, the Not So Positive News and weird names given to buildings (UK Project Management Roundup) - Reports - Shepherd -
- Project completions, fascinating new project plans, rail & mega projects, including the Palace of Westminster - Reports - Shepherd -
- Two Birds! A Simple Approach to Improving Program/Project Management Practice and Governance - Second Editions - Abba, Pells, Shepherd -
- 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 -
- Power generation, election results, project problems and project opportunities – UK Project Management Roundup - Reports - Shepherd -
- Springtime means conferences, exhibitions and projects (UK Project Management Roundup) - Reports - Shepherd -
- UK Project Management Roundup - Reports - Shepherd -
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- UK Project Management Round UP - Reports - Shepherd -
- UK Project Management Round Up - Reports - Shepherd -
- Project Management Roundup from UK - Reports - Shepherd -
- Project Management Roundup from UK - Reports - Shepherd -
- Project Management Roundup from UK - Reports - Shepherd -
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- UK Project Management Roundup - Reports - Shepherd -
- UK Project Management Roundup - Reports - Shepherd -
- 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 -
- UK Project Management Roundup - Reports - Shepherd -
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- UK Project Management Round Up - Reports - Shepherd -
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- The Power of Independent PM Reviews for Global Programs: The GTRI Example - Conference Papers - Abba, Archibald, Pells, Shepherd -