Miles Shepherd
Salisbury, United Kingdom
Miles Shepherd is an executive advisor and international correspondent for PM World in the United Kingdom. He is also managing director for MS Projects Ltd, a consulting company supporting various UK 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 and Fellow of the Association for Project Management (APM), Miles is also past president and chair of the International Project Management Association (IPMA). He is currently the Chair of the International Standards Organisation (ISO) committees that are developing new ISO Guidelines for Project Management and for Program/Portfolio Management. He was previously involved in setting up APM’s team that developed guidelines for project management oversight and governance.
Miles is based in Salisbury, England and can be contacted at miles.shepherd@msp-ltd.co.uk.
Articles and Papers
- 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
