Former Chair of APM
Steve served as Chair of the Association for Project Management. APM’s 2016 Salary and Market Trends Survey records his chairmanship in its foreword.
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Steve Wake
Former APM Chair · Earned value & project controls
Professional perspective
Make project performance meaningful.
Steve Wake works at the intersection of earned value management, project controls and professional development. A former Chair of the Association for Project Management, he has contributed to guidance that helps practitioners and senior managers discuss progress, forecasts and delivery decisions.
His professional activities include the EVA conference and work on project skills and standards. His published biography records his chairmanship of BSI’s MS/2 committee from 2022 to 2024 and his involvement in developing the BS 202001 project controls standard.
Achievements & professional service
A contribution to the profession.
BSI committee chairmanship
His professional biography records his term as Chair of BSI’s MS/2 committee and his work on BS 202001 Project Controls.
Steve’s professional biographyAPMG Midday Mentors
APMG features Steve’s discussion of earned value management and its practical importance among the resources for its EVM certification.
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Explore the published work.
Earned Schedule: An emerging Earned Value technique
APM · Alex Davis, Mick Higgins and the EVM SIG Working Group
Steve wrote the preface as Chair of APM’s Earned Value Management Specific Interest Group. The paper examines the use of earned schedule to interpret time performance alongside earned value.
Read the APM paper (PDF)Senior Managers’ Guide to Project Controls
APM · Lead author: Dale Shermon
The acknowledgements credit Steve with reviewing the draft from a senior manager’s perspective. The guide explains how project controls can inform oversight and management decisions.
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Questions to bring into practice.
Bring these themes into your own professional development. Explore the related KBC learning routes and discuss how they connect with your responsibilities and experience.
- Connect scope, schedule and cost when interpreting progress.
- Use performance evidence to ask better management questions.
- Explain forecasts and uncertainty in language decision-makers can use.
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