IPMA Continuing Professional Development (CPD): On Your Way to Becoming a Project Professional

What is a profession? A profession is a disciplined group of individuals who adhere to ethical standards. They are accepted by the public as possessing special competencies in a widely recognized body of knowledge derived from research, education and training at a high level. They are ready to apply these competencies in the interest of […]

PROJECT MANAGEMENT RESEARCH WORKSHOP FOR PH.D. STUDENTS, POST-DOC FELLOWS AND YOUNG RESEARCHERS

Call for submissions: The Project Management Research Workshop 2017 is a unique opportunity for the young researchers to present and discuss their research work in the context of an international conference and receive useful feedback for their further research. During the workshop, Prof. Dr. Martina Huemann (associate editor of the International Journal of Project Management) […]

The complementarity of competence-based and process-based standards

The IPMA Individual Competence Baseline Version 4, or just ICB4, was designed to become the global competence-based standard for individual competences in project, programme, and portfolio management (3PM) environments. Maybe the biggest advantage yet is hidden and lies in its complementarity with the world’s renewed process-based PM standards. However, what is the difference between competence- […]

The complementarity of competence-based and process-based standards

The IPMA Individual Competence Baseline Version 4, or ICB4, is designed as the global competence-based standard for individual competences in project, programme, and portfolio management (3PM) environments. Perhaps the biggest advantage lies in its complimentarity with the world’s process-based PM standards. However, what is the difference between competence-based and process-based standards anyway, and why is […]