Unleashing human potential – antecedents, potentials and threats

In modern times it is often demanded that the human potential should be let off the leash. The Manifesto for Human Leadership for example postulates “Unleashing human potential over employing human resources” and states the following: “Whoever sees organizations as machines and treats humans like cogwheels in them must not complain that people only work […]

Stuttgart 21 – a mega project in the heart of Swabia

Swabia is a cultural, historic and linguistic region in southwestern Germany. As understood in the modern ethnography roughly coincides with the Swabian Circle of the Holy Roman Empire as it stood during the Early Modern period, now divided between the states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg. Stuttgart is the capital of Baden-Württemberg and place of one […]

Findings of the 13th State of Agile Report

All sectors of our society experience an increasing pressure to change. As modern information, communication and collaboration tools are gaining ground, the pace of work has accelerated tremendously and the shift from traditional ways of performing work to agile approaches is a challenge for all organisations. Not only the software industry, but also the “traditional” […]

Steen Lichtenberg – another great projector passed away

It is very sad to inform that Dr. Steen Lichtenberg, former president and honorary member of the IPMA (formerly INTERNET), left us on March 19. Steen Lichtenberg (born 1930) obtained his MSc in Engineering from the Technical University of Denmark, and in 1974 his PhD with a thesis on new project management principles. After graduation […]

Release 3 of the Handbook for Agile Practices published

Two years ago the Special Interest Group “Management 4.0” of the German Project Management Association (GPM) published the first release of “Management 4.0 – Handbook for Agile Practices”. Recently, the third release has been made available too… It covers three parts. Part I highlights the foundations of Agile, the second part is about “Become Agile […]

Projects and project management in Georgia

Georgia is a country in the Caucasus region. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bordered to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the south by Turkey and Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital and largest city is Tbilisi. During the […]

Projects and project management in Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan is a country in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Kyrgyzstan to the northeast, Tajikistan to the southeast, Afghanistan to the south and Turkmenistan to the southwest. The area nowadays called Uzbekistan has a diverse cultural heritage due to its storied history and strategic location. The first settlers were Eastern Iranian nomads, […]

Clickworkers – people working remotely on projects

The availability of powerful information and communication technologies is changing work arrangements. Business-to-Consumer (B2C) and Business-to-Business (B2B) platforms enable collaboration in order to realize products, projects & services. People may work from home, from a co-working space in another town or from the beach. They do not necessarily need to be together with all other […]

Entering the era of “projacting”

Yes, it´s a new word and may sound “strange” at the very first moment. However, I want to offer an alternative to “project management”, as “management” is outdated, old-fashioned and pretty distant to the object of the project. But let´s start the discussion… The term “project” isn´t new. The Oxford Online Dictionary offers several definitions, […]

Cognitive readiness for complex projects and programmes

Cognition is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as “The mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.” It may encompass intellectual functions and processes such as attention, the formation of knowledge, memory and working memory, judgment and evaluation, reasoning and “computation”, problem solving and decision making, comprehension […]