Why become an individual member of IPMA’s Member Association?

On new year´s day, I read the following quote by Melody Beattie: “The new year stands before us like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. We can help write that story by setting goals.” I like this thought because it fits well with our idea of a project manager: we are the […]

Why do organisations initiate a project for every new task today?

I was asked this question in a round table session by a journalist of the Harvard Business Manager. I like these rounds with people from outside our profession because they ask questions we never actually ask ourselves. So: why do organisations start a project for every task nowadays? The answer contains various aspects: first, there […]

How much do Agile Project Managers earn in comparison to others?

This is only one of the questions we were looking into in our 7th bi-annual salary study of GPM, German Project Management Association. Never before did so many people participate in the career and salary study in project management in the German-speaking countries: this time 1,650 Project Managers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland actively participated […]

Why do we need more diverse project managers? A report from the 3rd Diversity in Project Management Conference by IPMA in October 2019 in Helsinki, Finland

Today we see that formerly male-dominated professions like project management become more diverse. Why is this so? The reason is that every project is different, and therefore there is a need for more different, diverse project managers. This is the basic assumption of the Project Manager – Project Fit Theory. It is a relatively new […]

New research study on Cultural Factors, Personality Traits and Agile Project Management

Master students from HTW Berlin University of Applied Sciences are currently researching the impact of national cultural factors versus personality traits on the individual’s success using agile project management techniques. Their data will be gathered through a quantitative survey of project management professionals, and the larger the sample size of respondents, the more accurate will […]

“Project Management and its impact on societies” – about the 6th IPMA Research Conference in Rio de Janeiro

It was a rather ambitious goal for the 6h IPMA Research Conference on 2-3 September 2018 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. More than 60 Project Management practitioners and researchers wanted to develop nothing less than a better understanding for the various impacts of the increasing diffusion of projects as the new form of organisation not […]

Project Management and its Impact on Societies

  This year´s theme of the IPMA Research Conference “Project management and the impact on societies” is dedicated to look deeper in the global trend of projectification, that comprises all areas of life and that seems is ubiquitous in all parts of the world.   The first projectification studies in Germany, Norway and Iceland showed […]

“Projectification and its impact on societies”

Modern project management was developed in the 1970s. The methods were taken over to more and more industries. Today project management is found in all parts of industry, in public administration, in education and in sports. The global trend of “projectification” that comprises all areas of professional and private life is ubiquitous. First studies in […]

The story behind the IPMA Research Conferences

Research conferences tend to be a succession of presentations of academics, with critical feedback at the end to find the weaknesses in the methodology, argumentation or conclusion. They are important for the growth both of the individual researchers, for the further development of the subject and for the whole profession.  However an important stakeholder group […]

Celebrating Differences makes the Difference

Project management has been characterized as a “macho profession” in the 1990s (Cartwright, 1995). In the 20th century a successful project manager was a tough, hard-working guy who impressed his team and the stakeholders by his mental and physical power. Following literally the quote “actions speak louder than words” a project manager would have also […]