Project management in Kenya and IPMA

written by Amin Saidoun Jesus Martínez Almela Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country in Africa and a founding member of the East African Community (EAC). Its capital and largest city is Nairobi. Kenya’s territory lies on the equator and overlies the East African Rift covering a diverse and expansive terrain that extends roughly from […]

Sustainability and Project Management – Perspectives, Challenges and Threats (Part 1)

I was born in the Black Forest, a rural area in the South-West of Germany, well known for its beautiful forest and the world-famous Black Forest Cake. Some of my ancestors cut the trees and shipped them on the Danube river down to the Black Sea, where they were used for ship building. But still […]

India – Propelling Sustainable Growth Through Competent Project Management

Written by:  Dr. A Sivathanu Pillai President, PMA India, as one of the high growth economies, is progressing on the path of future sustainable growth, based on various large-scale Government Programmes like ‘Make in India’ and ‘Smart Cities Mission’. In order to realize the success of these Missions, it is of prime importance that proven […]

The Future is here: A terminology for new-age Project Management

As societies move to cyberspace, there seems little choice but to adapt to emerging trends in new-age technologies and social living. Project management plays a critical role in making these developments happen. So it is important that, as a profession, project management remains relevant, fresh and contemporary by adopting a two-pronged (at least) strategy: 1. […]

Project management is of strategic value

written by: Mimoun El Ouarti It is time for us to consider project management as a strategic competence and of a strategic value for organizations. The determining factor in this is the ever increasing rate of change in the world and in the area of ​​organizations. These changes are becoming more and more felt as […]

Council of Delegates Communique from Astana (Kazakhstan)

The International Project Management Association (IPMA) is a federation of 68 member nations, who collaborate to promote the recognition of project management and engage stakeholders around the world in advancing the profession. IPMA’s Council of Delegates has discussed during its meeting in Astana/Kazakhstan the importance of sustainability for projects, project managers and the project management […]

Exploring the future of project-related work

Inspired by reading “Homo Deus” of Yuval Noah Harari and preparing my speech for the IPMA Global Young Crew Event at Astana I sketched a few thoughts on how the project-related work might develop… Many of the assumptions of “Homo Deus” are quite radical and it´s hard to image that this will happen. Or do […]

IPMA celebrates 30th World Congress in Astana

Next week IPMA celebrates its 30th World Congress in Astana, Kazakhstan. The IPMA World Congress has a long tradition and  respected recognition as a leading conference from the field of projects, programs, portfolios and their management with the gathering of the world’s leading practitioners and managers, representatives of global companies as well as academic staff, […]

Status Quo Agile – Usage of Agile Methods

The BPM Laboratory (Professor Ayelt Komus) at the Koblenz University of Applied Sciences in cooperation with Scrum.org, GPM and IPMA performed the third study on “Success and forms of usage of agile methods”. The new edition of ”Status  Quo Agile” examined how the usage of agile methods have changed. Special focus was placed on the […]

Hard vs Soft Governance: Is it ‘Walking on the tight rope’ either way?

It doesn’t really matter whether the glass is half full or half empty; at least there is some water in it. Perhaps in the same vein, it may not matter if the people have preference for a soft governance or hard governance to management of their project; as long as there is some governance in […]