Delivering projects successfully

There are many articles, surveys and discussions regarding successful project delivery. Most of them refer to the “iron triangle” of time, quality and cost when evaluating the success of a project. Unfortunately, this is misleading and causes huge troubles. The triangle is reflecting on the constraints of a project. It shall be delivered during a […]

Getting The Right People On The Bus: The ​ICB4 Dream Team

This is the story of how one small team created a big work product. And about how getting the right people on the bus is often more important than knowing your direction from the beginning.

Projects and project management in Canada

After the IPMA CoD in 2014 this year´s meeting of ISO/TC258 brought me a second time into Canada. Another reason for writing on the IPMA Blog about Canada. With 10 million square kilometre it is the second-largest country of the world, reaching from the Pacific Ocean to the North Atlantic. Canada is a modern country, […]

6th INTERNET World Congress on Project Management 1979

At the end of the 5th Congress on Project Management 1976 at Birmingham, UK, Roland Gutsch, one of the founders of INTERNET (now IPMA) promised to his board members that the 6th congress would be in 1979 in Germany. It was proposed that the conference should take place at Munich, Germany, during the time of […]

Entrepreneurs are the lifeblood of economic growth

A recent publication of Ernst&Young (EY) on Megatrends highlights the importance of entrepreneurship: “The growth and prosperity of all economies, rapid-growth and mature, remain highly dependent on entrepreneurial activity… they provide a source of income, and employment for themselves, create employment for others, produce new and innovative products or services, and drive greater upstream and […]

25 years ago in Vienna – the World Congress of IPMA enters into a new stage

The exchange of experiences in IPMA (formerly INTERNET) has a long tradition. The roots can be found in the 1960s, where the first two gatherings of INTERNET (INTERnational NETwork) happened in Vienna (1967)

50 years anniversary of IPMA – The early period of IPMA – some informal notes

By Dr. Sc. Steen Lichtenberg, former IPMA President How was the situation before and during founding our society originally called INTERNET, today IPMA, and what is its background? In the 1950s, managers of building and construction projects existed. In my homeland, Denmark, the architects typically were the boss of the building project, irrespective of their qualifications as […]

How to balance financial resources in projects through fundraising

The increasing demand in humanitarian aid and charity projects raises the question of funding and new concepts for financial resources. For example, IPMA supported it Member Association in Nepal immediately after the devastating earthquakes. The question is how to address the topic and how to find right resources / channels to raise funds, especially in […]

IPMA´s 4-Level-Certification System – A Success Story

IPMA is the world´s first project management association and celebrates its 50th Anniversary during the 29th IPMA World Congress in Panama end of September. There is another reason for celebrating this year: IPMA´s 4-Level-Certification System comes to the 20th year since the founding. Through IPMA the idea of a competence-based certification in project management has […]

Designs, Methods and Practices for PM Research

Project Management is a pretty young discipline, but its development is dynamic and in the same time ambiguous. This is why the research of project management is so important. Some people argue project management evolves through its practice, others point out that it lacks a foundation in theory and research. Ideally, both approaches should be […]