Projects and Project Management in Finland

After returning from a visit to Finland I´d like to continue our series of reports from IPMA Member Countries. Finland is a sparsely populated country in the north of Europe. Most of the 5.5 Million inhabitants live in the south of the country, whilst Lapland in the north only accounts for 3.5% of the population, […]

IPMA’s third project management conference in Algiers!

Project managers from all over Algeria met for the third time during a conference initiated by IPMA (Training Aid programme) in Algiers and organised by INSIM and Advantages Event Maghreb to promote project management as a way to translate visions and strategies into Reality. The third conference in Algeria took place on 23rd of May […]

Projects and Project Management in Malaysia

Last week the IPMA ExBo conducted a board meeting in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. The visit was already planned last year and based on an invitation of our new member, the MAPM Malaysian Association of Project Management. This report summarizes the most important events in the context of our visit and gives an […]

PRINCE2® and ICB3® – Similarities and differences

We often get questions like, how PM standards such as PMBOK, PRINCE2, ICB3 differentiate, why we need them all or why not start a harmonisation. There are similarities between the standards, but there are also differences. Comparing those three seems to be comparing apples and pears. This is why Axelos and IPMA developed a White […]

Seven steps to a strategy for your organisation

Organisations are constantly faced with dynamic change in their context. This requires them to change their vision, mission and strategy from time to time. Projects and programs are intended to execute the strategy and therefore are dependent on a clear set of strategic goals, intended benefits and / or expectations defined by the top management […]

Moving IPMA and Project Management forward in Morocco !

Project managers in Morocco are forming an association to promote project management as a way to translate visions and strategies into reality. The first IPMA conference in Morocco took place on 2nd of April 2015 in Casablanca at the Palace d’Anfa, a well-known hotel in the business capital of Morocco. The objective of the conference […]

How to avoid killing Project Management softly

What will follow may be observed principally in many countries and in many organisations.