Insights into our hackdays no. 2: Let us discuss the evaluation of our team mindset, culture and atmosphere during the hackdays

We participated in the hackdays or hackathon that was organized during the 8th IPMA Research Conference in September 2020. Following the conference, our team conducted a retrospective on our hackathon-experience, in which we collected and discussed our learnings and experiences. During the hackdays, we shared these experiences, our “Ups” and “Downs”, our “Do’s” and “Don’ts“, […]

Return on Relationships (RoR): Proposing a PM focused formula

Networkization of societies has contributed to an exponential increase in the number of relationships, both, face-to-face and virtual. This relationships abundance has made people think of how they can build and maintain value-added relationships? How can they decide the intensity and closeness of relationships? The tendency has led to developments in the concept of Return […]

Kintsugi: Can its philosophy be used to heal the broken projects?

The broken projects are an unending battle resulting in staggering losses to organizations across the globe (Lim, 2020). Some recent examples such as BBC incurring £7million loss on abandoned license fee project (Singh, 2020) or the three years delay in implementation of 3DEXPERIENCE PLM platform at Ericcson (Ogewell, 2020) are just the tip of the […]

True Value of Certification

The attached picture about a PMP just came across my social media channels today. I don’t want to miss to congratulate to the successful pass of the PMP exam. When you go into the picture you can read ’success guaranteed’. Of course, this is just a bad marketing gag where many learners just trap in. […]

3rd Pan-African Project Management Conference – 28th to 30th October 2020, in Yaoundé/Cameroon: How to organize projects successfully in Africa

Around 300 delegates attended the 3rd Pan-African project management conference that took place from 28th to 30th of October in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon. It is one of the largest conferences on project management in Africa with 420 delegates from over 20 countries and it takes place every second year with IPMA attendance. The […]

Insight Curve: How to harness its power for PM effectiveness?

Clarity is power and a priceless asset. Developing a deeper and clearer understanding of a phenomenon, a situation, a problem, or a concept is often the difference between gloom and glory. Having a clear, deep and “sometimes sudden understanding of a complicated problem or situation” is called as insight (Cambridge dictionary, https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/insight). Kiefer and Constable, […]

Gaining experience on the topic of self-organization through practical application

Last week the 8th IPMA Research Conference took place with the topic “Projects as arenas for self-organizing”. Due to the pandemic, it was not held in beautiful Berlin as planned, but as a virtual event. Even though this was a daring venture, it proved to be an excellent one in view of the topic. The […]

Launching the IPMA Megaprojects Book Club – A Journey of Challenging ‘so what?’ Questions

Have you ever wanted to ask some challenging questions directly to the author after reading a book? I’m very pleased to launch the IPMA Megaprojects Book Club, a forum for the ‘so what?’ burning questions that will trigger disruptive thinking and be a catalyst for change. The platform will connect leading authors to our community […]

‘Hierarchy of thought’ – Let’s give it a thought

Human cognitive process is perhaps the single most important determinant of socio-economic growth, creativity and innovation, and wellbeing of human civilization. While computers, machines, devices and all available tools and technologies – that we can think of, play a vital role in augmenting human living experience, and enabling social and economic growth; let’s not forget […]

The email reply, that matters

“It is a pleasure to communicate with you, Mr Demcak”. That was a reply to email communication between me and my “project” client, which forced me to think. What reaction do I expect when sending an email? “Thank you very much for your prompt reply.” “Thank you for sending me the file in advance, it […]