2020 IPMA Special Interest Groups Await You!

As we prepare to enter a new year, the role of the project manager could not be more important. With just 19% of organizations delivering projects on time, most of the time, our work is crucial. Effective project/program/portfolio is at the heart of effective change. Nearly all large companies and governments rely on project management […]

Using Collective intelligence in PM: Time to take the leap?

Knowledge-poverty is fading. The ever-increasing connectivity to the internet and social media is enabling corresponding increased access to information of all sorts (often in a real-time manner), empowering people with knowledge and creating communities of knowledge reserves. The people and communities are thus becoming potent sources of knowledge, well beyond traditionally known boundaries. This situation […]

Teams of tomorrow

The human side of Project Management Let’s be visionary for a while. Let us and imagine what we will have to say about the definition of work in five years time. Work is not about “getting things done”. Today, it is increasingly becoming rather a set of performed tasks, under different legal, functional, and geographic […]

“PM under Construction”: pma focus 2019, Austria’s largest congress for project management, broke all records

The pma congress held on October 30th highlighted the issues of “agility”, “new work” and “artificial intelligence”. More than 650 project managers discussed new and established PM methods at the Austria Center Vienna. PM on the threshold of a new age? What new challenges do project managers face in the age of chatbots and artificial […]

A new important milestone for Moroccan Project Management Association

Morocco continues to be the most dynamic country in the Maghreb with close economic ties to Europe, the United States and Africa. Morocco’s population of 36 million people (of which 8 million live in Casablanca) is expected to grow up to 45 million in 2050. Among the present large infrastructure projects that can be quoted […]

The Future of Project Management: Global Outlook 2019

The demands of connected and digital organizations operating in disrupted and rapidly changing landscapes dominated by challenges of the speed of integration are applying new levels of challenge to project and programme management across the world. The joint survey of AIPM, KPMG and IPMA reveal the future of project management lies in how the profession […]

Addressing the legacy of generation “W” (wise), part 8

This blog article is part of a series of interviews of persons that have shaped the International Project Management Association during the past 50 years, by Amin Saidoun. Interview with Mr Gilles Caupin, Honorary Fellow of IPMA, co-founder of AFITEP, Association Française de Management de Projet and SMAP, Société de Management de Projets based in Paris. […]

IPMA Slovakia 25th anniversary: What has changed in the area of Project Management within the last 25 years?

There has been a massive transformation in companies caused by rapid innovations over the last 25 years. That is the fact. But those changes did not only affect the past 25 years. They are ongoing. The situation of change is a constant part of human’s life. It affects all its aspects all the time. Therefore […]

Quartet of project core: Agility, Scope, Time and Cost

  “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving” – Albert Einstein The words of wisdom quoted above encapsulate the mechanism for evolution of individuals, organizations, professions and broadly civilizations. They underpin the need to not only keep improving, but also keep making efforts to evolve. In fact, professions […]

Chang Shucha: PM Is the Most Effective Way to Manage VUCA

written by: Yu Yanjuan Introduction If you are interested in project management in China, there’s one name you can’t miss: Chang Shucha (English name: Jessica). Chang Shucha is the founder of Project Management Review (PMR) magazine, a 4-year-old influential magazine with forward-looking and global perspectives. Besides publishing magazines, Chang Shucha is also in charge of […]