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01 July 2016 | 7:37
Amin Saidoun
Key project management competences for the public sector in Germany
Last week, IPMA attended for the first time an event called ‘Congress for the future’ organised in Berlin with the support of GPM (Gesellschaft für Projekt Management) under the patronage of the German Minister of Defence Ursula von der Leyen and the Minister of Interior Thomas de Maizière. Both Ministers were present to deliver their […]
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01 July 2016 | 7:04
Peter Tarnoki
Path to success in manufacturing world – a case from Hungary
One of our decades long supporter as well as corporate member LEGRAND Hungary Ltd. was winnig the Hungarian manufacturers’contest multiple honours: which elevated the Company Legrand amongst the best factories under the leading CEO Mr.Laszlo KAROLYI. He has been working for 21 years at the Legrand Group and was appointed CEO for Legrand Hungary in […]
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29 June 2016 | 9:51
Reinhard Wagner
Working time sovereignty in projects
The increasing number of projects in our society (“Projectification”) is rapidly changing the working conditions for us and all people engaged. Projects are non-routine work, which has a massive impact on all aspects of work. Firstly, the way of working changes. A separate organisation will be established, flexible work arrangements by using project management methodology […]
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27 June 2016 | 6:57
Reinhard Wagner
The end of a species called „homo economicus“ – or did it ever exist?
In economics we learn a lot about a species called “homo economicus”. Those beings are seen as consistently rational and narrowly self-interested agents who usually pursue their subjectively-defined ends optimally. Many theories and concepts in economics (and project management) are based on this concept, yet the species seem to be extinct in real life. Despite […]
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20 June 2016 | 12:09
Reinhard Wagner
Virtual Project Management Offices – a real option for large organisations
Project Management Offices (PMOs) are recognized and established in many organisations. A survey of GPM, the German Project Management Association revealed that 80 % of the organisations involved in the study run a PMO, independent of the size of the organisation. A PMO was defined as “permanently integrated into the project business of the organisation […]
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15 June 2016 | 7:51
Reinhard Wagner
Resilience – a new perspective for individuals, projects and organisations
A word gains increasingly attention in social sciences: resilience. The Oxford English Dictionary defines it as: “The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties”. It was first used in the material sciences, where resilience is defined as ability of a material to absorb energy when it is deformed elastically, and release that energy upon unloading. In […]
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13 June 2016 | 6:44
Reinhard Wagner
Lean Project Management – old wine in new bottles or a real gain?
Like all other management disciplines, project management is subject to new concepts and developments – and not free of fashionable words. “Lean” project management is such a concept that is marketed as new concept for project managers and organisations as a “must have” for success. Lean should not be mixed with “meager” or “slim”, it […]
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08 June 2016 | 7:18
Paul Hodgkins
The importance of Project Management
In this five minute video, Paul Hodgkins shares his views on the project management profession; the differences he sees between project, programme and portfolio management and the importance of positioning project management as a ‘life-skill’.
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06 June 2016 | 4:35
Amin Saidoun
Project management needs (in) Africa
Africa is a continent that is increasingly engaging in project management.Yet, a recent concept note for the Pan-African Project Management Conference that will be organised in Yaoundé in November 2016 underlines, the technological gap of Africa in project management is not only existing but it can be assessed using four activity indicators: 1.The participation of African […]
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03 June 2016 | 7:34
Tim Jaques
products.ipma.world – Open For Business
In early May, the IPMA Web Shop officially opened. This site is a full ecommerce solution dedicated to the sale and distribution of IPMA member family products. The site, products.ipma.world, features four IPMA products: the Individual Competence Baseline (ICB), the Project Excellence Baseline (PEB), the Organizational Competence Baseline (OCB), and the 50th Anniversary book. More […]
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