The 4th edition of GeCCo breaks all records

Global eCollaboration Competition (GeCCo 2015) organized by the IPMA Young Crew has gathered 96 young project managers and broke the record of the previous years. On November 7th and 8th, 16 virtual teams from 18 countries took place in competitions’ 4th edition. Every year the organizing team does its best to provide unique content and […]

Making Projects Sing – A Musical Perspective of Project Management

Recently I was asked to write a foreword for a book providing links between music and project management. I was very much inspired and wrote the following: “If you read the book title you might think – how does music and project management go together? They do, in a very symbiotic way! I have benefited […]

Influence without Positional Authority

Interview with Raji Sivaraman Que: What are your viewpoints on ‘Influence without Positional Authority’ Let me start by explaining my definition of what ‘Influence without positional authority’ is. Influence without positional authority is the influence radiated by credible persons without exhibiting or insisting on the authority of their position. Their credibility is recognized and trust […]

Projects and project management in Russia

Russia is the largest country of the world. It spans from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean, covers eleven time zones and connects Europe with Asia The East-Slavs settled first in the country, later they formed the Kievan Rus, which fell during the Mongolian invasion. However, the Grand Duchy of Moscow re-established power at […]

APMA joins IPMA on March 2016 in Riga

 The Algerian Project Management Association « APMA » has finally joined the IPMA confederation to become a transitional association member since the 20th of March 2016 during the Council delegates meeting at Riga. It is a significant step for APMA which aims in the near future to become one of the most recognized national referent institution in […]

Projects and project management in Colombia

The Republic of Colombia is located in the North-West of Southern America. Neighbours are Panama in the West, Venezuela and Brazil in the East and Peru and Ecuador in the South. Colombia has a rich history. Firstly inhabited by indigenous people, the Spanish arrived in 1499 and started the colonialization from the coast into the […]

How can PM raise awareness on climate changes?

There is “evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities”. This warming has been termed climate change, a general phrase that is used to refer to the changes in the Earth’s climate anticipated to occur as a consequence of the release and accumulation in the atmosphere […]

Projects and project management in Nicaragua

Nicaragua is the largest country in Central America, and also known as the “Land of Volcanoes” (more than 19 active volcanoes can be found in the region). It was also part of Mesoamerica. It was also part of Mesoamerica a region and cultural area in the Americas, extending approximately from central Mexico to Belize, Guatemala, El […]

Interview No.1: Leadership

Interview by Reinhard Wagner & Sandra Misic (IPMA) Questions for Paul Hodgkins Q1.How do you succeed in being a good leader? I’m not sure there is a ‘best way’ to succeed in being a good leader; rather it’s all about finding the ‘best way’ that works for you and that must always begin with being yourself.  […]

GeCCo 2015 – GROWING INTEREST IN VIRTUAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Global eCollaboration Competition (GeCCo 2015) event organized by IPMA Young Crew broke the record of participants and active virtual teams. Virtual project management is an area of PM which most young project managers want to develop in. This career aspiration has been proved in the last GeCCo edition (GeCCo 2015) that took place on November […]