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02 December 2015 | 8:25
Brigitte Schaden
pma award 2015: Ovations for Excellent Project Management
On November 25th, 2015 the winners of the pma awards 2015 were announced during a gala ceremony in Vienna, Austria. The ceremony honoured nominees and winners in the categories “project manager of the year” and “pma junior award” for excellent project management. The “project manager of the year 2015” went to Nina Bauer, project manager […]
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30 November 2015 | 8:54
Reinhard Wagner
Projects and project management in emerging economies
This post summarizes the rich insights gained during the 3rd IPMA Research Conference at Stellenbosch, South Africa. More than 35 people from 15 countries joined the conference. Emerging economies from Africa, Latin America and Asia were present and exchanged their experiences with participants from Norther America and Western Europe. IPMA´s Research Conferences are very different […]
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27 November 2015 | 8:31
Reinhard Wagner
Facilitating dialogue – overcoming one-way communication
Whilst travelling around the world I often experience conferences, where a presentation is the only way of communication. We can learn a lot from those presentations, especially if they provide insights in a real case and show a way to transfer the learning into our own situation. However, often the presenter exceeds the time dedicated […]
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19 November 2015 | 9:48
Reinhard Wagner
Public security – a challenge for all people operating on international level
The terror attacks of Paris and Beirut last week sent shock waves around the world. In Facebook many people changed their profile pictures to show solidarity with those who suffered during these brutal attacks to our public security. The days after I got messages, whether it is still safe to travel, for IPMA, for an […]
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16 November 2015 | 8:25
Reinhard Wagner
Human resource management in the project-oriented organization
Project management is often solely seen as methodology. Since the 1990s, the organisational context of projects is getting more attention. The more projects an organisation is performing, the more it turns into a project-oriented organisation. It means to change the focus from routine work to projects and thus to support the project management with all […]
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11 November 2015 | 6:18
Paul Hodgkins
Project Legacy – What is it, why is it important and can it ever really be planned for?
Legacy is something I hear often being talked about, but is it really understood by those that speak it? And more than that, can it ever really be understood or a common definition ever be found and can legacy ever really be planned for? Before establishing my own consulting business in 2013, I worked at […]
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09 November 2015 | 7:33
Reinhard Wagner
Projects require improvisation
The concept of nowadays project management was born in the 1950s in the USA, mainly in the aerospace and defence sector. It was based on Operations Research , which is an analytical approach for solving technical problems and decision-making. Network planning techniques were in the focus for the first decades of our discipline with methodologies […]
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04 November 2015 | 8:45
Reinhard Wagner
50 years of IPMA in a book – Building bridges worldwide
This year IPMA celebrated its 50th Anniversary. During the 29th IPMA World Congress at Panama we had the opportunity to commemorate this important date with delegates from all around the world – nowadays IPMA reaches out to the profession through its Member Associations in more than 60 countries. Who could imagine this great success in […]
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03 November 2015 | 12:54
Reinhard Wagner
IPMA receives Sir Monty Finniston Award 2015
During the Award Gala of the Association for Project Management (APM) the International Project Management Association (IPMA) received the Sir Monty Finniston Award for its engagement in moving the profession forward. IPMA is very proud being the recipient of this prestigious Award. Sir Harold Montague “Monty” Finniston (1912–1991) was a British industrialist and President of […]
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02 November 2015 | 8:47
Reinhard Wagner
Planning the portfolio of activities for 2016
Planning the portfolio of activities for 2016 The Northern hemisphere experiences fall right now, a nice time of the year, with bright colours and a lot of work to do, e.g. preparing the garden for winter. As the year turns to its end, we try to finish our activities, which often causes “year-end stress”. But […]
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