What does it take to reach excellence in projects?

Tapping into experience of well over a hundred excellent projects assessed worldwide by hundreds of professionals over a period of 13 years was an exciting journey that took us almost two years. What we have discovered is not about “leading standards” or “best practices”, but about ways to reach beyond them. And now we are […]

Roland W. Gutsch – One of the founders of IPMA (formerly INTERNET)

Roland W. Gutsch was a German engineer who very early dived into the at that time miraculous world of computing. When he entered DORNIER (at that time a famous German aerospace company, now part of AIRBUS) he was immediately confronted with Project Management and what support computers could offer for planning and control of complex […]

Entrepreneurs are the lifeblood of economic growth

A recent publication of Ernst&Young (EY) on Megatrends highlights the importance of entrepreneurship: “The growth and prosperity of all economies, rapid-growth and mature, remain highly dependent on entrepreneurial activity… they provide a source of income, and employment for themselves, create employment for others, produce new and innovative products or services, and drive greater upstream and […]

Projects and project management in Germany

After writing about many other countries, I chose my own country to be the next one to highlight. It is Germany, or better the Federal Republic of Germany. It was named after Julius Caesar naming the area east of the Rhine river “Germania”.

IPMA investigates new journal

International Project Management Association (IPMA) is considering launching a new project management journal for the benefit of the global project management community. The new IPMA journal is expected to be positioned between the International Journal of Project Management (IJPM)...

International PM-Community will meet in Panama for the 29th IPMA World Congress

End of September the international Project Management Community will meet in Panama for the 29th IPMA World Congress

25 years ago in Vienna – the World Congress of IPMA enters into a new stage

The exchange of experiences in IPMA (formerly INTERNET) has a long tradition. The roots can be found in the 1960s, where the first two gatherings of INTERNET (INTERnational NETwork) happened in Vienna (1967)

Projects and project management in Spain

I have been many times in Spain, a beautiful country in the south-west of Europe. After a visit to Granada I try to wrap-up things and write this short report about projects and project management in Spain. The country [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain] covers the major part of the Iberian Peninsula and was influenced by various cultures, e.g. […]

50 years anniversary of IPMA – The early period of IPMA – some informal notes

By Dr. Sc. Steen Lichtenberg, former IPMA President How was the situation before and during founding our society originally called INTERNET, today IPMA, and what is its background? In the 1950s, managers of building and construction projects existed. In my homeland, Denmark, the architects typically were the boss of the building project, irrespective of their qualifications as […]

The complementarity of competence-based and process-based standards

The IPMA Individual Competence Baseline Version 4, or ICB4, is designed as the global competence-based standard for individual competences in project, programme, and portfolio management (3PM) environments. Perhaps the biggest advantage lies in its complimentarity with the world’s process-based PM standards. However, what is the difference between competence-based and process-based standards anyway, and why is […]