Insights into the fascinating world of research projects

Friday, September 4 at Saint-Paul-les-Durance in southern France you can gain insights in one of the most fascinating research projects of mankind, the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER). ITER is an international project to design and build an experimental fusion reactor. The seven international project members are China, EU, India, Japan, Korea, Russia, and the […]

IPMA will launch a Megaprojects Special Interest Group in September

Megaprojects are extremely large-scale investment projects that typically cost more than 1 billion USD. Megaprojects are united by their extreme complexity, both in technical and organisational terms. Globally, 20% of the total global gross domestic product (GDP) is invested in capital projects/megaprojects. Their purpose is to make the “mega” change important not only for the […]

The Moroccan Project Management Association (MPMA) is born !

In June 2015, Moroccan Project Management Association (MPMA) was born. At this occasion a press conference was organized in Casablanca to which IPMA was invited. Journalists from TV, written and electronic press were invited by the board of MPMA to the Palace d’Anfa, a five star hotel in Casablanca. The elected President Ms. Nawal Gharmili-Sefrioui […]

ISO 21504 Guidance on portfolio management published

In 2007 the British Standards Institute BSI initiated the development of an international standard on project management, which was finalized and published 2012 as ISO 21500 Guidance on project management. This was only a beginning. All participants of that committee as well as IPMA as Category A Liaison expressed their interest to continue the journey. […]

IPMA Family Contributes to International Sustainability Goals at the United Nations

From June 23-25 a summit at the United Nations in New York was held to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the UN Global Compact. Business Leaders, Heads of Industries, NGOs and Academia convened to discuss the future of business in a changing world. GPM Global, a strategic partner of IPMA attended for the third straight […]

How to balance financial resources in projects through fundraising

The increasing demand in humanitarian aid and charity projects raises the question of funding and new concepts for financial resources. For example, IPMA supported it Member Association in Nepal immediately after the devastating earthquakes. The question is how to address the topic and how to find right resources / channels to raise funds, especially in […]

Project Canvas – defining projects in a structured way

Canvas is a term not widely known and pretty new to project management. Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canvas) describes it as an extremely durable plain-woven fabric used for making sails, tents, marquees, backpacks, and other items for which sturdiness is required. The same applies to projects, which need a project definition that is sturdy. Over the Fence, an […]

IPMA´s 4-Level-Certification System – A Success Story

IPMA is the world´s first project management association and celebrates its 50th Anniversary during the 29th IPMA World Congress in Panama end of September. There is another reason for celebrating this year: IPMA´s 4-Level-Certification System comes to the 20th year since the founding. Through IPMA the idea of a competence-based certification in project management has […]

Designs, Methods and Practices for PM Research

Project Management is a pretty young discipline, but its development is dynamic and in the same time ambiguous. This is why the research of project management is so important. Some people argue project management evolves through its practice, others point out that it lacks a foundation in theory and research. Ideally, both approaches should be […]

GAPPS Background for IPMA

I was privileged to attend the Global Alliance for Project Performance Standards (GAPPS) Thought Leadership Session in Manchester as a  Green Project Management (GPM) Global member representative.   Reinhard Wagner commented after the recent GAPPS Thought Leadership Forum “a strategic repositioning of GAPPS, being the Global Standards Experts in the field of projects, programmes and project portfolios.”  This was my […]