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15 February 2017 | 2:33
Reinhard Wagner
Projects and project management in Sri Lanka
The name of “Ceylon” may still be more familiar for the island south east of India nowadays being the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. Actually, the island´s name changed quite often. It was first called “Tambapanni”, later the Hindu mythology used the expression “Lankā”, in Tamil language the island translates to “Eelam”, the Greek […]
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13 February 2017 | 9:10
Reinhard Wagner
The Fourth Industrial Revolution … and what it means for project management!
Klaus Schwab, the founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, has published a new book with an attention-grabbing title: “The Fourth Industrial Revolution”. Schwab explains that we have a chance to shape this revolution. It will fundamentally alter how we live and work. Characterized by a range of new technologies that are fusing […]
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06 February 2017 | 11:12
Helgi Thor Ingason
“Everything must change”
One of my favorite singers is Randy Crawford and I often listened to her 1976 debut album “Everything must change.” Those words have a different meaning in my mind now, when I work as a project management teacher, researcher and advocate. We, advocates of project management, sometimes claim that it is all about the ability […]
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01 February 2017 | 1:31
Reinhard Wagner
GPM´s action program aims at strengthening project management in administration
Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, Berlin Airport, and Stuttgart 21 – only a few examples of failed projects in Germany clearly indicating that the public sector needs to strengthen project management. And it is not just about infrastructure projects in Germany. Other challenges such as migration, digitalization, the massive change in energy sector as well as security issues […]
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30 January 2017 | 9:42
Reinhard Wagner
Scenario analysis and wild cards – dealing with ambiguity in projects
Planning and performing projects means always dealing with ambiguity. We need to look forward and predict the future developments, which is quite a difficult tasks as we often do not have a clue about what is coming. Thus, competence in foresight and tools such as scenario techniques and wild cards are supporting us in our […]
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26 January 2017 | 10:45
Reinhard Wagner
The Chief Project Officer (CPO) – a new role for project-oriented organisations
The number of projects and thus their importance for the success of organisations is constantly increasing. As a result, we see more and more project managers performing their jobs on a full-time basis (not parallel to other roles), the project managers are getting more authorities to balance the matrix, and Project Management Offices (PMOs) are […]
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23 January 2017 | 8:52
Reinhard Wagner
EU Commission released new PM Methodology (PM2) Guide
The Centre of Excellence in Project Management (CoEPM²) of the European Commission has recently released a Guide on Project Management Methodology. The purpose of the guide is to enable project teams to manage their projects effectively and deliver solutions and benefits to their organisations and stakeholders. PM² is a light and easy to implement methodology […]
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18 January 2017 | 8:14
Ed Naughton
Recognition for Project Management in the Public Sector of Ireland
December 19th, 2016 marked the launch of the Project Managers’ Network and the Project Management Handbook for the Irish Civil Service at Dublin Castle. The context of today’s economic and social background mean that developing Project Management capacity is a necessity across the Civil Service, rightly identified by the Civil Service Renewal Plan. Some […]
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16 January 2017 | 8:47
Reinhard Wagner
It´s all about the impact of a project, not the deliverables!
In trainings project managers are often told that the main focus of a project is to deliver in time and in budget. In fact, that´s only partly right, as we should measure success of a project rather based on the long-term impact than its deliverables. What is the impact and how does it relate to […]
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11 January 2017 | 7:27
Reinhard Wagner
Kafka, Pulp Fiction, Beer and Projects
My first thought holding John Chapman´s book in my hand was: “what a weird title for a book on projects and project management”. However, it´s an extraordinary book and definitely worth reading it …. It differs from other project management books in perspective and depth. Neither boring theory, nor methodology is in the focus, rather […]
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