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29 August 2016 | 10:30
Reinhard Wagner
Sponsoring a project – a key role for successful delivery
In this blogpost a key role for the successful delivery of a project shall be discussed. It´s the role of the “project sponsor”. GAPPS, the Global Alliance for Project Performance Standards, published in 2015 a Guiding Framework for Project Sponsors. The Framework defines the role as follows: “The sponsor is an individual who may be […]
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09 August 2016 | 4:23
Brigitte Schaden
The next GAPPS Thought Leadership Forum in Sydney!
The next TLF will take place from 13th to 14th October 2016. The purpose to link it with IPMA meetings and the AIPM conference is to give people, who are already in Sydney but not involved in a meeting, the opportunity to participate at least for one day. (There are also single day rates available). Based […]
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25 July 2016 | 1:19
Sandra Misic
Inaugural Regional Conference in Sydney – did you already plan your visit?
Sydney is a vibrant city and definitely worth a journey. In October, an exciting event is scheduled, the Inaugural Regional Conference hosted by the Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM). It gathers experts from around the world and especially the Asian-Pacific Region to exchange experiences in the field of project management. The key theme is […]
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22 July 2016 | 5:34
Reinhard Wagner
It’s child’s play to manage projects
Project management is a serious profession. It developed over time and there are many possibilities of getting higher education, training and certification in the field. Somehow all this make us believe that we need to study hard to be successful. However, Daniel Defoe wrote in “An Essay upon Projects” (1697) that the “the honest projector […]
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11 July 2016 | 6:56
Reinhard Wagner
Against all odds – learning from great projectors: Ferdinand Zeppelin
With this article we´d like to start a series of pioneers and projectors to learn from. You are all encouraged to write about great projectors out of your context so we may learn from them and improve our way of performing projects. “Projector” is a term introduced by Daniel Defoe in “An Essay upon Projects” […]
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06 July 2016 | 7:11
Helgi Thor Ingason
Project management and sustainability
– the theme of the 4th IPMA research conference, held in Reykjavik in September 2016 We are a generation with great responsibility. No previous generation has had a greater environmental impact and you, dear reader, leave a far greater carbon footprint on this earth than your parents or grandparents did. We are standing on crossroads […]
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01 July 2016 | 7:37
Amin Saidoun
Key project management competences for the public sector in Germany
Last week, IPMA attended for the first time an event called ‘Congress for the future’ organised in Berlin with the support of GPM (Gesellschaft für Projekt Management) under the patronage of the German Minister of Defence Ursula von der Leyen and the Minister of Interior Thomas de Maizière. Both Ministers were present to deliver their […]
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01 July 2016 | 7:04
Peter Tarnoki
Path to success in manufacturing world – a case from Hungary
One of our decades long supporter as well as corporate member LEGRAND Hungary Ltd. was winnig the Hungarian manufacturers’contest multiple honours: which elevated the Company Legrand amongst the best factories under the leading CEO Mr.Laszlo KAROLYI. He has been working for 21 years at the Legrand Group and was appointed CEO for Legrand Hungary in […]
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29 June 2016 | 9:51
Reinhard Wagner
Working time sovereignty in projects
The increasing number of projects in our society (“Projectification”) is rapidly changing the working conditions for us and all people engaged. Projects are non-routine work, which has a massive impact on all aspects of work. Firstly, the way of working changes. A separate organisation will be established, flexible work arrangements by using project management methodology […]
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27 June 2016 | 6:57
Reinhard Wagner
The end of a species called „homo economicus“ – or did it ever exist?
In economics we learn a lot about a species called “homo economicus”. Those beings are seen as consistently rational and narrowly self-interested agents who usually pursue their subjectively-defined ends optimally. Many theories and concepts in economics (and project management) are based on this concept, yet the species seem to be extinct in real life. Despite […]
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