Launching the IPMA Megaprojects Book Club – A Journey of Challenging ‘so what?’ Questions

Have you ever wanted to ask some challenging questions directly to the author after reading a book? I’m very pleased to launch the IPMA Megaprojects Book Club, a forum for the ‘so what?’ burning questions that will trigger disruptive thinking and be a catalyst for change. The platform will connect leading authors to our community […]

‘Hierarchy of thought’ – Let’s give it a thought

Human cognitive process is perhaps the single most important determinant of socio-economic growth, creativity and innovation, and wellbeing of human civilization. While computers, machines, devices and all available tools and technologies – that we can think of, play a vital role in augmenting human living experience, and enabling social and economic growth; let’s not forget […]

Projects as arena for self-organizing

How timely the topic of this year’s IPMA Research Conference has only become clear over the past months. The COVID19 pandemic has challenged conventional strategies, structures and forms of cooperation. Proven but in many organisations forgotten forms of work and organisation have become useful again, especially during the crisis, including above all self-initiative, self-organisation, community […]

Cognitive PM methodology: The conceptual nut bolts

Thinking machines are no fluke or fiction but could be formidable human ally that, if used ethically, can help augment human living experience. Thinking machines with cognitive capabilities can provide value-added support across various fields including (but not limited to) medicine, engineering, science, business and human day-to-day living. However, effectiveness of thinking machines lies in […]

The 24th International Congress on Project Management and Engineering; a Successful Event in the Virtual World

More than 300 professionals from 25 countries participate in the International Congress of Project Management and Engineering of AEIPRO -IPMA Spain and the Alcoy Campus of the UPV. The virtual environment has been customized, and each attendee has created its avatar. The UPV Alcoy Campus will host the Congress in person in 2021 if sanitary circumstances […]

IPMA Best Practices: Project Management Association Finland (PMAF) had a successful spring of webinars

One of the most prominent and loved things we do for our members have always been our events. Which we have plenty: approximately 60 – 80 per year. Since the whole world went upside down due to the seriousness of the global coronavirus epidemic, we also had to sit down and think about what can […]

IPMA Best Practices: Promotion of Research in Project Management in Poland – Project Master Competition

The 15th edition of the Project Master competition in Poland has just started. The competition has been carried out since 2002, and for several years now is gaining the interest of students and universities. The competition for the best bachelor’s, master’s, postgraduate and doctoral thesis of the Project Master is one of the significant events […]

IPMA Best Practices: an Interview with Brigitte Schaden – “PM Is a Living Practical Science”

This material was originally published in the Chinese Magazine “PM Review” A long friendship with PM begins by chance I noticed that you majored in science in college. Why did you build your career in project management? Brigitte Schaden: It was “by chance”. I had an IT career and at that time (in the 1980s), […]

Have you had your avocado today?

I have to disappoint you. This article is not about the so-called “alligator pear.” No dietary advice. It is about adopting knowledge into ability. The word avocado is being used here as a metaphor; please read my article Healthy competencies to discover the parallel 😉 Taking into account that your disappointment was not big enough […]

‘Made by AI’ PM education model: Promises and pitfalls

‘Made by AI’ may have sounded like an idea from outer space a few years back, but not any longer. The growing use of artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled technologies is making the ‘AI made’ brand a reality. If anything, COVID-19 crisis has further emphasized the importance of technologies like AI for business and social life continuity, […]