Realizing Smart Cities through Professional Project, Programme and Portfolio Management

The IPMA kicked-off a new publication format called “IPMA Insight” with the first edition focusing on the topic of “Smart Cities” [http://products.ipma.world/ipma-product/realizing-smart-cities/]. As a matter of fact, the number of people is steadily growing. By 2050 the world population is expected to reach nearly 10 billion people, of whom approximately 80 per cent will be […]

Energizing the World with Innovation – Results of the Global Innovation Index 2018

Energy demand is reaching unprecedented levels as a result of a growing world population, rapid urbanization, and industrialization. Higher levels of technological and non-technological innovation are required to meet this demand, both on the production side of the energy equation (alternative sources, smart grids, and new advanced energy-storage technologies) and on the consumption side (smart […]

EPC-Projects, a class of its own

An “Engineering, Procurement and Construction” or short EPC-Project is a particular form of contracting arrangement used in some industries where the EPC-Contractor is made responsible for all activities from design, procurement, construction, to commissioning and handover of the deliverables to the Owner or Operator (O/O) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineering,_procurement,_and_construction]. Similar concepts are “Turnkey”, “Lump Sum Turnkey (LSTK)” or […]

A glimpse of the Euram conference in Reykjavik in June 2018

One of the larger academic conferences in the field of management is Euram or European Academy of Management. This annual conference usually attracts about 1000 people from across the globe, but it is always held in Europe. Euram took place in Scotland in the summer of 2017 and next year it will be held in […]

ISO 21511 Work breakdown structures for project and programme management published

Recently, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) published with ISO 21511:2018 “Work breakdown structures for project and programme management” the next standard developed by ISO TC 258 Project, Programme and Portfolio Management [https://www.iso.org/committee/624837.html]. The purpose of the international standard is to provide guidance on work breakdown structure for those individuals working in project and programme […]

International Smart City Symposium held in Korea

Triggered by the great success of IPMA´s 1. Smart Cities Symposium late March this year in Berlin, IPMA Korea organised a second symposium in Seoul. More than 250 participants attended the symposium, sponsored by the Korean Government, the Korean Agency of Infrastructure Technology Advancement (KAIA) and several providers of services and technologies. The presentations focused […]

Project Management at the Edge of Chaos

The headline seems to be a contradiction. Project management is typically perceived to be structured, keeping order and being the opposite of chaos. However, the authors of “Project Management at the Edge of Chaos”, Alfred Oswald, Jens Köhler and Roland Schmitt, saw a gap in the management dealing with theories and models in complex contexts, […]

5Ws 1H: A technique to improve Project Management Efficiencies

Project management can be regarded as a multipurpose techno-managerial activity. The diversity of its applications necessitates making PM inclusive. One way to do that is to broaden its knowledge circumference by integrating new tools and techniques with an aim to enhance the quality of PM processes and the quality of products / services produced using […]

2. IPMA conference on Diversity in Project Management

rom 7th June to 9th June, Croatia had a great privilege of hosting the 2nd IPMA Diversity in Project Management Conference and welcoming some of the most prominent and the best project managers from around the world. The Conference was held in Brijuni Island (Croatia) and it was organized by the Croatian Association for Project […]

Projects and project management in Denmark

Denmark is a Nordic country, south-west of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. The Kingdom of Denmark also comprises two autonomous constituent countries in the North Atlantic Ocean: the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Denmark proper consists of a peninsula, Jutland, and an archipelago of 443 named islands, with the […]