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08 February 2017 | 12:07
Reinhard Wagner
Competition first, collaboration second?
Competition first, collaboration second? During his Inauguration Speech Donald Trump he made the following statement: “From this day forward, it’s going to be only America first, America first. Every decision on trade, on taxes, on immigration, on foreign affairs, will be made to benefit American workers and American families. We must protect our borders from […]
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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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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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22 December 2016 | 8:02
Reinhard Wagner
Project management for the good of society
The mainstream of project management focuses on projects that deliver value to a business. The application of project management for social projects, humanitarian and development aid as well as community services is rather underrepresented and needs more attention. We are always questioning ourselves in projects what is the purpose, the value and benefits created through […]
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19 December 2016 | 8:33
Marco Buijnsters
Recovery projects – Better with a bloody nose…?!
By awarding the IPMA Project Excellence Award to the Medupi power plant project in South Africa, IPMA’s PEA jury has recognized and awarded a brilliant recovery project. It is an example how an initially poorly performing project can be turned around to excellence. When a project team can get blood out of stone with excellent […]
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02 December 2016 | 9:09
Reinhard Wagner
Projects and project management in Poland
The Republic of Poland, or in Polish language: Polska, is a country in Europe located between the Baltic Sea in the north and the Sudetes as well as the Carpathian Mountains in the south. Already back in 966 a Polish state was founded and in 1025 transformed into the Kingdom of Poland. More than 500 […]
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