Why I pursued IPMA Certification

Project management has become a global profession with project management established as the pre-eminent method for implementing change in the world with project, programme and portfolio managers are leading the way. The professionals of tomorrow will work in distributed environments with overlapping and often conflicting stakeholder interests. The burden has never been higher for these […]

Advocating the benefit of project management: the example of Morocco

Advocacy is an activity by which an individual or a group aims to influence decisions within political, economic, and social systems and institutions. Advocacy can include many activities that a person or organization undertakes including media campaigns, public speaking, commissioning and publishing research or conducting exit poll or the filing of an amicus brief. Depending […]

IPMA Project Excellence Model – the core element to make a project business successful

Nanjing Urban Construction Project Management & Development Co.Ltd. (NUCPMD) Assessment of the Nanjing Public Health Center Project NUCPMD applied in 2015 for the IPMA Project Excellence Award and I want to share my and my team´s impressions about the company´s very successful approach to use the IPMA Project Excelence Model as core element to lead […]

Global Young Crew Workshop (GYCW) PORTO 2016

Porto. Project Management. Time to discover. IPMA Young Crew. This was the perfect mix that motivated around 100 people to meet and reunite in Portugal, last September, for the annual IPMA Young Crew Workshop, the GYCW Porto 2016. “Time to discover” was the navigation map, which guided both participants and speakers to find out, to […]

International standard of governance ready for publication

During last week´s meeting in Athens the ISO/TC258 approved ISO 21505 “Project, programme and portfolio management – Guidance on governance” to be ready for publication. This is another important milestone for the transnational harmonization of standards in the field of project, programme and portfolio management.

Formally recognise the profession of project management, and dedicate certified project management resources to deliver their commitments – A call from Sydney

The International Project Management Association (IPMA) is a federation of 66 member nations, who collaborate to promote the recognition of project management and engage stakeholders around the world in advancing the discipline. IPMA’s Council of Delegates has met at a time of significant change and uncertainty in the global business and political landscape. The meeting […]

Starting a Young Crew in Algeria with IPMA TAP-Training Aid Programme

An important part for the development of older and younger member associations is mentoring. As indicated in the IPMA programme structure 2020 derived from the IPMA 2020 strategy, mentoring can be addressed for example to the board of the member association or to the Young Crew (in creation) of that same association. In this context […]

Strategies for Project Sponsorship

In recent blogposts we already highlighted the importance of project sponsorship. The book “Strategies for Project Sponsorship” addresses the challenges of sponsorship from all three vantage points – that of the project manager, the project sponsor and the organisation. In a nutshell, project sponsorship is an active senior management role, identifying the business needs, ensuring […]

Projects and project management in Japan

Japan is a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean, located in East Asia. Sometimes it is also called the “land of the rising sun”. The population is spread all over the country, however more than 30 million people live in the Tokyo Metropolis area,  which is one of the largest cities in the world. […]

When there is no plan B

The 4th IPMA research conference was held in Reykjavik Iceland on Sept 14-16. This conference was an eye opener for everyone that participated. I wouldn’t be surprised if it would be remembered in the future as a milestone for IPMA where an important redefinition of purpose took place and foundations were laid for new definitions […]