Interview No.1: Leadership

Interview by Reinhard Wagner & Sandra Misic (IPMA) Questions for Paul Hodgkins Q1.How do you succeed in being a good leader? I’m not sure there is a ‘best way’ to succeed in being a good leader; rather it’s all about finding the ‘best way’ that works for you and that must always begin with being yourself.  […]

GeCCo 2015 – GROWING INTEREST IN VIRTUAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Global eCollaboration Competition (GeCCo 2015) event organized by IPMA Young Crew broke the record of participants and active virtual teams. Virtual project management is an area of PM which most young project managers want to develop in. This career aspiration has been proved in the last GeCCo edition (GeCCo 2015) that took place on November […]

Projects and project management in India

The Republic of India is a country located in Southern Asia. The country got its name from the Greek word “Indus”, which means “the people who live near the Indus River“, a river flowing from Tibet, into Jammu and Kashmir and the rest of Pakistan. Neighbouring countries are Pakistan in the north-west, China and Nepal […]

Projects and project management in Latvia

The Republic of Latvia is a relatively young country in the Baltic region, located between Estonia in the North, Lithuania in the South, Russia and Belarus to the East. The country was formed in 1918 following the Russian Revolution and the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk between Germany and Russia. During the Second World War it was […]

Change and Project Management – Two sides of the same medal

Recently a participant of a workshop asked me how change and project management differ. My answer came as a surprise to that person, because I see rather similarities and synergies instead of differentiating factors. In fact, I foresee the two disciplines growing together. What is change management? According to Wikipedia Change management “refers to any […]

4th IPMA Research conference: Project Management and Sustainability

As a member of the Research Board of IPMA I can say that our goal is really to move project management knowledge forward. We do this by different means and one of them is to bring researchers, experts, scholars and practitioners together to discuss and develop ideas that are of value in this mission. Our […]

Project Management in Egypt: IPMA’s member association in Cairo as a linchpin of the Middle-East ?

Egypt has one of the longest histories of any modern country, arising in the tenth millennium BC as one of the world’s first nation states. Considered a cradle of civilisation, Ancient Egypt experienced some of the earliest developments of writing, agriculture, urbanisation, organised religion and central government. Iconic monuments such as the Giza Necropolis and […]

Global Young Crew workshop Porto 2016

The GYCW Porto 2016 are organized by IPMA Young Crew Portugal and will be held in 15th, 16th and 17th September 2016. The event aims to connect cutting edge trainers in the field of project management with students and young professionals from all areas united in their passion for Project Management. Interactive workshops, compelling keynotes […]

Trust in Project Management

I am delighted that ICB 4.0 recognizes the importance of trust in project management. This is an important change introduced into the last version of this document. For instance, Section 4.4.4. entitled „Relations and Engagements“ argues as follows: “Personal relations build the foundation for the productive collaboration, personal engagement, and commitments of others. This include […]

New IPMA ICB, PEB and OCB ready for download

The International Project Management Association (IPMA) announced the release of three standards for immediate download and web viewing today. The three standards are the IPMA Individual Competence Baseline (IPMA ICB), version 4.0, the IPMA Project Excellence Baseline (IPMA PEB), version 1.0, and the IPMA Organisational Competence Baseline (IPMA OCB), version 1.1. The IPMA Individual Competence […]