PMA-IPMA India’s Project Managers Global Summit 2019 – “Sustainability Through Competent Project Leadership”

Sustainability has become one of the foremost objectives for all projects and programs of today. New technologies, disruptive business models, social challenges and environmental considerations are just some of the factors which are driving the need to integrate the element of sustainability into strategic decision-making processes for project-led leadership. India, as a fast-emerging economic power, […]

Projects and project management in Egypt

Egypt, is a country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia by a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. The country is bordered by the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south, and Libya to […]

ADKAR® – How to successfully implement change

I am currently preparing for the Prosci Practitioner Qualification and Certification, which includes reading the book “ADKAR: a model for change in business, government and our community“. The model is easy to understand, it explains how change can be implemented successfully and guides the way for people engaged in change projects. ADKAR is a goal-oriented […]

The impact of digital technologies on plant engineering and construction projects

Recently, PwC and the German Large Industrial Plant Manufacturers´ Group of VDMA published a benchmark report on digital business models in plant engineering and construction in an international comparison. It was done in the light of urgent need of improvements for the European business models as the players in Germany and other European countries lagging […]

Technologies are not enough to make a city smart

During the 5th SENET Conference at Belgrade, hosted by the Serbian Project Management Association (IPMA Serbia) a roundtable was facilitated addressing “SMART Cities – A new perspective for innovative and start-up projects in a digital age”. More than 30 people were in attendance and discussed concepts, ideas and questions from a global, regional yet also […]

Increase project leadership, decrease project management and your project success rate will skyrocket!

by Tero Kyckling The root causes for most project pitfalls are people originated. That is hardly any news, but providing a working solution to catching the emerging people issues early for targeted corrective actions is big news. The project management focus is on tangible, measurable deliverables such as spent hours, delivered code lines, moved gravel […]

Stuttgart 21 – a mega project in the heart of Swabia

Swabia is a cultural, historic and linguistic region in southwestern Germany. As understood in the modern ethnography roughly coincides with the Swabian Circle of the Holy Roman Empire as it stood during the Early Modern period, now divided between the states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg. Stuttgart is the capital of Baden-Württemberg and place of one […]

Findings of the 13th State of Agile Report

All sectors of our society experience an increasing pressure to change. As modern information, communication and collaboration tools are gaining ground, the pace of work has accelerated tremendously and the shift from traditional ways of performing work to agile approaches is a challenge for all organisations. Not only the software industry, but also the “traditional” […]

Steen Lichtenberg – another great projector passed away

It is very sad to inform that Dr. Steen Lichtenberg, former president and honorary member of the IPMA (formerly INTERNET), left us on March 19. Steen Lichtenberg (born 1930) obtained his MSc in Engineering from the Technical University of Denmark, and in 1974 his PhD with a thesis on new project management principles. After graduation […]

Projects and project management in Georgia

Georgia is a country in the Caucasus region. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bordered to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the south by Turkey and Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital and largest city is Tbilisi. During the […]