Projects without People: What projects AI humanoids can deliver on their own?

Thinking machines are no longer just the fancy characters shown in sci-fi Hollywood movies. The fast-paced technological developments aimed at creating artificial intelligence (AI) devices that could mimic the way humans think and behave are driving birth of a man-machine combo world. In the man-machine combo world, AI humanoids (AI machines resembling human-beings) will share […]

Algeria and Algerian Project Management Association: a wind of change

The largest country in Africa succeeded (through peaceful and exemplary demonstrations for several weeks) to achieve a historical change in the country. Since its’ confiscated independence (as many historians name it) in 1962, the Algerian people are at crossroads to define a new roadmap of Algeria’s future. Unlike many demonstrations, that particular can be seen […]

Council of Delegates Communique Copenhagen, Denmark, 31st March 2019

The International Project Management Association (IPMA) is a federation of presently 72 member associations, that promotes competence in project, programme and portfolio management across all sectors and engage stakeholders around the world in advancing the discipline. During its spring Council meeting on 31 March 2019 at Copenhagen, IPMA discussed the strategic importance of trust for […]

It takes a good strategy and strong implementation to build a Smart City

The Austrian capital Vienna again tops the Smart City Index, Roland Berger’s analysis of 153 cities around the world. Second in the ranking is another European city, London. On average, however, it’s mainly Asian metropolises that demonstrate the most compelling Smart City strategies. Remarkably, 90 percent of the analysed cities still do not have an […]

Strategic importance of Managing Services in a non-for-profit organisation: addressing IPMA-Operations!

In many non-for-profit organizations (NPOs) which are essentially driven by volunteers, it is important to help the organization flourish with a sustainable approach. This is both valid for an umbrella organisation as for all its members which are usually separate legal entities (NPOs, Charities) governed through a federal and decentralized approach. In order to achieve […]

Medical sector and cancer treatment communities along with IPMA

The 14th International Project Management Conference was held on February 24th, 2019 in Razi International Convention Center in Tehran. During this conference, more than 500 topics were presented in the form of different lectures, workshops, research papers and case studies. MAHAK- the Society to Support Children Suffering from Cancer, in collaboration with the International Project […]

The 5th International Congress on Corporate Social Responsibility – MAHAK, Feb 25th, 2019

The 5th International Congress on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Tehran, Iran focused on Planning and Implementation Models and Reporting Standards. Two representatives from IPMA Executive Board – Martin Sedlmayer and Gholamreza Safakish, were the keynote speakers and a panel moderators during the event. This event is biennially held by MAHAK – the Society to […]

Women in Project Management Iran (WIPMI)

During 14th Tehran International Project Management Conference (24th & 25th of Feb 2019) attended by more than 1000 professionals, there was a panel dedicated to “Women in Project Management”. An interactive workshop was held before the panel time slot, to test the field and see how the audience looks to a series of competencies among […]

Martina Huemann: With Projects We Create the Future

Martina Huemann is Editor-in-chief of International Journal of Project Management, Professor, Head of Project Management Group and Academic Director of the Professional MBA Project Management, WU – Vienna University of Business and Economics (WU Vienna), board member of project management Austria, Human Resource & Project Management Expert / Coach / Consultant, Founder and Manager of […]

The interrelations between process and project management

Project orientation has experienced a similar upswing in recent years as process orientation. Both concepts are so popular because they promise better fulfilment of customer wishes while simultaneously improving effectiveness and efficiency. Projects and processes complement each other. On the one hand, projects can be described by a multitude of processes with the help of […]