“PM 2020”: How pma members see the future in project management

The demand for project management in companies continues to grow. This is the result of the current pma member survey. But how do companies react to it? Which PM topics and trends do the surveyed industry experts* and pma members consider to be particularly relevant for the future? Potentials of virtual and intercultural teams More […]

Why do we need more diverse project managers? A report from the 3rd Diversity in Project Management Conference by IPMA in October 2019 in Helsinki, Finland

Today we see that formerly male-dominated professions like project management become more diverse. Why is this so? The reason is that every project is different, and therefore there is a need for more different, diverse project managers. This is the basic assumption of the Project Manager – Project Fit Theory. It is a relatively new […]

Pursue Project Excellence Based on Project Excellence Principles

Thoughts on Applying for and Assessing for the IPMA Global Project Excellence Award Written by Ann Zhang, BD manager, Wood, China My Understanding of IPMA In 2013, I participated in the application of the 27th IPMA Project Excellence Award for the 10 mta refinery project from PetroChina Guangxi Petrochemical and attended the award ceremony held […]

Year 2020 Pledges for PM progress: Proposed list of 10

Time-book will turn to page number 2020 in a couple of weeks’ time. This kick-start a seasonal trend of making pledges about how and what one will do to make things better or improve in the coming year(s). Project management (PM) is no exception to such needs to identify and make pledges for future progress. […]

Project management shapes the future

40 years of GPM: Trend topics and prominent speakers at the 36th PM Forum 2019 Nuremberg, October 24, 2019 – “Project management today is a modern management tool that is vital to society, business and science,” said Prof. Dr. Helmut Klausing, President of the GPM Deutsche Gesellschaft für Projektmanagement.e. V. (German association for project management), […]

Project Management in Cameroon

Republic of Cameroon (French: République du Cameroun), is a country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon’s coastline lies on the Bight of Biafra, […]

Using Collective intelligence in PM: Time to take the leap?

Knowledge-poverty is fading. The ever-increasing connectivity to the internet and social media is enabling corresponding increased access to information of all sorts (often in a real-time manner), empowering people with knowledge and creating communities of knowledge reserves. The people and communities are thus becoming potent sources of knowledge, well beyond traditionally known boundaries. This situation […]

Addressing the legacy of generation “W” (wise), part 8

This blog article is part of a series of interviews of persons that have shaped the International Project Management Association during the past 50 years, by Amin Saidoun. Interview with Mr Gilles Caupin, Honorary Fellow of IPMA, co-founder of AFITEP, Association Française de Management de Projet and SMAP, Société de Management de Projets based in Paris. […]

IPMA Slovakia 25th anniversary: What has changed in the area of Project Management within the last 25 years?

There has been a massive transformation in companies caused by rapid innovations over the last 25 years. That is the fact. But those changes did not only affect the past 25 years. They are ongoing. The situation of change is a constant part of human’s life. It affects all its aspects all the time. Therefore […]

Quartet of project core: Agility, Scope, Time and Cost

  “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving” – Albert Einstein The words of wisdom quoted above encapsulate the mechanism for evolution of individuals, organizations, professions and broadly civilizations. They underpin the need to not only keep improving, but also keep making efforts to evolve. In fact, professions […]