Crowd-solving: Can it be used in project management?

The social media invasion has redefined the borders of value giving birth to new communities, i.e., the communities of value. The transition has ignited a mindset of crowd-involvement for co-creation, building new knowledge frontiers and forming mutually beneficial partnerships. Resultantly, emerging concepts such as crowdsourcing, crowdfunding, and crowd-solving are gaining acceptance and application for a […]

ISO 21511 Work breakdown structures for project and programme management published

Recently, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) published with ISO 21511:2018 “Work breakdown structures for project and programme management” the next standard developed by ISO TC 258 Project, Programme and Portfolio Management [https://www.iso.org/committee/624837.html]. The purpose of the international standard is to provide guidance on work breakdown structure for those individuals working in project and programme […]

Some learned “a” as “Apple” and some “Apple”

By: Gholamreza (Kami) Safakish, IPMA VP of Education & Training and Young Crew Age diversity is becoming a crucial issue as the new technology addicted generation, emerging the workplace. Losing lack of communication together with variety of values, norms, beliefs, style of decision making and their approach to administrative processes and procedures is getting more […]

Interview with Reinhard Wagner: People Outweighs Methods and Tools

Journalist: Yu Yanjuan(Spring), Source: PMR Journalist’s Words:  For more than three decades, he has been dancing with projects and walking in pace with management. Having participated in the development of project, programme and portfolio management standards, he always stands in the frontier of project management and follows the footsteps of change. His footprints spread across […]

Projectors in Denmark – A comedy from the 17th Century

Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Santibáñez (1580 – 1645) was a Spanish nobleman, politician and one of the most prominent Spanish poets of the 17thCentury [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_de_Quevedo]. He produced a vast quantity of poetry, ranging from satirical and mythological subjects to love poetry and philosophical pieces. In his “Dreams” [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Sue%C3%B1os], the somewhat misanthropic Quevedo showcased his […]

Against all odds – learning from great projectors: Nikolai F. Fyodorov

You are all encouraged to write about great projectors out of your context so we may learn from them and improve our way of performing projects. “Projector” is a term introduced by Daniel Defoe in “An Essay upon Projects” (1697). It refers to people that “project” into the future and thus make them real. A […]

HR-Report 2018 with focus on agile organisations

This year´s HR-Report of Hays and the Institute of Employment and Employability of the University of Applied Sciences in Ludwigshafen focuses on agile organisations (The HR-Report 2018 in German language is available via: https://www.hays.de/personaldienstleistung-aktuell/studie?friendlyUrl=hr-report-2018-schwerpunkt-agile-organisation-auf-dem-pruefstand). Agile organizations are characterized by a high and fast adaptability to changing conditions and market situations. Flexibility in terms of adapting […]

What are the project management challenges in the different business sectors?

What are the main challenges facing different business sectors in Iceland in managing projects, as faced by representatives from different industries? This question was discussed at the annual spring conference organized jointly by the Icelandic Project Management Association and the MPM program (Master of Project Management) at Reykjavik University in 2017. Representatives of eight business […]

Overcoming challenges of project work through innovations in project management

Project-related work dominates many areas of our society. In many sectors of the economy more than one third of the time is already spent in projects, with an increasing tendency. Projects are not only performed for external customers, but increasingly for internal purposes (e.g. R&D, Investment or Change). Projects, however, have always been under great […]

Resilience of Algerian Project Management Association (APMA), a special tribute to Djamel Soufi, Executive Director of APMA who passed away on 12 February 2018 in Algiers

On 12 February 2018, the Executive Director of Algerian Project Management Association passed away in Algiers. Many of you remember him when he presented together with the President of APMA Samira Babaaissa the application of APMA at the Council of Delegates meeting in March 2016 in Riga to join IPMA. Some remember him from the […]