Influence without Positional Authority

Interview with Raji Sivaraman Que: What are your viewpoints on ‘Influence without Positional Authority’ Let me start by explaining my definition of what ‘Influence without positional authority’ is. Influence without positional authority is the influence radiated by credible persons without exhibiting or insisting on the authority of their position. Their credibility is recognized and trust […]

APMA joins IPMA on March 2016 in Riga

 The Algerian Project Management Association « APMA » has finally joined the IPMA confederation to become a transitional association member since the 20th of March 2016 during the Council delegates meeting at Riga. It is a significant step for APMA which aims in the near future to become one of the most recognized national referent institution in […]

Projects and project management in Colombia

The Republic of Colombia is located in the North-West of Southern America. Neighbours are Panama in the West, Venezuela and Brazil in the East and Peru and Ecuador in the South. Colombia has a rich history. Firstly inhabited by indigenous people, the Spanish arrived in 1499 and started the colonialization from the coast into the […]

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.  […]

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – Power and Politics in Projects

Projects are performed through people. People are influenced through projects and their leadership. Power and politics are gaining increasingly recognition as success factor for project management. With this blogpost I´d like to start a dialogue in the community in order to explore and better understand the topic. The IPMA Individual Competence Baseline 4.0  defines power […]

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 […]

Project management in Switzerland

On February 18th and 19th the swiss project management association spm invited an international group of experts to join the IPMA Expert Seminar 2016 in Zürich. In the course of the seminar I was asked to contribute to the IPMA Blog with an article about project management in Switzerland. In the following articel I’d like […]

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 […]

How to bring researchers and practitioners in project management closer together?

I believe that closer cooperation between researchers and practitioners in the project management field is essential for the development of the field. The closer, the better. Each side has something of value to offer. Practitioners have loads of practical experience that researchers cannot even dream about. But researchers have plenty of tools to interpret information […]

Projects and project management in Iran

Iran is home of one the world´s oldest civilisations, formations date back to 3200 BC. The first empire in the region was formed in 625 BC, after which it became the dominant cultural and political power in the region. Under Cyrus the Great it reached the pinnacle of its power, comprising of a region stretching […]