Projects require improvisation

The concept of nowadays project management was born in the 1950s in the USA, mainly in the aerospace and defence sector. It was based on Operations Research , which is an analytical approach for solving technical problems and decision-making. Network planning techniques were in the focus for the first decades of our discipline with methodologies […]

Planning the portfolio of activities for 2016

Planning the portfolio of activities for 2016 The Northern hemisphere experiences fall right now, a nice time of the year, with bright colours and a lot of work to do, e.g. preparing the garden for winter. As the year turns to its end, we try to finish our activities, which often causes “year-end stress”. But […]

Projects require virtuosity

We experience an increasing number and importance of projects in our society. One of the most important characteristic of a project is the uniqueness, which means that a project differs from routine tasks and other projects through distinctive features, such as the complexity, volume, risk exposure, stakeholder involved or specific requirements. This requires a project […]

Projects and project management in Mexico

Mexico is a key country in Central and Latin America, for the development of the region as well as for the development of IPMA.

Projects and project management in Guatemala

Before the 29th IPMA World Congress we had the chance of visiting Guatemala. In this blogpost I´d like to provide some insights regarding the country as well as projects and project management. Guatemala is situated in Central America between Mexico and Belize in the North and Honduras and El Salvador in the Southeast.

Getting The Right People On The Bus: The ​ICB4 Dream Team

This is the story of how one small team created a big work product. And about how getting the right people on the bus is often more important than knowing your direction from the beginning.

PM and IPMA World Congress in Italy

Project Management was born in Italy after the Second World War with the establishment of Engineering Companies, working in the Oil Sector. Let’s mention some of them: Techint (1945), Snam Progetti, now Saipem (1956), Foster Wheeler Italy (1957), Technip Italy (1969), Tecnimont, now Maire Tecnimont (1973). The first experiences of Project Management came through American […]

GeCCo – PRACTICE AND LEARN HOW TO WORK IN INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL TEAMS

Global eCollaboration Competition (GeCCo) event organized by IPMA Young Crew enables young project management professionals to get competences and skills that will help them in their future career to work in virtual international teams. Virtual project teams are usual part of project management in economy nowadays. Striving for lower costs and performance optimisation drive companies […]

The Art of Project Management – Past, Present, Future

This year IPMA celebrates its 50th Anniversary, a great point in time for elaborating on the past, present and future of our profession. The reason for starting the IPMA, formerly known as INTERNET, was the idea of having an exchange on network planning techniques. Project management took off in the United States of America, mainly […]

Roland W. Gutsch – One of the founders of IPMA (formerly INTERNET)

Roland W. Gutsch was a German engineer who very early dived into the at that time miraculous world of computing. When he entered DORNIER (at that time a famous German aerospace company, now part of AIRBUS) he was immediately confronted with Project Management and what support computers could offer for planning and control of complex […]