What role does Big Data have in shaping future of Project Management? (Part A)
19 July 2017 IN Best Practices Featured Know how BY Jiwat Ram
Big Data revolution is at our door steps and expected to drive ‘Big Changes’ in the way businesses and societies go about their day-to-day chores. From health, education, finance, technology to defense, to name a few, no single sector of economy is spared from Big Data analytics and its implications. These implications, if exploited in
Read more »How to finance projects in an OPEC country when the price of oil barrel is divided by two?
17 July 2017 IN Best Practices Featured Know how BY Amin Saidoun
Beginning of July 2017 a workshop with Algerian Project Management Association Board took place in in Algiers in order to review the implementation progress of the roadmap that APMA presented to become an IPMA member. The young North African member association joined IPMA in 2016, a year where the Algerian economy (Algeria is member of
Read more »Projects – advancing the business and serving to the society
14 July 2017 IN Best Practices Featured Know how BY Sandra Misic
Interpreting the ISO 21500 approach on organizational strategy and projects [1], a new definition of project can be set, where project can be defined like “tool for shifting the opportunities to the benefits”. Indeed, a project is nothing but reaction to the problem, needs, opportunities or ideas.
Read more »Life is a Project: Project Management as an Enabling Life Skill
12 July 2017 IN Best Practices Featured Know how News BY Reinhard Wagner
Author: Neil Robinson “Life is one big project. The trick is in managing it” (Maylor, 2010). When we speak of Project Management, we are inevitably envisaging the management of business projects which may occur across a multitude of commercial and social organisations.
Read more »Projects and project management in Bolivia
10 July 2017 IN Best Practices Featured Know how News BY Reinhard Wagner
The Plurinational State of Bolivia is a landlocked country located in western-central South America. It is bordered to the north and east by Brazil, to the southeast by Paraguay, to the south by Argentina, to the southwest by Chile, and to the northwest by Peru. The geography of the country exhibits a great variety of
Read more »Project benefits vs project value
5 July 2017 IN Best Practices Featured Know how Opinions BY Sandra Misic
“I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.” Thomas Jefferson During my PhD research I faced with one of the tricky questions of the project management profession. Since my topic is related to infrastructure megaprojects I started to question the essence of the megaprojects existence. When I just entered
Read more »Projects and project management in Chile
3 July 2017 IN Best Practices Featured Know how BY Sandra Misic
The Republic of Chile is a South American country occupying a long, narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Chile borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far south. Chilean territory includes the
Read more »NEW SERVICE FOR MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS: IPMA C4D CALL FOR ACTION
30 June 2017 IN Best Practices Featured Know how News BY António Andrade Dias
The IPMA, aware of its contribution to the development of a global society, appeals to its member associations to locally set up their own network of IPMA C4D coaches, as well to find projects that would benefit from support, answering to the challenges presented by third sector’s organizations. IPMA Coaching for Development (IPMA C4D) is
Read more »The Lean Project Manager, or how to improve productivity
26 June 2017 IN Best Practices Featured Know how News Opinions BY Reinhard Wagner
The concept of “Lean Management” was originally developed in the Automotive Industry, reducing waste in manufacturing processes. However, in recent years it became also popular in areas of non-repetitive processes, such as product development or administration. Laurent Kummer proposes in his new book “The Lean Project Manager” a complete guide to transform project managers through
Read more »Projects and project management in Argentina
22 June 2017 IN Best Practices Featured Know how News BY Reinhard Wagner
Argentina is a federal republic forming the key part of Southern America. It is bordered to the west by Chile, by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. The flag is a horizontal triband of light
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