In this section we publish project and programme management-related articles from Member Association Thought-Leaders, and other leading authors.
We especially intend to show the richness of the IPMA Family’s global reach, by inviting Member Associations to submit your favorite articles for publication.
Our initial article is a paper presented as the keynote address at the AMIP, IPMA-Mexico, 2nd International de la Associacion Mexicano de Ingeniera de Proyectos Symposio. The event was 28-29 November 2011 in Saltillo Mexico, and was a great event, with excellent organization, huge attendance, and wonderful presentations by all speakers.
As demonstrated below, we wish to show both English and National language versions of articles, where possible. To suggest an article, email . Or, if you find a broken link (these often come from Member Association sites), please let us know. Thank you!
Project Management Success and Decision-Making Under Difficult Contexts.
El éxito en la Dirección de Proyectos y la toma de decisiones en Contextos Difíciles.
This is the basis for Stacy Goff’s keynote address at IPMA-Mexico’s 11/2011 Symposium. Thanks to Jesús Martínez-Almela for the translation into Spanish! Jesus is the Programme Manager of the Latin American and Carribean Countries Training Assistance Programme. 2011
Closing the Gap Between PM Training and PM Performance. Enterprises and Government agencies have spent hundreds of millions of $USD over the last 20 years in Project Management training—just in the USA. What do we have to show from this “investment”? This article explores what Project Managers and Managers must do to achieve needed benefits from training. 2009
Project Levers and Gauges. Written in 2005, and since then, published in six languages around the world, this article exposes the secrets of the top 10% of project and programme managers. Those secrets include managing projects’ leading indicators (the levers), while monitoring the lagging indicators (the gauges); the outcome: Greater success with less effort. 2005
The Value of Project Manager Certification. Written by asapm Co-Founder and Past President Dr. Lewis Ireland, this article asserts the value of project management certification by considering who benefits from it, who provides it, and the standard upon which it is based. Lew wrote this article just after asapm was accepted as a Member Association in IPMA. 2003
The Viking Approach to Project Management. Written in 1987 by Morten Fangel, Director of the Danish Project Management Association (note the English language link at the top of the Member Association page) this article does an excellent job of capturing a key IPMA value: Cultural appreciation. We especially appreciate this insightful article, and wish we had read it when we first began working with Morten. Thanks Morten! 1987