As we conclude the online IPMA Council of Delegates (CoD) meeting, we address our Delegates and external decision-makers during a period of rapid technological advancements and an intensified focus on sustainability. Our commitment to the project profession and building a better world has never been more critical.

In March, we emphasized the transformative potential of AI in project management and the importance of aligning with ESG frameworks to foster sustainability. Building on this, we underscore the value that projects bring to sustainability and the global effort to build back a better world. This vision is not only about improving efficiency but also about driving positive, lasting change across communities and industries.

Looking forward to 2030, IPMA envisions a future where project management is at the forefront of sustainable development and technological integration. Our plans extend beyond the profile of the Project Manager, encompassing a holistic approach that includes the following considerations:

Sustainability and ESG Integration: Continuously embedding ESG principles in project management to ensure that projects contribute positively to the environment and society.
Technological Advancement: Leveraging AI, big data, machine learning (ML), and natural language processing to enhance project efficiency and outcomes.
Global Collaboration: Fostering international cooperation to share best practices and innovations in project management.

According to Gartner, by 2030, 80% of project managers’ tasks will be automated through AI, powered by big data, ML, and natural language processing. This shift will revolutionize the profession, allowing project managers to focus more on strategic decision-making, stakeholder engagement, and sustainability.

In this new era, we anticipate that project managers will need to develop a range of competences to thrive, including, technological proficiency, strategic thinking, adaptive leadership, collaboration and communication, and ethical and responsible management.

The integration of AI and the emphasis on sustainability will have significant implications for IPMA as a global organization and the IPMA Individual Competence Baseline (ICB). We anticipate that the ICB will be regularly revised to incorporate new competences related to AI, sustainability, and strategic management. We also foresee new certification programs to equip project managers with the necessary skills. Besides these advancements, IPMA will continue to serve as a platform for sharing and promoting best practices and advocating for the societal benefits brought by project professionals.

IPMA invites project practitioners to attend the Global Project Profession Forum in Šibenik, Croatia, in September 2024, to discuss real practical cases and megaprojects explained by the project professionals leading these outstanding endeavors, addressing PM practices in multinational organizations and collaborations on public-private projects.

Additionally, the 33rd IPMA World Congress, themed “Hope” and focusing on People, Purpose, and Performance, will take place in Cape Town, South Africa, in November 2024. This Congress will address the critical role of PMs, exploring AI, ESG criteria, and Capital Projects.

Prof. Dr. Mladen Vukomanović, IPMA President, added: “IPMA is dedicated to orchestrating the project profession for a better world. Our vision for 2030 encompasses enhanced sustainability, advanced technological integration, and global collaboration. In anticipation of strategic shifts and constant global changes, we are already laying the groundwork for these ambitious future goals.”

Let us move forward with the hope and determination to build a better, more sustainable world through the power of project management.

The National Final of Italian IPMA Project Management Championship took place on May 11, 2024 in Milan, organized in collaboration with Saipem.

Focusing on nowadays sustainability issue and the growth of demand of green energy over the last years, students’ teams had to solve out a business case titled "BETA CONTRACTING: Bio Refinery Project”. Students teams were asked to elaborate a risk analysis, identify the involved stakeholders, prepare a plan to execute the Engineering, Procurement and Construc􀆟on phase of the project and present their solution to the Company Management.

At the end of the day the Jury announced the winning team from Politecnico of Milano:

- Alessandro Albertini

- Aurora Brocca

- Marta Castello

- Dalia Scuotto

The winning team is invited to represent Italy at the International IPMC Final in Florence on June 8, 2024

A special thanks to Saipem, who hosted and organized the event together with Young Crew Italy, giving to students the opportunity to learn and improve their personal and professional skills.

At the closure of the Qualification Round, IPMA Young Crew Italy is happy to announce the six students' teams that will be invited to the PMC National Final that will be held in Milan on May 11, 2024 and organized in collaboration with Saipem.

The six teams admitted are:

Politecnico di Torino
Team: Laura Alcamo, Rebecca Almondo, Annalisa Labadini, Francesco Moscariello
Score 80%

Politecnico di Milano
Team: Alessandro Albertini, Aurora Brocca, Marta Castello, Dalia Scuotto
Score 80%

Politecnico di Milano
Team: Silvia Barigazzi, Alessandro Bosani, Gregorio Brizzante, Emanuele Costa
Score 78%

Politecnico di Milano
Team: Gabriele Angelinetta, Safae El Ouaqoudi, Nicolò Guglielmetti, Elisa Micieli
Score 76%

Politecnico di Torino
Team: Riccardo Canali, Mauro Caradonna, Francesco Ciotta, Samuele Frasconi
Score 76%

Università degli Studi di Bergamo
Team: Gianluca Bianchi, Davide Cozzi, Simone Locatelli, Federico Mascheretti
Score 75%

Each team will receive an invitation by email with all the details about the National Final, that will take place in Milan on Saturday 11 of May 2024 .

The winning team of the National Final will participate to the PMC International Final in Florence on June 8, 2024, with all the countries participating to the competition.

Si è tenuta a Milano il 14 marzo 2024 la decima edizione del Convegno Nazionale IPMA Italy sul tema "AI in the future of Project Management".

Sono disponibili gli atti:

Convegno IPMA Italy 20240314_Accenture_Dentone & Sicialiano 

Convegno IPMA Italy 20240314_IPMA _Vucomanovic 

Convegno IPMA Italy 20240314_Mipu_Baccarin 

Convegno IPMA Italy 20240314_Politecnico di Milano_Calabrese 

Convegno IPMA Italy 20240314_Saipem_Corallo

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All’interno di sistemi più o meno complessi, i project manager possono trarre notevoli vantaggi dall’utilizzo consapevole dell’AI. In questo modo, liberano tempo ed energia per concentrarsi su attività creative o strategiche che rimangono prerogativa umana.

Alcune delle applicazioni dell’AI che migliorano la gestione dei progetti:

𝟏. 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝐑𝐏𝐀): Semplifica compiti e processi ripetitivi, consentendo ai project manager di concentrarsi su attività di maggior valore.
𝟐. 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬: Sfrutta le informazioni dai dati per prendere decisioni informate, ottimizzare l’allocazione delle risorse e mitigare i rischi.
𝟑. 𝐆𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐢 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐢: Gli algoritmi AI individuano tempestivamente i rischi potenziali, consentendo strategie di mitigazione proattive.
𝟒. 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐨 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐞: I modelli linguistici basati su AI assistono nella comunicazione, nella documentazione e nella comprensione dei diversi stakeholder.

Il 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐠𝐧𝐨 𝐍𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐈𝐏𝐌𝐀 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐲 di ANIMP a Milano ha esplorato questi scenari e l’evoluzione delle competenze. Abbiamo avuto ospite il presidente di IPMA, Mladen Vukomanović, che ha aperto l’evento con un’analisi completa e diverse aziende e Keynotes che hanno esposto casi potenziali e reali di applicazione dell'AI a supporto del project management. 

Nei giorni 19-21 aprile 2024, un altro incontro di IPMA internazionale, la 12° IPMA Research Conference "Project Management in the Age of AI" in Maryland, USA sempre porrà il focus su questo importante tema.

Gli atti sono disposnibili anche sul sito del convegno www.ipma.it/congress24

The International Project Management Championship 2024 is started!

Are you a student enrolled at university with a knowledge of fundamental project management concepts? 

If yes, it's your turn to take the challenge.

The pre-qualification phase is ongoing open till April 28.

HOW TO REGISTER

To subscribe you are asked to write an email to Paola De Lellis Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo. and Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo. with:

- names of participants (3 or 4 students for each team) nominating a Team Leader;

- name of your University;

- name of your Team;

- contacts (email and phone number) of all participants.

After, you will receive a communication for confirmation with all the details to proceed to the Registration to the first stage (Qualification Round).

1° STAGE: Qualification Round (until April 28, 2024)

Each team, composed by 3/4 people, is allowed to take the Qualification Test (100 questions in 100 minutes) at any time starting from March 4th until April 28th, 2024. To access to the online platform and answer the test, registered teams should follow the instructions indicated by email after their registration request. Remember:

> Each team can attempt to take the test only one time;

> Questions are in English language;

The results of the Qualification Round will be published on Tuesday 30th of April 2024

The winners are the first six teams with the highest score. In case there will be two teams with the same score at n.6 we will admit the first one that took the test in chronological order.

2° STAGE: National Final in collaboration with Saipem - Milan - May 11, 2024

The winning teams of the Qualification Round will participate to the National Final, organized in collaboration with Saipem, on May 11, 2024. The National Final consists of a business case study, organized by IPMA Young Crew Italy in collaboration with the company. Teams have to solve out the case study and, after, present themselves and their project solutions in front of a Jury.

At the end the Jury will announce the national winning team of PMC 2024.

3° STAGE: International Final - Florence 7-8 June 2024

The national winning team will be invited to participate to the International Final that this year will take place in Florence on 7-8 June, 2024.

INTERNATIONAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT CHAMPIONSHIP

PM Championship is an international 3 stage competition supported by IPMA and organized by National IPMA Member Associations with their Young Crews. PM Championship objectives are to enhance student involvement in the field of project management, to rise the interest in professional project management at a national and international level, as well as to advance the dialogue, the knowledge sharing and know-how between research and the business world.

WEBSITE TO REGISTER: https://www.ipmapmc.com/ 

Siamo lieti di comunicare che la decima edizione del Convegno Nazionale IPMA Italy si terrà presso l'Auditorium Assolombarda in Via Pantano, 9 - 20122 Milano, in data 14 marzo 2024 sul tema "AI in the future of Project Management".

Lo sviluppo dell'Intelligenza Artificiale sta introducendo innovazioni in diversi settori e tipologie di business, apportando in alcuni casi vere e proprie trasformazioni. Sempre più le aziende riconoscono i benefici e il potenziale che l'utilizzo dell'AI può offrire per migliorare e ottimizzare l'efficienza produttiva e l'ottenimento di maggiori risultati. In particolare, nell'ambito della gestione dei progetti, saper fare un buon utilizzo di questo strumento può diventare una nuova competenza per un Project Manager.

Come l'AI cambierà la gestione dei progetti? Grazie all'AI sarà possibile conseguire gli obiettivi di progetto con maggiore probabilità di successo? Nel corso del convegno risponderemo insieme a questa ed altre domande, ascolteremo le testimonianze dei nostri Keynote Speakers per comprendere come l'intelligenza artificiale possa facilitare l'efficiena nel project management e analizzeremo le evoluzioni in corso per prepararci a quelle future.

PROGRAMMA PRELIMINARE 

ISCRIZIONI 

Per partecipare al convegno è obbligatoria la registrazione. 

Il form di iscrizione e maggiori informazioni sono disponibili sul sito del convegno www.ipma.it/congress24 

SPONSORIZZAZIONI

Tutte le informazioni sono disponibili sul sito del convegno www.ipma.it/congress24 

The IPMA PM Championship 2023 has successfully ended.

The International Final took place during the last weekend 2-3 June 2023 in Valencia (Spain) at the Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, organized by IPMA Young Crew in collaboration with AEIPRO Spain.

Twelve countries participated in the competition and Italy gained the first place.

Congratulations to our students’ from Polytechnic of Milan for this great achievement:

- Alessia Bellomo
- Antonino Sgroi
- Pavel Voropaev

We report here the first three classified teams of this edition:
1. Italy
2. Poland
3. The Netherlands

The competition was sponsored by STS, TE Connectivity and Van Haren Group.

National Final of Italian IPMA Project Management Championship took place on May 12, 2023 in Florence, organized in collaboration with Baker Hughes.

Focusing on nowadays sustainability issue, students’ teams had to solve out a business case titled “Carbon Capture” acting like the Project Management Team responsible to deliver a feasability study about the decarbonisation of a coal plant through CO2 capture. Students teams had to elaborate a project charter, anilyse risks, identify the involved stakeholders to present their solution to the Company Management.

At the end of the day the Jury announced the winning team from Politecnico of Milano:

• Jad Saad
• Antonino Sgroi
• Pavel Voropaev

The winning team is going to represent Italy at the International IPMC Final in Spain (Valencia) on June 2-3, 2023.

A special thanks to Baker Hughes, who hosted and organized the event together with Young Crew Italy, giving to students the opportunity to learn and improve their personal and professional skills.

At the closure of the Qualification Round, IPMA Young Crew Italy is happy to announce the six students' teams that will be invited to the PMC National Final in Italy.

The six teams admitted are:

Politecnico di Milano
Team: Giorgia Lucarelli, Marco Marazzi, Vincenzo Morano, Riccardo Musumeci 
Score 73%

Politecnico di Milano
Team: Jad Saad, Antonino Sgroi, Pavel Voropaev
Score 73%

Università degli Studi di Firenze
Team: Samuele Attucci, Alessio Barbagallo, Francesco Picchio
Score 73%

Università degli Studi di Perugia
Team: Elena Cicio, Bianca Frizzi, Alessia Lillacci, Elia Piancatelli
Score 72%

Politecnico di Milano
Team: Andrea Comerlati, Samuele Cucurachi, Riccardo Di Bernardo
Score 71%

Politecnico di Milano
Team: Riccardo Luigi Aielli, Alessia Bellomo, Gabriella Caputi
Score 71%

During the next few days each team will receive an invitation by email with all the details about the National Final, that will take place in Florence on Friday 12 May 2023 (10:00 - 18:30).

We remember that the winning team of the National Final will participate to the PMC International Final in Valencia between June 2-3, 2023.

IPMA Young Crew Italy is pleased to announce the start of the new edition of Project Management Championship 2023. Are you a student enrolled at university with a knowledge of fundamental project management concepts? 

If yes, it's your turn to take the challenge!

HOW TO REGISTER

To subscribe you are asked to write an email to Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo. and Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo. with:

- names of participants (3 or 4 students for each team) nominating a Team Leader;

- name of your University;

- name of your Team;

- contacts (email and phone number) of all participants.

After, you will receive a communication for confirmation with all the details to proceed to the Registration to the first stage (Qualification Round).

1° STAGE: Qualification Round (open from March 20 until April 27, 2023)

Each team, composed by 3/4 people, is allowed to take the Qualification Test (100 questions in 100 minutes) at any time starting from March 20th until April 27th, 2023. To access to the online platform and answer the test, registered teams should follow the instructions indicated by email after their registration request. Remember:

> Each team can attempt to take the test only one time;

> Questions are in English language;

The results of the Qualification Round will be published on Friday 28th of April 2023

The winners are the first six teams with the highest score. In case there will be two teams with the same score at n.6 we will admit the first one that took the test in chronological order.

2° STAGE: National Final in collaboration with Baker Hughes - Florence - May 12, 2023

The winning teams of the Qualification Round will participate to the National Final, organized in collaboration with Baker Hughes, on May 12, 2023. The National Final consists of a business case study, organized by IPMA Young Crew Italy in collaboration with the company. Teams have to solve out the case study and, after, present themselves and their project solutions in front of a Jury.

At the end the Jury will announce the national winning team of PMC 2023.

3° STAGE: International Final - Valencia (Spain) 2-3 June, 2023

The national winning team will be invited to participate to the International Final that will take place in Valencia (Spain) on 2-3 June, 2023.

INTERNATIONAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT CHAMPIONSHIP

PM Championship is an international 3 stage competition supported by IPMA and organized by National IPMA Member Associations with their Young Crews. PM Championship objectives are to enhance student involvement in the field of project management, to rise the interest in professional project management at a national and international level, as well as to advance the dialogue, the knowledge sharing and know-how between research and the business world.

WEBSITE TO REGISTER: https://www.ipmapmc.com/ 

Nell’ambito della collaborazione di ANIMP e della Sezione IPMA Italy con l’Accademia abbiamo il piacere di segnalarvi l’iniziativa "A multidisciplinary approach to embrace complexity and sustainability" organizzata da MeRIT Megaprojects Research Interdisciplinary Team del Politecnico di Milano in collaborazione con l’Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Polo di Piacenza.

L’evento si terrà nei giorni 9 e 10 novembre 2022 presso lo Spazio Convegni “Carlo De Carli” del Politecnico di Milano – Campus Bovisa.

L’incontro mira a promuovere il dibattito sui Megaprojects tra tutte le categorie di stakeholder coinvolti nella filiera di un megaprogetto e si pone l'obiettivo di riunire esperti - accademici e professionisti - con background e prospettive diverse, per aprire un dibattito e una discussione multidisciplinare sull'argomento.

IPMA Italy, in particolare, porterà le testimonianze di grandi aziende che prenderanno parte alla tavola rotonda “Beyond Megaprojects – The Stakeholders’ perspective on Megaprojects”. Una panoramica sulle prospettive degli Stakeholder per porre l’attenzione sui fenomeni complessi responsabili delle criticità e dei problemi a volte comuni che possono impattare l’esecuzione di un progetto e la sua sostenibilità. 

PROGRAMMA

Il programma è disponibile nella LOCANDINA.

ISCRIZIONI E SPONSORIZZAZIONI
Per partecipare è necessario iscriversi compilando il form disponibile sul sito Merit dell’evento: LINK.
Le quote di iscrizione sono riportate sul form.

Sito web: www.merit.polimi.it 

The Italian Qualification Round to attend the competition IPMA Project Management Championship is ended on May 22, 2022.

IPMA Young Crew Italy is pleased to announce four winning teams who will participate to the National Final on May 27, 2022, organized in collaboration with BTO Research.

The winning teams are:

1° - Politecnico di Milano

Team: Luca Brusasco, Riccardo Bicego, Alessia Boscarato, Valerio Campinoti 
Score 74%

2° - Università degli Studi di Brescia

Team: Federico Maifredi, Michele Ferrari, Riccardo Monti, Nicola Paolino
Score 73%

3° - Politecnico di Torino

Team: Paola De Lellis, Luca Alfonso, Biagio Iaconi, Anna Neirotti
Score 71%

4° - Politecnico di Torino

Team: Alessandro Gobbi, Mirco Bartolomei, Andrea Bova, Annalisa Bronzino
Score 65%

During the next few days each team will receive an invitation by email with all the details about the National Final, that will take place in Milan on Friday 27 May 2022 (9:30 - 17:00).

We remember that the winning team of the National Final will participate to the PMC International Final in Berlin between June 10-12, 2022.

IPMA Young Crew Italy is pleased to announce the start of the new edition of Project Management Championship 2022. Are you a student enrolled at university with a knowledge of fundamental project management concepts? 

If yes, it's your turn to take the challenge!

HOW TO REGISTER

To subscribe you are asked to write an email to Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo. and Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo. with:

- names of participants (3 or 4 students for each team) nominating a Team Leader;

- name of your University;

- name of your Team;

- contacts (email and phone number) of all participants.

After, you will receive a communication for confirmation with all the details to proceed to the Registration to the first stage (Qualification Round).

1° STAGE: Qualification Round (open from April 20 until May 22, 2022)

The deadline to register has been extended till May 22, 2022.

Each team, composed by 3/4 people, is allowed to take the Qualification Test (100 questions in 100 minutes) at any time starting from April 20th until May 22, 2022. To access to the online platform and answer the test, registered teams should follow the instructions indicated by email after their registration request. Remember:

> Each team can attempt to take the test only one time;

> Questions are in English language;

The results of the Qualification Round will be published on Monday 23rd of May 2022.

The winners are the first six teams with the highest score. In case there will be two teams with the same score at n.6 we will admit the first one that took the test in chronological order.

2° STAGE: National Final in collaboration with BTO Research - Milan - May 27, 2022

The winning teams of the Qualification Round will participate to the National Final, organized in collaboration with BTO Research, on May 27, 2022. The National Final consists of a business case study, organized by IPMA Young Crew Italy in collaboration with the company. Teams have to solve out the case study and, after, present themselves and their project solutions in front of a Jury.

At the end the Jury will announce the national winning team of PMC 2022.

3° STAGE: International Final - Berlin (Germany) 10-12, 2022

The national winning team will be invited to participate to the International Final that will take place in Berlin on 10-12 June, 2022.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT CHAMPIONSHIP

The Project Management Championship is an international 3 stage competition supported by IPMA and organized by National IPMA Member Associations with their Young Crews. PM Championship objectives are to enhance student involvement in the field of project management, to rise the interest in professional project management at a national and international level, as well as to advance the dialogue, the knowledge sharing and know-how between research and the business world.

IPMA Young Crew Italy ti invita a partecipare alla prossima edizione di GeCCo Global eCollaboration Competition. 

L'evento si terrà nei giorni 5-6 marzo 2022.

Puoi scaricare qui la BROCHURE

PERCHE' PARTECIPARE

Partecipando all’IPMA GeCCo Global e-Collaboration Competition puoi mettere alla prova le tue conoscenze in project management e le tue doti multiculturali interagendo in una competition internazionale con altri partecipanti provenienti da diverse nazioni.

I partecipanti, suddivisi in team, dovranno risolvere un business case online di 24 ore no-stop e avranno anche l'opportunità di partecipare a sessioni formative.

ISCRIZIONI E DEADLINE

Per iscriverti contatta il Local Organizer per l'Italia, Giorgio Riccomini, all'indirizzo email Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo. 

Dopo avere ricevuto conferma dal Local Organizer potrai inviare la tua candidatura compilando l' Application Form

Termine candidature: 5 febbraio 2022

REQUISITI PER PARTECIPARE

- Essere residente in uno dei Paesi partecipanti alla Competition GeCCo 2022;

- Avere un’età compresa tra 18 e 35 anni;

- Avere una conoscenza teorica di base della disciplina project management. L’esperienza può essere un plus ma non è obbligatoria. È necessario conoscere i termini, le definizioni, i tools e le metodologie di project management;

- Una buona conoscenza della lingua inglese;

- Un pc e una connessione internet disponibili.

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Building a new reality in a sustainable manner in the era of digital transformation

This is the third time in the 57 years of IPMA that we have held our Council of Delegates in a virtual way, still conditioned by the global pandemic. A situation that has lead to all of us continuing to learn how to adapt to these circumstances of necessary change and transformation.

As we shared throughout this year at various IPMA events worldwide dealing with this pandemic period, resilience—the ability to respond to the crisis—has helped many organisations survive a turbulent year, but resilience is as much about reconnaissance as it is about recovery. During the days preceding our Council meeting we have made a great effort together with our Russian Association delivering our 32nd World Congress. It was postponed from last year and will this year take place in a blended format, on-line as well as face-to-face in the City of Saint Petersburg. The motto of the congress is “Project Management in the Digital Transformation Era”.

Digital transformation goes much further than IT modernization, from cloud computing to digital optimization and to the invention of new digital business models. In general, it refers to the use and management of digital technology to evolve or create new PM and business processes and consequently whole project portfolio practices, applied methods and methodologies, tools, techniques and associated competences. Digital transformation of our profession means the process of assessing customer needs and leveraging technology to improve project deliverables as well as end-user experience and satisfaction. End users being our customers, employees as well as other relevant stakeholders such as the society as a whole. IPMA thinks it is important that this transformation should also take place in a sustainable manner.

Digital transformation management is about evolving businesses by experimenting with new technology and rethinking the current approach to common issues. Because it’s an evolution, a transformation doesn’t necessarily have a clear end point. It’s a continuous process where management continuously adapts to a constantly changing environment. For this a clear strategy, programmes and projects are needed for any organisation that means to continually seek out ways to improve the end user experience.

Sustainable digital transformation is crucial because it allows Organisations to adapt to ever-changing environments and continually improve how they operate. I am convinced that the strategy to improve and sustain digital transformation in an organisation consists of addressing three pillars: 1. customer experience/satisfaction; 2. operational processes (focusing on PPPM evolution) and 3. business models.
An effective digital transformation approach will create a framework to follow throughout this ever-evolving process, taking into account knowing what the organisation hopes to achieve in terms of monitoring, controlling and tracking along the way.

The IPMA ICB4© (Individual Competence Baseline) addresses Change and Transformation in the Competence Area of Practices as follows:

Newly developed capabilities only deliver benefits when they are put to use, and when they are supported by the organisations and people receiving them. Change (as improvement of a current situation, keeping the past in mind) and transformation (the emerging development of new situations, based on a vision of the future) provides the process, tools and techniques that can be utilised to help individuals and organisations make successful personal and organisational transitions resulting in the adoption and realisation of change.

IPMA Chairman Dr. Jesus Martinez Almela highlights that the most important thing now addressing the level of change and transformation management required by a portfolio will largely depend on the amount of disruption created in individuals’ and groups’ day-to-day lives, plus attributes such as culture, value systems and history with past changes. Change and transformation do not primarily happen ‘by design’, and are not usually a linear process. The individual needs to regularly monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the changes and adapt the change or transformation strategy. The individual also needs to take into account the change capacity and capabilities of people, groups or organisations in order to help them successfully adapt or transform.

We will continue our work worldwide and see the future in a much more transformed, digitalized and sustainable way, addressing our new reality.

Jesus Martinez Almela, IPMA Council of Delegates Chairman