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IPMA Project Management Championship: National Final - July 15, 2021

pmcNational Final of Italian IPMA Project Management Championship took place on July 15, 2021 in collaboration with BTO Research.

Students’ teams had to solve out the business case “BRIDGE project! New challenges for the company!” acting like they were the Project Management Office with the aim of strengthening the INNOVATION IN ACTION! Practice’s market positioning by creating a better link (bridge) between companies needs and the academic and research environment and properly managing strategy, roles and responsibilities, communication plan, etc. in order to ensure the success of the project.


It has a been a great experience for all students that were enthusiastic and glad to have this opportunity.


At the end of the day the Jury announced the winning team that is going to represent Italy at the International IPMC Final in Serbia (virtual event) between September 10-12, 2021.


Members of the winning team are:
• Vincenzo Messina
• Emanuele Musso
• Vito Terranova
• Matteo Zemello


They all comes from Politecnico of Milano.

A special thanks to BTO Research, the company that supported us in organizing the event and together with Young Crew Italy prepared this case study giving to students the opportunity to learn and improve their personal and professional skills.

 

Results of Italian PMC 2021 - Qualification Round

The Qualification Round of IPMA Project Management Championship 2021 is ended on July 7, 2021.

IPMA Young Crew Italy is pleased to announce the six winning teams who will participate to the National Final on July 15, 2021, organized in collaboration with BTO Research.

The winning teams are:


1° - Politecnico di Milano
Team: Federico Canti, Edoardo Beani Seri, Riccardo Del Frate, Pablo Dell’Orto
Score 77%


2° - Politecnico di Milano
Team: Marco Roncatti, Sonia De Santis, Giuseppe de Leo
Score 69%


3° - Politecnico di Milano
Team: Emanuele Musso, Vito Terranova, Vincenzo Messina, Matteo Zemello
Score 68%


4° - Università di Bergamo
Team: Annalisa Pagani, Giacomo Salvemini, Andrea Panunzi
Score 59%


5° - Università di Bergamo
Team: Samuele Carlessi, Claudia Piffari, Giorgio Termali
Score 50%


6° - Politecnico di Milano
Team: Stefano Rovelli, Andrea Simone Galbussera, Alessandro Pignati
Score 35%

 

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 on July 15 (9:00 - 15:00). 
We remember that the winning team of the National Final will participate to the PMC International Final in Serbia (online event) between September 10 and September 12, 2021.

 

IPMA PM Championship 2021 - Registration are open

Pm ChampIPMA Italy is thrilled to offer the opportunity to participate to the PM Championship competition to the students in the project management field.

Online registration for the Competition have been extended till July 7, 2021.

 

 

REGISTRATION

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 June 10 until July 7, 2021)

Each team, composed by 3/4 people, is allowed to take the Qualification Test (100 questions in 100 minutes) at any time from 10 June to 7 July 2021. 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 within the 9th of July 2021.

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 - Online - July 15, 2021

The winning teams of the Qualification Round will participate to the National Final, that will be in collaboration with BTO Research, on July 15, 2021. 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 winning team.

 

3° STAGE: International Final - Serbia (Online) from September 10 until September 12, 2021

The winning team will be invited to participate to the International Final of Project Management Championship, that will be online, from September 10 to September 12, 2021.

 

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 GLOBAL BEST PRACTICE WEEK: HOW TO REACH AND MAINTAIN RESILIENCE

We are pleased to announce the 2° IPMA GLOBAL BEST PRACTICE WEEK, that will take place from April 26 till April 29, 2021.

The yearly IPMA virtual event focus on prevailing topics of and around project management.

IPMA brings together best practices from all around the world to build sustainable business practices.

 

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Project Managers play a significant role in building a better world because developments are usually realised through projects.

After a very successful start in 2020, where the IPMA Global Best Practice Week focused on competences desperately needed for the post-pandemic challenges, this year it focuses on resilience.

 

EVENT'S PROGRAMME: https://bpw.ipma.world/programme/

 

REGISTRATIONS

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Special discount for IPMA members.

Ticket includes:

- Live access to all event’s streams (Masterclasses included)

- Post-event recordings – valid for 3-months

- PDFs, PPTs and other materials available to download

- Digital Proof of Participation – after the event

 

Link: https://bpw.ipma.world/registration/

 

 

Communique for March 27th, 2021 virtual CoD, The new reality: resilience and antifragility

IPMA has completed the March Council of Delegates meeting online. As the World has been
locked down several times, we have seen at first hand the diculties experienced nations and
regions. The SARS-COV2 Covid-19 pandemic brutally exposed our vulnerabilities in every area.
One lesson we can learn is that we need to build our ability to adapt and withstand future crises.


During this pandemic period, resilience – the ability to respond to the crisis – has helped many
organizations survive a turbulent year. Resilience is as much about recognition as it is about recovery.
The resilient actions taken by organisations include investing in workforce initiatives such as reskilling
or redesigning work, diversifying operations, and developing technological capabilities to drive new
business models. Successful organizations adapted to remote working, kept employees safe, both
mentally and physically, and took actions to maintain trust between leaders and employees. They
also valued diversity, equity and inclusion and made commitments to improve the environment and
strengthen their communities.


We, at the International Project Management Association (IPMA), currently with 72 national
Member Associations worldwide, share with our members the skills and abilities needed to reach and
maintain resilience. We are the oldest network of project management professionals worldwide and
are 56 years in existence. We represent a professional network of people that promote excellence in
projects, programmes, and portfolios, supporting the development of individual, organisational and
project management technical and behavioural competences. IPMA has global standards in place that
define these competencies.


All these hard and soft human competences are needed at this diŠcult time. A time where regional and
local networks must collaborate more closely, addressing the specific challenges of the region or local
environment and helping to minimise the impact of the crisis. Today we must be more disciplined and
rigorous than ever while maintaining our humanity in the face of the pandemic challenges.


This past year shows that we are what we say at IPMA: we are proud to be part of the IPMA Family,
a family of professionals who build relationships for life. We develop our relationships so that they exist
far beyond mere institutional relationships. We stand ready to tackle the diŠcult challenges of the
future – together.


The Covid-19 crisis will provoke both ideological and economic earthquakes and we are moving towards
a new horizon. Some things will benefit from the shock waves; they thrive and grow when exposed to
volatility, randomness, disorder, stressors, and uncertainty. These will cause new concepts and strategies
to arise. This is our understanding of antifragility. This is the stage beyond resilience or robustness. The
resilient resist shocks and stay the same; the antifragile moves, reacts, responds, and gets better.


IPMA Chairman Dr. Jesus Martinez Almela highlights that the most important thing now is to continue
taking care of our physical and mental health. We at IPMA have had to adapt and adjust everything
very quickly to the new situation over the last 12 months. IPMA structures, operations, projects,
regulations, events, certification, and our relationship with our Associations and key stakeholders have
adjusted. They all have the same objective: to win this battle against Covid-19 and build a resilient,
antifragile, and sustainable tomorrow. We can only do this together. We will continue as IPMA to focus
on developing competent professionals, committed to sharing valuable insights for our common good.
We will continue our work that began over 50 years ago and see the future in a much more virtual world
addressing a new reality.

 

CoD Communique 27032021

 

 

IPMA: Innovation and Change Conference - 18 February 2021

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The Future of New at the IPMA SIG Innovation and Change Conference

 

La conference si terrà online il 18 febbraio 2021 dalle ore 15:00 alle ore 19:00.

 

Come possiamo gestire le trasformazioni oggi in atto?

Come possiamo rendere i progetti che gestiamo elementi catalizzatori di innovazione e cambiamento?

Quali competenze dovranno avere i Project Leader del Futuro?

A queste ed altre domande daremo risposta durante la conferenza, in cui verranno presentati case studies di progetti portatori di innovazioni e si approfondiranno i main topic: Creativity At Work, Building Innovation, Change Portfolios.

 

TOPICS

- Designing the Future: Leveraging Design Thinking in Projects, Michael Lewrick

- Innovation Dos and Don'ts for Projects, Susan Reed

- New Ways To Tell Old Stories: David Dobkin on Innovation in Hollywood, David Dobkin

 

Il programma dettagliato e maggiori informazioni sono disponibili sul sito dell'evento:

https://sig.ipma.world/future-of-new/

 

ISCRIZIONI

IPMA Italy ha riservato 5 biglietti gratuiti ai propri soci e certificati con certificazione IPMA (D, C, B, A) in corso di validità.

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Confermeremo le prime cinque richieste che verranno accettate in ordine cronologico.

 

Il form di iscrizione è disponibile sul sito dell'evento: https://sig.ipma.world/future-of-new/ 

 

 

 

IPMA GeCCo 2020-2021: Global eCollaboration Competition. Le iscrizioni sono aperte

GeCCoIPMA Young Crew Italy ti invita a partecipare alla prossima edizione di GeCCo!

A 24 Hours Online Case Study Competition

 

Quest'anno la competizione si terrà nei giorni 6-7 marzo 2021

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.

 

ISCRIZIONI E DEADLINE

Per iscriverti contatta il Local Organizer per l'Italia, Claudia Giacalone, 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 2021

Il termine per le iscrizioni è stato prorogato fino a lunedì 8 febbraio 2021.

 

REQUISITI PER PARTECIPARE

- Essere residente in uno dei Paesi partecipanti alla Competition GeCCo 2020-2021;

- 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.

 

Visita il sito ufficiale: website

 

Scarica la BROCHURE

CERTIFICAZIONE IPMA DELTA: IL CASO DI SUCCESSO TERNA PLUS

Logo IMPAIl 30 novembre si è concluso il Delta Assessment di Terna Plus, società del Gruppo Terna, che ha ottenuto la certificazione delle competenze di project management della propria organizzazione nella categoria "Competence Class 3".

16 interviste condotte con più di 750 domande che hanno coinvolto tutta l'azienda nell'elaborazione del processo di assessment, conclusosi con successo.

IPMA Delta è l'Assessement che può certificare un'organizzazione per le sue competenze complessive in project management.

L'obiettivo è quello di accertare le performance dell'azienda nella disciplina del project management per proiettarle verso nuovi livelli di target attesi. 

Ci congratuliamo con il gruppo Terna Plus per il grande risultato conseguito.

Sotto è disponibile il Comunicato Stampa dell'azienda.

 

COMUNICATO STAMPA

 

IPMA DELTA

IPMA Delta® is based on IPMA Organisational Competence Baseline (IPMA OCB®) as well as on IPMA Individual Competence Baseline (IPMA ICB®) and IPMA Project Excellence Baseline® (IPMA PEB).

 

IPMA International - Communique for September 26th virtual Council of Delegates

The world has been locked down after last March. Life in many countries is coming to a standstill due to SARS-CoV-2, who generated the pandemic Covid-19.

 

What makes this pandemic different from other ones is that we did not want to recognize and investigate this known risk further. The risk was always there. And available in a global world where information (authentic and fake) is transmitted practically in real-time. Assimilating this information is not an easy task for many people, especially in uncertain times. Most governments around the world reacted late and even
badly, at least at the wrong time. We need a common strategy for these types of latent risks, a portfolio that defines priorities and programmes that align the projects necessary to address the challenges.

We cannot leave our politicians, our institutions, our companies, and other responsible groups alone. Now is the time when we must share even more benefits of our profession. A profession in which success is based on personal and social skills (people-focused), understanding of(perspective focused) and technical skills (practice focused). For this, we need a common strategy, more and better projects, programmes, and portfolios. And above all, we need more competent directors/managers of these projects, programmes, and portfolios.

At the International Project Management Association (IPMA), we, currently with 72 national Member Associations worldwide, are going to do it. We are the first network for the project management profession worldwide, active for more than 56 years. We represent a professional network that promotes excellence in projects, programmes, and portfolios, supporting individual, organisational, and project management competences. IPMA has global standards in place that define all of these.

All these competences are needed at this difficult time. A time where regional and local networks must collaborate more closely, addressing the specific challenges of the region or local environment minimising the crisis impact.

All of us today must be more disciplined and rigorous than ever. In our respective fields as professionals and individuals, we must protect others by protecting ourselves. It requires us to prioritise others above ourselves. We must stay together by contributing facts, not fictions, reality instead of falsehoods, and simply doing the right things. One day at a time.

It is time to show that we are what we say at IPMA: proud to be part of the IPMA Family, a family of professionals who build relationships for life, far beyond institutional relationships. Ready to tackle difficult challenges of the future.

The COVID-19 crisis will provoke both ideological and economic earthquakes: we are moving towards a new horizon. We need to begin to build just now, at this very moment, with the social, economic, and political measures taken to solve this global crisis in each country and region. Hiding out and thinking that „it will clear itself soon” or „that everything can be solved with individual responsibility and selfdiscipline only” may not be the right approach for many individuals. But now, even more than ever, programme and project management, and portfolio direction are more necessary to be implemented. Naturally, by competent project managers. A new global scenario and „a new world” is coming, and we cannot ignore it. We are here – 72 nations, to help in this process and to do it sustainably.

IPMA President Dr. Jesus Martinez Almela highlights that the most important thing at the moment is to take care of your and our physical and mental health. We at IPMA have had to adapt everything very quickly to the new situation: structure, operations, projects, regulations, events, certification, relationship with our Associations and key stakeholders with the same objective: to win this battle against COVID-19 and build the desired, common and sustainable tomorrow. We can only do this together. We will continue as IPMA to develop competent professionals, committed and used to sharing valuable insights for our common good. Just as we have done for more than half a century. And now even in a much more virtual world, addressing a new reality.

 

Jesus Martinez Almela, IPMA President
VIRTUAL IPMA COUNCIL OF DELEGATES MEETING, SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2020

"HOW TO MANAGE THE GREAT RESET?" 2020 IPMA GLOBAL BEST PRACTICE WEEK

We are pleased to announce the IPMA GLOBAL BEST PRACTICE WEEK, that will take place from October 26 till October 31, 2020.

This virtual event focuses on the post-pandemic recovery period to build sustainable business practices.

Project Managers play a significant role in the great reset, as postulated by the World Economic Forum.

 

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EVENT'S PROGRAMME https://bpw.ipma.world/programme/

 

MAIN TOPICS

• Leadership, trust and empathy

• Agility and flexibility

• Change management 

• Coaching and mentoring

• Teamwork 

• Communication 

• Resourcefulness, imagination, inventiveness

• Self-management

• Diversity and inclusion 

• Conflict resolution

• Results orientation

• Strategic thinking and sustainability

• Adaptiveness taking lessons learned into account

 

REGISTRATION 

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Participation brings additional 20 CPD points to each participant, valid for the purpose of Certification renewal.

Special discount for IPMA members.

Ticket includes:

- Live access to all event’s streams

- Post-event recordings – valid for 3-months

- PDFs, PPTs and other materials available to download

- Digital Proof of Participation – after the event

- Access to all keynote and case presentations

- Free Participation in the Virtual Awards Ceremony

 

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CERTIFICAZIONE IPMA: DISPOSIZIONI ESAMI IN REMOTO PER EMERGENZA COVID-19

IPMA logoCari Soci, Certificati e amici IPMA Italy,

Vi informiamo che per far fronte a questo periodo di emergenza Covid-19, per poter garantire a tutti voi l'opportunità di intraprendere e proseguire il percorso di certificazione IPMA in Project/Programme/Portfolio Managament, abbiamo adottatto e autorizzato la possibilità di svolgimento delle prove scritte in modalità remota.

 

Vogliamo poter assicurare a tutti coloro che possano e vogliano acquisire un riconoscimento professionale a dimostrazione delle proprie competenze in project management, la possibilità di iscriversi e continuare il proprio percorso di crescita professionale senza interruzioni.

Conseguentemente alle disposizioni in essere per la situazione Covid-19 e alle criticità che siamo costretti ad affrontare in questo difficile momento, abbiamo redatto le regolamentazioni che verranno applicate fino a nuove disposizioni.

A seguito vi riportiamo le modalità d'esame autorizzate dal nostro Certification Body, in conformità alle regulation internazionali di IPMA International Project Management Association.

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CERTIFICAZIONE INTERNAZIONALE IPMA 4LC - ESAMI IN MODALITA' REMOTA

(Disposizioni transitorie valide nel periodo di emergenza Covid-19)

 

LIVELLO A*

ESAME SCRITTO: NA

REPORT: si mantiene la procedura standard riportata nel Manuale della certificazione IPMA Livello A

COLLOQUIO: seguirà la procedura standard e si svolgerà in modalità remota tramite piattaforma digitale MS Teams oppure altre piattaforme, preventivamente autorizzate da IPMA Italy.

 

LIVELLO B*

ESAME SCRITTO: la prova si potrà svolgere in modalità orale tramite piattaforma digitale MS Teams oppure altre piattaforme, preventivamente autorizzate da IPMA Italy.

Durata: 1,5 ore

La struttura della prova (tipologia e numero di domande) resta invariata.

REPORT: si mantiene la procedura standard riportata nel Manuale della certificazione IPMA Livello B

COLLOQUIO: seguirà la procedura standard e si svolgerà in remoto tramite le modalità sopra citate.

 

LIVELLO C

ESAME SCRITTO: la prova si potrà svolgere in modalità orale tramite piattaforma digitale MS Teams oppure altre piattaforme, preventivamente autorizzate da IPMA Italy.

Durata: 1 ora

La struttura della prova (tipologia e numero di domande) resta invariata.

REPORT: si mantiene la procedura standard riportata nel Manuale della certificazione IPMA Livello C

COLLOQUIO: seguirà la procedura standard e si svolgerà in remoto tramite le modalità sopra citate.

 

LIVELLO D

ESAME SCRITTO: la prova si potrà svolgere tramite apposito programma online.

La supervisione dell'esame sarà condotta da un membro del nostro Certification Body tramite piattaforma digitale MS Teams oppure altre piattaforme, preventivamente autorizzate da IPMA Italy.

La struttura (tipologia e numero di domande) e la durata della prova restano invariate.

 

N.B.

Per i livelli C e B l'ordine delle prove precedenti il Colloquio, laddove ritenuto necessario da IPMA Italy e previa autorizzazione, potrà subire variazioni. 

* Quanto indicato per i livelli A e B si riferisce a tutti i domini Project, Programme e Portfolio.

 

 

PROGRAMMA STUDENTI: CERTIFICAZIONE IPMA ITALY INTRODUCTORY LEVEL

L’esame scritto si potrà svolgere tramite apposito programma online. 

La supervisione dell'esame sarà condotta da un membro del nostro Certification Body tramite piattaforma digitale MS Teams oppure altre piattaforme, preventivamente autorizzate da IPMA Italy.

La struttura (tipologia e numero di domande) e la durata della prova restano invariate.

 

 

 

WEBINAR CERTIFICAZIONE IPMA IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT - 2 APRILE 2020

IPMA Italy vi invita giovedì 2 aprile 2020 alle ore 15:30 al Workshop della Certificazione IPMA, che si svolgerà tramite webinar. 

Ricordiamo che la partecipazione è gratuita previa registrazione attraverso il MODULO DI ISCRIZIONE

Una volta effettuata l'iscrizione riceverete via mail l'invito per la partecipazione online.

 

Temi webinar:

- Presentazione IPMA e Modello delle Competenze (IPMA ICB4 – Individual Competence Baseline);

- Presentazione del Modello di Certificazione internazionale in project management basato su 4 livelli (D,C,B,A);

- Descrizione dei requisiti di accesso ai diversi livelli di certificazione IPMA;

- Procedura, fasi d'esame e modalità di iscrizione;

- Il valore e il riconoscimento della Certificazione internazionale IPMA per le aziende e per i professionisti Project Manager.

 

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We Are All Going to Build the Future: a message from the IPMA President

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The world has been locked down for the last months in certain countries. In the last weeks, life in many countries is coming to a standstill due to an unexpected black swan – called SARS-CoV-2.

 

This is a virus from the coronavirus family causing the COVID-19 disease, now recognised as a pandemic. But is the virus really new? Or is it a black swan caused by the fact that experts and people in charge have not applied lessons learned from situations generated by other, recent outbreaks of similar viruses. Our brain, the human brain, tends to quickly forget unpleasant, chaotic and painful situations and circumstances as a response mechanism. And the response is usually forgetfulness, as well as a  lack of applying lessons learnt. Those who know me personally also know that my thirty-plus years of professional experience has been connected with the rural world and the agri-food sector. It is clear that most of the recent epidemics and pandemics have been generated here.

What makes this pandemic different from other ones? It must be because we did not want to recognize and investigate this known risk further. The risk was always there. And available in a global world where information (true and fake) is transmitted practically in real-time. Assimilating this information is not an easy task for many people, especially in uncertain times. The lessons learned applied from the last “flu-like” epidemics, not to mention other epidemics, were only a few. Most governments around the world reacted late and even badly, at least at the wrong time. For these types of latent risks, we need a common strategy, a portfolio that defines priorities and programmes that align the projects necessary to address the challenges. This was not done. See the LINK with Bill Gates talking about the pandemic  (TED Talk).

 

In past weeks, an enormous amount of information has been written, published and shared in all kinds of media. News about the polyhedral form of the virus, its origins, history, trends, impact and what it will generate. A positive aspect of all of this is that this arouses curiosity and many people want more and better knowledge about the pandemic and how it is (and will in the future) impact our societies. Without any doubt, the world we thought we knew a couple of days ago will not necessarily be different – when the curve flattens and we all return to “relative” normality.

It is inevitable nowadays to read and hear statements such as: “We are facing a war without conventional weapons”. But this is a war in which battles are fought on different fronts. And by different actors. At this time they are the dedicated doctors, nurses people from other emergency services and the security forces that ensure the basic needs of the local population. They are the actors who simply sacrifice themselves the most, so the rest of the citizens (many of them confined in their houses voluntarily and/or obligatory) can support the front against the enemy – COVID-19.

 

But the rest of us cannot sit still. Especially those who must continue working in their fields, and for sure those remotely working from their homes. More than ever we need to understand the importance of transcending projects, programmes and portfolios and the competences needed for these. The time will come for further reflection about the lessons not learned this time. Now is the time for solidarity and teamwork.

We cannot leave our politicians, our institutions, our companies and other responsible groups alone. Now is the time when we must evangelize more than ever about the advantages of our profession. A profession whose success is based on personal and social skills (people-focused), context understanding (perspective focused) and technical skills (practice focused). For this, we need a common strategy, more and better projects, programmes and portfolios. And above all, we need more competent directors/managers of these projects, programmes and portfolios.

 

We, at the International Project Management Association (IPMA), currently with 73 national Member Associations worldwide, are going to do it. We are the oldest network for the project management profession worldwide, being active for more than 55 years. We represent a professional network that promotes excellence in projects, programmes and portfolios, supporting the development of individual, organisational and project management competences. IPMA has global standards in place that define all of these.

All these competences are needed at this difficult time. A time where regional and local networks must collaborate more closely, addressing the specific challenges of the region or local environment. Minimising the impact of the crisis.

All of us today must be more disciplined and rigorous than ever. In our respective fields as professionals and individuals, we must protect others by protecting ourselves. This asks us to prioritise others above ourselves and is a completely new “state of war” that we must win together by contributing facts, not fiction, reality instead of falsehoods and simply by doing the right things. One day at a time.

It is time to show that we are what we say at IPMA: proud to be part of the IPMA Family, a family of professionals who build relationships for life, far beyond institutional relationships. Ready to tackle difficult challenges of the future.
The COVID-19 crisis will provoke both ideological and economic earthquakes: we are moving towards a new horizon. We need to begin to build just now, at this very moment, with the social, economic and political measures taken to solve this global crisis in each country and region. Hiding out and thinking that “it will clear itself soon” or “that everything can be solved with individual responsibility and self-discipline only” may not be the right approach for many individuals. But now, even more than ever, programme and project management, and portfolio direction are more necessary to be implemented. Naturally, by competent project managers. A new global scenario and “a new world” is coming, and we cannot ignore it. We are here – 73 nations, to help in this process and to do it in a sustainable manner.

  

The IPMA Executive Board is working on different scenarios to contribute to mentioned challenges:

  > We have started with activities aimed at digitalizing the requirements of the different professional certification schemes. We’ll be sharing more information about it in the forthcoming days and weeks.
  > We have extended deadlines for applications to the global Project Excellence and Individual Awards, validations etc.
  > We will proceed with our online activities and also increase the level and content of our communication.
  > We have cancelled the events that were planned in March up to June. We will be updating our programme of national, regional and global events soon.


The most important thing at the moment is to take care of your and our physical and mental health. With the same objective: to win this battle against COVID-19 and build the desired, common future. We can only do this together. We will continue as IPMA to focus on developing competent professionals, committed and used to sharing valuable insights for our common good. Just as we have done for more than half a century now.

 

In the next few days, we’ll be informing you about a series of webinars that we are planning to organise. We will also share some additional information with respect to the cancelled the Kathmandu CoD a few weeks ago.
I am convinced that together we will help to build a better and more sustainable and common future. Right now I kindly ask you all to stay at home, protect yourselves and your loved ones. For those who have no other option, please take all the necessary precautions advised.

 

Warmest regards

Jesus Martinez Almela, IPMA President

GeCCo Global eCollaboration Competition 19/20 - ci siamo!

GeCCo 2019 20

 

Il 14 Marzo 2020 IPMA Young Crew dà il via all’ottava edizione della Competition più amata dai giovani Project Manager.

Young Crew Italy ha selezionato tra studenti e giovani professionisti ben 11 partecipanti che, insieme a quelli di oltre 20 altri paesi, si sfideranno nella risoluzione di un case study in cui la parola d’ordine è Team-working! 

Ora più che mai noi andiamo avanti. 

Grazie alle modalità di smart working, concezione lavorativa che sta alle base di GeCCo, garantiremo il regolare svolgimento della competizione dalle ore 12:00 di sabato 14 marzo alle ore 14:00 di domenica 15 marzo 2020.

IPMA Young Crew è orgogliosa di poter offrire quest'opportunità, soprattutto in un momento come questo, riunendo giovani di diversi paesi e coinvolgendoli in un contensto multiculturale in cui possono mettere alla prova le proprie skills.

 

Tramite i nostri canali social Facebook e LinkedIn vi aggiorneremo in real-time sulla competizione.

Auguriamo un grosso in bocca al lupo ai nostri team in attesa di sapere chi saranno i vincitori!