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5/14/2010

Declaration of „International CM Day“ (Seoul)

Linked to a conference of the Construction Management Association of Korea , CMAK together with CIOD, CMAA, CMAJ and IPMA signed the Declaration of the „International CM Day“.  Construction Management, for me Project Management in the construction business, has the goal to manage construction systematically and efficiently throughout its life cycle. I think it´s time to work closer together and to exchange our views. We declared that the second Monday in March of each year will be the “International Construction Management Day”. 

Posted at 1:34 AM by Brigitte Schaden | Permalink | Email this Post | Comments (0)

4/18/2010

„One“Day in London

I planned a one day trip to London to discuss further steps with APMG. This was on Thursday. I am still there due to the volcanic activity in Iceland. What do you take with you for a one day trip? Correct, nothing, it´s like going to the office.

But I am an IPMA Project Manager. I have competencies like self-control, assertiveness, relaxation, openness, creativity, results orientation, efficiency, negotiation, conflict & crisis. All very helpful in this situation! The only thing I have observed, ethics is going down in these situations J

Are you interested how I probably will get back home to Vienna? With support of our friends from APMG I have a bus ticket for tomorrow morning. I couldn´t imagine that there will be a situation in my life where I am happy about a 25 hours bus trip!

Posted at 8:00 AM by Brigitte Schaden | Category: Conferences and meetings | Permalink | Email this Post | Comments (0)

3/31/2010

Council of Delegates Meeting in The Hague

Last weekend we had our CoD meeting in the Netherlands. It was really amazing; it feels like a meeting of the United Nations, really global!  And we can really be proud of a great output. 

We got two more members: Mexiko and Peru which is very important for our representation in Middle and South America. We had (despite of the economical difficulties) a significant increase of membership and certifications! We are proceeding in our registration program, we developed new categories in our award system and a new product of the research board: The festival of knowledge with the research expert seminar. We are working on our cooperation with APMG, we could welcome new global companies, we are proud of the initiatives of our young crew in Nepal (coaching4development) and our progress within the EU commission.

Everything was perfectly organized and our “IPMA family dinner” with a great show gives me the feeling that I am in the right association!

Posted at 2:38 PM by Brigitte Schaden | Category: Conferences and meetings | Permalink | Email this Post | Comments (1)

3/3/2010

IPMA Expert Seminar

I had the opportunity to open the IPMA Expert Seminar in Zürich. People from 16 different countries were participating, even from Saudi Arabia, Ghana and Hong Kong (China), really amazing!

We were working on “Survival and Sustainability as Challenges for Projects”; we definitely will need sustainability if we want to survive.

One of the main questions was, whether we should focus on sustainability of project management or sustainability of the project products. As with most things in life, this is not a matter of choice, we have to accentuate the need for both.

In the evening - after a “middle short” walk through snow and ice - we had a very nice dinner “cheese fondue” up the hill.

Regarding sustainability of the seminar: the papers as well as a summary of the interactive work will be published in the traditional proceedings book.

Posted at 8:33 PM by Brigitte Schaden | Permalink | Email this Post | Comments (0)

2/25/2010

IPMA in Indonesia

Just coming back from Jakarta, Indonesia… Beside meetings where I tried to motivate a group of people to become IPMA members, I was participating in a panel discussion comparing competency based to knowledge based certification systems. It´s really interesting to see that knowledge based certification systems are more and more seen as a good starting point in project management, but later on it´s important to have experienced and competent project managers. A knowledge based test doesn´t help anymore, advanced assessments are necessary to find out if somebody is really competent as a project manager. Good to see that IPMA is on the right track…

Posted at 4:51 PM by Brigitte Schaden | Category: Conferences and meetings | Permalink | Email this Post | Comments (1)