PMFORUM Breaking News

Reported by Rüdiger Geist in Zurich

The Swiss Project Management Association (SPM) and the International Project Management Association (IPMA) will organize an IPMA Expert Seminar in Zurich, Switzerland in February. The two-day workshop with the theme "Survival and Sustainability as Challenges for Projects" will be held during 18-19 February 2010. Don't miss this opportunity to learn and discuss how project management can help your organization and/or project survive today.

 

This IPMA International Expert Seminar will make a contribution to understanding the survival and sustainability of projects, as well as the role of the investor, in a changing project context. Sustainability does not help if the organization does not survive. An organization is not likely to survive if it does not invest I projects that lead to good short and long term results.

The Expert Seminar in Zurich will provide an opportunity for experts from various sectors of the economy and university departments, as well as participants with different cultural backgrounds, to discuss these topics and possible solutions based on various case studies, research results and theories.

The expected streams for the Zurich Expert Seminar in February 2010 include:

1. Role of the Investor - What is the role of the investor in a project programme or portfolio? Can the project manager contribute to the viability and risk management of the project? When and how should a project be changed, suspended or deleted?
   
2. From Expectations to Results - What are the results of the project in the short and long time? How can the project manager contribute to the elaboration of expectations, objectives and plans, and to achieving the project results in the long and short term?
   
3. Responsibility for Sustainability - What means sustainability in projects? Who is responsible for which sustainable project results? How can these parties be engaged during the project life cycle, for achieving better project results after the project ends?
   
4. Technical and Behavioral Management of Conflicts and Crises - How should project management deal with conflicts of interest, uncertainty and crises? What is the role of conflicts or crises for the survival and sustainability of projects? What PM competencies are required for managing these?

The IPMA Expert Seminar in Zurich is organized by the Swiss Project Management Association. The Seminar chairman is Tom Taylor, UK. The Programme Committee Chairman is Daniel Scheifele, Switzerland. The Organising Committee includes Hans Knoepfel, Markust Staueble, Daniel Scheifele, Peter Simonis, Daniel Baumann and Urs Witschi. For more information or to register, visit www.ipma-expertseminar.com.

Founded in 1967 and registered in Switzerland, the International Project Management Association (IPMA) is the world's oldest project management professional organization. IPMA is an international federation of more than 45 national PM societies in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. To advance the project management profession worldwide, IPMA conducts an annual World Congress and a series of Expert Seminars in various countries each year. For further information, navigate to www.ipma.ch .