Project Management (IPMA®)

The book contains the complete learning content for the IPMA® Level D Certification as well as the GPM Basic Certificate. It offers numerous examples, templates for project management methods and practical tips. It also aims to convey the joy of project management, which when carried out professionally is probably one of the most versatile and exciting professions imaginable.

The IPMA® (International Project Management Association) defines global standards for professional project management. The three competence areas of the current standard ICB4.0 (Individual Competence Baseline) Perspective (context), People (personal and social) and Practice (methods and technical) provide the certification framework for project managers. The competence-based approach of IPMA® enables the transfer into practice and goes beyond the pure knowledge acquisition of other certifications solely based on tools and methods. In this way, the transfer to everyday project management can be managed successfully.

Contents:

• Project context: how projects are embedded in companies, what legal regulations need to be considered, the role of organizational culture in project implementation
• People in the project: personal and social skills for project managers, how to design projects with people for people

• Methods and techniques: from requirements analysis to performance, resource, time and cost planning through to project controlling and project closure
  All topics are explained for both classical (plan-based) and agile project management and how to combine these two approaches (hybrid).

  New in the 2nd edition:

• Modernized German standard of the current ICB 4 (valid from 01.01.2024)
• Coverage of agile and hybrid project management
• Continuous project examples as an aid for writing the Level D report

Highly qualified authors with years of experience in training

Auteur
Dr. h.c. Konstantin Dirbanis is a consultant, trainer and coach for project management with more than 34 years of experience in industries such as finance, automotive, pharmaceuticals and aviation. He runs the consulting firm Bulbb GmbH, is an accredited trainer of the GPM and also certified as SAFe Program Consultant. Together with Dr. Karen Dittmann, he runs the training platform Better Project Training.

Résumé

This book contains the complete learning scope for the certification to IPMA® Level D, as well as the scope for obtaining the Basic Certificate. It offers numerous examples and templates for project management methods and practical tips. It also aims to show that professionally executed project management can actually be enjoyable and is probably one of the most versatile and exciting professions imaginable.

The IPMA® (International Project Management Association) defines standards for professional project management worldwide. With its five-level model, it provides the certification framework for project managers, with a strong focus on its transfer into the daily routine of project management. The approach does not limit itself to procedures and process models but covers all competencies important for project management.

Contents:

• Defining the terms, standards and types of projects
• Corporate culture and values in projects
• Personal and social skills for project managers
• Methodical-technical know-how for projects: initialization, planning, requirements and goals, control, completion
• New: new standard ICB 4.1: binding since December 2022, topic agility