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International Project Management Association
Founded1965
TypeProfessional Association Organization
FocusProject management
Area served
Worldwide
MethodCertification, Industry standards, Conferences, Publications
Members
59 member organizations
250,000+ members (2014)
Key people
Reinhard Wagner, President
Websitewww.ipma.org

The International Project Management Association is an international professional organization for project management for both member organizations and individual members founded in 1965, and operation from Zurich, Switzerland.

It was founded in 1965 and 1972 under the name International Management Systems Association and in its early years operated under the name INTERNET for INTERnational NETwork.[1] With the rise of the internet in the 1990s the name of the association changed into the current name, International Project Management Association.

The organization nowadays has about 50 member organizations and 250.000 individual members. Its current president is Reinhard Wagner.

History

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Early events and foundation in 1965 and 1972

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The International Project Management Association started as a international initiative under the name International Management Systems Association in 1965, and in its early years operated under the name INTERNET (for INTERnational NETwork). This had started with a small group of European professionals from Sweden, France, the Netherlands and Germany, who had come up with the idea to create an international network to discuss advancements in the tools for the management of projects.[2] Pannenbaecker and Dworatschek (2005) specified:

"In 1964, along with an European aircraft project Pierre Koch of France invited Dick Vullinghs from The Netherlands and Roland Gutsch from Germany to discuss the benefits of the Critical Path Method (CPM) as a management approach. CPM shows a way to manage huge projects with international sponsors, uncertain results as well as with complex influences and dependencies from different technical disciplines. This group was chaired by Yves Eugene from AFIRO (Association Française d´Informatique et de Recherche Opérationnelle). Professor Arnold Kaufmann[3] suggested an INTERnational NETwork - INTERNET..."[4][5]

The next year, in 1965, the International Management Systems Association and INTERNET were formed as "a forum for European network planning practitioners to exchange knowledge and experience."[6] It took another seven years to develop the initial association in a permanent project management society, as Morris (1999) explained:

"... A meeting was held in Vienna in 1967 to take stock of the network planning techniques then believed necessary, or at least beneficial, for the management of modern projects. This meeting was entitled INTERNET 67. The subject stimulated such interest that it was decided five years later (after a second INTERNET congress in Amsterdam in 1969) to form a more permanent project management society: the International Management Systems Association (ISMA) was formed after the third INTERNET congress in Stockholm in 1972,..."[7]

The first president of the IMSA was the Olof Hörberg from Sweden, who was president from 1972 to 1976.[8][9][10]

Early activities in the 1960s and 1970s

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The first visible activities of the ISMA consisted of a number of conferences, most notable the first International World Congress in Vienna in 1967. Pannenbaecker and Dworatschek (2005) explained:

"In 1967 the Czechoslovak Project Management Science Group invited to join the first all-state conference on the Methods of Network Analysis in Prague. PhD Vladimira Machova was the host beside the political officials in these day... [Also in] 1967, with the sponsorship of the International Computer Centre in Rome, managed by Professor Claude Berge, the first International World Congress took place in Vienna. From now on INTERNET was the official association name. --- A young organiser of the first World Congress was Gerold Patzak, who became a professorship in Austria and the USA, and who today is an Assessor of PM-ZERT of the German GPM."

Behind the scene the ISMA worked to connect national associations in the field, as Codas (1987) further explained:

"In several countries of Western and Eastern Europe, national associations have emerged, which have been interconnected through the Internet, which has become a kind of federation of associations, stimulating the creation of other national associations. The first Internet congress was held in 1967, bringing together delegates from 32 countries, and repeating itself every two years."[2]

The scope in those days was still far more on the tools and not on the management aspects, as Morris (1999) explained:

"... still, however, with the emphasis on network planning and the management science aspects of project management tools, which it was to keep for most of the 1970s. ISMA was also different from PMI in having much more independent national organizations. Whereas PMI has local chapters whose function is to organize events at the local level, IMSA has national societies which exist in their own right with their own constitutions, officers and memberships. Project management publications have been created by IMSA at national and international levels. IMSA changed its name in 1979 to the International Project Management Association.[7]

The main event of the association were the congresses, each time under a specific theme. For example the first "all-state" conference in Prague in 1967 was on "methods of network analysis;" the 2th INTERNET congress in Amsterdam in 1969 was on "project planning by network analysis"[11]; and the 5th INTERNET congress in Birmingham in 1976 was entitled "Project Implementation and Management : Bridging the Gap."

Developing the field of project management in the 1980s and 1990s

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A notable event in the early 1980s was the first joint symposium with the North American Project Management Institute (PMI). Codas (1987) explained:

In 1981, the PMI - Internet Joint Symposium - Congress was held in Boston, marking the beginning of a process of greater interchange among these associations.[2]

IPMA (2015) summarized:

"In 1981, world experts on “Network Planning” were invited to the first joint INTERNET-PMI (Project Management Institute) Congress in Boston. The Chairman was Robert B. Gillis, who was in these days member of the Board of INTERNET. In 1996, AFITEP in France organised the 13th World Congress (1996) in Paris. INTERNET got a namesake – a new international telecommunication system. The Executive Board (ExBo) renamed INTERNET to IPMA (our third and current name), but retained the logo."[12]

Statton (1994-2007) summarized, that:

"INTERNET was formed in 1965, originally as a forum for European network planning practitioners to exchange knowledge and experience. It is now essentially an "umbrella" organisation, covering 15 (mainly European) national project management associations. There are currently some 8500 individual members in the INTERNET group."[6]

The main event of the Association were the Internet World Congresses, each time under a specific theme. Some of those themes were:

  • 7th congress in Copenhagen in 1982 : Project Management: Tools and Visions

In the Global Project Management Handbook. Cleland and Gareis (1994) summarized:

"... PMI has taken the lead in providing this service. It is the largest of the project-management professional organizations, and is represented in the largest number of countries. The International Project Management Association (INTERNET) has recently taken steps to develop a European certification program along traditional English lines. The Australian Institute of Project Management and the Engineering Advancement Association of Japan, along with INTERNET, have support and working agreements with PMI to help extend the influence of professionalism in Project Management."[13]

Consolidating and representing the field of project management in the new millennium

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The main event of the Association were the Internet World Congresses, each time under a specific theme. Some of those themes were:

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Timeline

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1960s
1970s
1980s
  • 1981 : Project Management Institute and the International Management Systems Association organized the first Joint Symposium in September 1981 in Boston, USA.[19]
  • 1982 : IPMA changed to INTERNET[14] for INTERnational NETwork[15]
  • 1982 : Internet World Congresses 7 in Copenhagen.[15][20];
  • 1985 : Internet/IPMA World Congresses 8 in Rotterdam.[15]
  • 1988 : Internet/IPMA World Congresses 9 in Glasgow.[15]
1990s
  • 1990 : Internet/IPMA World Congresses 10 in Vienna.[15]
  • 1992 : Internet/IPMA World Congresses 11 in Florence.[15][21]
  • 1994 : 12th Internet World Congress on Project Management, Oslo, Norway.[22]
  • 1994 : INTERNET as "umbrella" organisation covered 15 (mainly European) national project management associations, with "some 8500 individual members in the INTERNET group."[1]
  • 1995 : Present name, International Project Management Association, adopted[14]
  • 1996 : 13th World Congress of IPMA in Paris.[23]
  • 1998 : 13th World Congress of IPMA in Ljubljana.[23]
New Millennium
  • 2000-09 : 15th-23th World Congress of IPMA ; London (2000) ; Berlin (2002) ; 2003 Moscow (2003) ; Budapest (2004) ; New Delhi (2005); Beijing (2006); Cracow (2007) ; Rome (2008) ; and Helsinki (2009).[23]
  • 2007 : IPMA has 45 member associations and reached, according to Veikko Valila, approximately 50.000 to 60.000 persons.[24]
  • 2010-15 : 24th-29th World Congress of IPMA ; Istanbul (2010); Brisbane (2011); Athens (2012) ; Dubrovnik (2013); Rotterdam (2014) ; and Panama (2015)[23]

Former presidents

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Listing of former IPMA presidents from 1972 to 2017.[10]

Member associations

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There are 59 member associations of IPMA on the five continents (3 in Africa, 11 in America, 8 in Asia, 35 in Europe and 1 in Oceania). 4

National member associations of IPMA
Country Continent Name of association Link
  Africa Management Engineering Society (MES) http://www.mes.eg.net
  Africa Project Managers Development Association (PMDAN) http://www.pmdan.org
  Africa Association for Project Management South Africa (APMSA) http://www.apmsa.org.za
  America Project Management Association of Canada http://www.pmac-agpc.ca
  America Asociación Mexicana de Ingeniería de Proyectos (AMIP) http://www.amipmex.com
  America American Society for the Advancement of Project Management (ASAPM) http://www.asapm.org
  America Asociación de Dirección de Proyectos IPMA Costa Rica http://www.adipro.cr
  America Asociación Dominicana de Gestión de Proyectos (ADGP) http://www.adgp-ipma.do
  America Asociación de Project Management de Guatemala (APMgt) http://www.apmgt.org
  America Asociación Panameña de Gestión de Proyectos (APGP) http://www.apgp-ipma.org
  America Argentinean Association of Project Management (AGPA) http://www.agpa.org.ar
  America Brasilian Association for Project Management http://www.ipmabrasil.com
  America Corporación Chilena de Dirección de Proyectos (CCDP) http://www.ccdp-ipma.com
  America Asociación Peruana de Dirección de Proyectos (APDP) http://www.apdp.pe
  America La Asociación de Gestión de Proyectos del Uruguay http://www.agpu.uy/
  Asia Project Management Research Committee China (PMRC) http://www.pmrc.org.cn
  Asia Project Management Associates http://www.pma-india.org
  Asia Iran Project MAnagement Association http://www.ipma.ir
  Asia Kazakhstan Project Management Association http://www.kpma.kz
  Asia Malaysian Association of Project Management (MAPM) http://www.mapm.org.my
  Asia Project Management Association of Nepal (PMAN) http://www.pman.org.np
  Asia Taiwan Project Management Association http://www.tw-pma.org.tw
  Asia Indonesian Society of Project Management Professional (IAMPI) http://www.iampi.org
  Europa Deutsche Gesellschaft für Projektmanagement e.V. (GPM) http://www.gpm-ipma.de
  Europa Projekt Management Austria (PMA) http://www.p-m-a.at
  Europa Azerbaijan Project Management Association (AzPMA) http://www.ipma.az
  Europa Bosnian Project Management Association http://www.uup.netii.net/
  Europa Bulgarian Project Management Association (BPMA) http://www.project.bg
  Europa Cyprus Project Management Society (CPMS) http://www.cpms.org.cy
  Europa Croatian Association for Project Management http://www.capm.hr
  Europa Danish Project Management Association http://www.danskprojektledelse.dk
  Europa Project Management Association of Slovakia (SPPR) http://www.sppr.sk
  Europa Slovenian Project Management Association (ZPM) http://www.zpm-si.com
  Europa Asociación Española de Ingeniería de Proyectos (AEIPRO) http://www.aeipro.com
  Europa Estonian Project Managers Association (EPMA) http://www.concordiacluster.eu/portapolis/web
  Europa Project Management Association Finland (PMAF) http://www.pry.fi
  Europa Société Française pour l'avancement du Management de Projet (SMaP) http://www.smap-asso.eu/
  Europa Network of Project Managers in Greece (PM-Greece) http://www.pmgreece.gr
  Europa Project Management Association Hungary (FOVOSZ) http://www.fovosz.hu
  Europa Project Management Association of Iceland (VSF) http://www.vsf.is
  Europa Institute of Prject Management Ireland http://www.projectmanagement.ie
  Europa Associazone Nazionale di Implantistica Industriale (IPMA Italy) http://www.ipma.it
  Europa Kosova Association for Quality-Management, Standards, Certification and Confirmation (QK) http://www.kosovamanagement.com
  Europa Latvian National Project Management Association http://www.lnpva.lv
  Europa Lithuanin Project Management Association (LPVA) http://www.lpva.lt
  Europa IPMA-NL http://www.ipma-nl.nl
  Europa Norwegian Association of Project Management (NFP) http://www.prosjektledelse.org
  Europa IPMA Poland http://www.ipma.pl
  Europa Associaçao Portuguesade Gestao de Projectos (APOGEP) http://www.apogep.pt
  Europa Association for Project Management (APM) http://www.apm.org.uk
  Europa Project Management Association Czech Republic (SPR) http://www.ipma.cz
  Europa Project Management Romania http://www.pm.org.ro
  Europa Russian Project Management Association (SOVNET) http://www.sovnet.ru
  Europa Serbian Project Management Association (YUPMA) http://www.yupma.rs
  Europa Svenskt Projektforum http://www.projektforum.se
  Europa Swiss Project Management Association (SPM) http://www.spm.ch
  Europa Turkish Project Management Association (TrPMA) http://www.ipmaturkey.org
  Europa Ukranian Project Management Association (UPMA) http://www.upma.kiev.ua
  Oceanía Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM) http://www.aipm.com.au

References

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  1. ^ a b Alan M. Stretton (1993-94)
  2. ^ a b c Codas, Manuel M. Benitez. "Gerência de projetos: uma reflexão histórica." Revista de Administração de Empresas 27.1 (1987): 33-37.
  3. ^ Rudolf Seising, ‎Luis Argüelles Méndez (2015), Accuracy and Fuzziness. stated: "Arnold Kaufmann (1911-1994) who was a professor of Applied Mechanics and Operations Research at the Ecole Superieur de Mines de Paris, at the Polytechnic University of Grenoble and the University of Louvain, Belgium. He wrote the first book on Fuzzy Sets."
  4. ^ Pannenbaecker and Dworatschek. (2005, 2)
  5. ^ Text also in Weaver (2007, 22) and IPMA (2015, 102)
  6. ^ a b Statton (1994-2007, 8).
  7. ^ a b Peter W. G. Morris. The Management of Projects. 1999. p. 82
  8. ^ a b c d e f Pannenbaecker and Dworatschek (2005, 3)
  9. ^ a b Jan Pries-Heje. Project Management Multiplicity. 2013. p. 12
  10. ^ a b IPMA, IPMA, 50 years - Building Bridges Worldwide, Panama Edition, 2015. p. 110
  11. ^ a b H. J. M. Lombaers. Project planning by network analysis: Proceedings of the second international congress, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 6-10 October 1969. North-Holland Pub. Co., 1969.
  12. ^ IPMA, IPMA, 50 years - Building Bridges Worldwide, Panama Edition, 2015. p. 102
  13. ^ David I. Cleland, ‎Roland Gareis (1994), Global Project Management Handbook. Pagina 14-6
  14. ^ a b c d Yearbook of International Organizations, Vol 1B (Int-Z) 1999-2000. 1999. p. 1474
  15. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Weaver (2007, 22)
  16. ^ Weaver (2007, 22-23)
  17. ^ Internet (UK) (Association). Internet 76: Proceedings of the Fifth Internet World Congress, Project Implementation and Management : Bridging the Gap, Held at the Metropole Hotel at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, UK, September 13th to 17th 1976, Volume 1], NCC Publications, 1 jan. 1976
  18. ^ Managing International Projects. International Management Systems Association. Proceedings of the 5th International Expert Seminar. Nov. 30-Dec. 3,1977. Ruschlikon, Switzerland, Gottlieb Duttweiler Institut.
  19. ^ Project Management Institute.; International Project Management Association. The world of project management : PMI/Internet Joint Symposium, Boston, MA., U.S.A., Sept. 28-30, 1981 : 1981 proceedings. Drexel Hill, Pa. : The Institute, ©1981.
  20. ^ Jens O. Riis. Project Management: Tools and Visions ; Proceedings of the 7. Internet World Congress 1982, September 12-17, 1982, Copenhagen. Projektplan, 1982.
  21. ^ Project Management Without Boundaries: 11th INTERNET World Congress on Project Management, Florence (Italy), June 16 - 19th 1992 ; Proceedings, Volume 1. Ed. Unicopli, 1992.
  22. ^ International Management Systems Association, Norsk Forening for Prosjektledelse.Proceedings [of The] 12th Internet World Congress on Project Management, Oslo, Norway, June 9-11, 1994: Dynamic Leadership Through Project Management. Norsk Forening for Prosjektledelse, 1994.
  23. ^ a b c d IPMA (2015, 105)
  24. ^ PMWT and Veikko Valila. "FEATURED INTERVIEW: A Conversation with Veikko Valila, IPMA President," in PM World Today. - May 2007 (Vol. IX, Issue V)
  25. ^ The Association, Cost Engineering: A Publication of the American Association of Cost Engineers, Volume 38. 1996. p. 22
  26. ^ Paul C. Dinsmore (1999), Winning in Business with Enterprise Project Management, p. 12

Further reading

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