This book has been written for all passionate project practitioners. People who are driven by the need to create real impact and are willing to take untraditional measures to lead projects. Whether you are a PMO, project owner, project leader, team member or someone who invests time in temporary endeavours undertaken to create an impact – this book is for you.

This is a practical handbook designed to change your way of thinking and acting in and with projects. It provides you with hands-on ...

Van Haren Publishing is the world’s leading publisher in best practice, methods and standards within IT Management, Project Management, Enterprise Architecture and Business Management. We are the official publisher for some of the world’s leading organizations and their frameworks including: BIAN, CATS, DID Foundation, Half Double Institute, Agile Consortium, IACCM, IAOP, IPMA, ISM, LSSA, Nederlandse AI Coalitie, PMI, The Open Group. This catalog will provide you with an overview of our l...

What defines whether a project or programme is “good” or “bad”? When we’re striving for excellence in the execution of our projects and programmes, what do we mean? IPMA has given its extended definition in the PEB, the Project Excellence Baseline. This model is based on the well-known EFQM model, but is adapted to the field of project- and programme management and after over 10 years of use has been adapted to the model we’re using now.

This Preparation Guide for IPMA ® Individual Certification is a must for anyone preparing for the IPMA D® and IPMA C® project management exams through one of the IPMA® Member Associations based on the ICB version 4.

This book follows the same structure as the textbook Project Management by ICB4 and includes a summary of the learning objectives covered in the textbook and many multiple-choice and open-ended questions with answer indications to practice the material.

Multiple-choice questio...

Courseware for IPMA® Individual Certification

Based on Project Management by ICB4

This Courseware for IPMA® Individual Certification contains the slides for the

various IPMA® training courses. It includes slides for all the learning objectives as

described in the textbook Project Management by ICB4 and the Preparation Guide

for IPMA® Individual Certification. It follows the same structure as this textbook and

preparation guide.

Each IPMA® Member Association independently determines which...

Almost 80% of CEOs say that their organization must get better at managing external relationships. According to The Economist, one of the major reasons why so many relationships end in disappointment is that most organizations 'are not very good at contracting'. This ground-breaking title from leading authority IACCM (International Association for Contract and Commercial Management) represents the collective wisdom and experience of Contract, Legal and Commercial experts from some of the wo...

Outsourcing is here to stay. It is inextricably linked to the globalization of business. International trade networks continue to connect the world's economies and organizations increasingly turn to partners, often through outsourcing, to help them:

* better leverage what they are best at,

* gain greater flexibility and reach and

* drive down their overall business costs and risks.

The Harvard Business Review lists outsourcing as one of the most important new management ideas and practices o...

This Management Guide provides guidance on why a technology provider should use the Open Trusted Technology Provider Standard (O-TTPS) - Mitigating the Risk of Tainted and Counterfeit Products (approved by ISO/IEC as ISO/IEC 20243:2015) and why they should consider certification to publicly register their conformance to the standard.

The O-TTPS is the first standard with a certification program that specifies measurable conformance criteria for both product integrity and supply chain securit...