IAPM
ABOUT IAPM
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IAPM
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
PROJECT MANAGERS
In 1997 the IAPM was still a fledgling asso-
ciation. It started out as a loosely structured
international network for project managers
who shared the objectives of promoting
and modernising project management and
providing young project managers with the
tools to work effectively and successfully.
Since this time, the IAPM has held annual
International Project Manager Meetings
(IPMM). Back in 1998 the IAPM pub-
lished the precursor to the PM Guide 2.0,
the IAPM By-laws of Project Management.
These by-laws were completely revised
and adapted to modern requirements and
real-life project management scenarios in
the PM Guide 2.0, which was published
in 2010. In the same year, the IAPM was
completely relaunched.
In 2012 the IAPM introduced two awards,
the Project Manager of the Year Award and
the Book of the Year Award. The “Agile PM
Guide 2.0“, a guideline on certification in
an agile project environment, was pub-
lished in 2013. In 2014 the “International
PM Guide 2.0” was published.
The Project Manager of the Year Award is
very special to the IAPM because it pays
tribute to people for their achievements in
project management. These people may
have been instrumental to the resolution of
a crisis situation, they may have success-
fully implemented a complex development
project or they may simply have performed
exceptionally in various areas of project
management for many years.
The Book of the Year award honours books
on the subject of project management that
are published in both German and English.
These books may communicate experi-
ence and knowledge in an innovative way,
be (auto)biographical works or textbooks
providing an introduction to the subject of
project management.
The IAPM is an independent certification
body which examines the knowledge and
competence of the certification candidates
with a comprehensive, fair and neutral on-
line examination system. The certification
system is therefore tailored to the chal-
lenging world of project management in
the 21
st
century.
2005
IPMM
in New Delhi
2010
Publication of the
PM Guide 2.0
Relaunch of the
IAPM
2006
IPMM in
Palma de Mallorca
2007
IPMM
in Marseilles
2008
IPMM
in Santiago
de Chile
2009
IPMM in
Kuala Lumpur
2011
IPMM
in Florence
