CONSIDERATION OF SUSTAINABILITY IN PROJECT MANAGERS INDIVIDUAL COMPETENCE BASELINE

Abstract

Last autumn IPMA published the fourth edition of their Individual Competence Baseline (ICB4), an endeavour that has taken significant amount of person-power and three years. Meanwhile, society in general and the Project Management community also have reviewed their orientation towards sustainability (people, planet, profit). Existing approaches include the adaptation of existing methodologies, the definition of sustainable models or the development of ambitious commitment instruments. This paper describes the evolution of the ICB as regards the consideration it takes to sustainability and social responsiveness. The paper proposes several areas where further effort is still needed to produce tools and techniques for practitioners.