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Digitalization in public administration rarely fails because of individual projects, but rather because of a lack of control across the entire project portfolio. In the latest post on the Administration of the Future (VdZ) blog, Kai Sulkowski and Jan Wallisser explain why multiproject management is becoming a key success factor for modern administrative organizations and what role integrated business coordination software plays in this context.

With BCS, KGAL GmbH & Co. KG has centralized and professionalized its project and portfolio management. Instead of manual status reports, up-to-date project data now provides greater transparency regarding budgets, resources, risks, and dependencies. In this customer story, KGAL describes how the phased implementation of BCS supports the PMO, management, and business units in managing projects in a more structured way and making more informed decisions.

Anyone looking to select an ERP system for service providers should not start with checklists or feature tables. For agencies, IT service providers, and consulting firms, it’s not just the range of features that matters, but the integration of project management, resource planning, CRM, time tracking, and billing. This guide shows you how to approach the selection of an ERP system for service providers in a structured way, avoid common pitfalls, and find a solution in 9 steps that truly fits your processes.

Projektron editor Kai Sulkowski has published a guest article on the blog of GPM Deutsche Gesellschaft für Projektmanagement. In it, he analyzes why many project portfolios fail. As a common cause, he identifies not flawed strategy, but overload and a lack of prioritization based on real resource conditions. We summarize the key insights.

When it comes to agile methods in software development, there’s one term you can’t avoid: Scrum. But what exactly is Scrum, and how does it demonstrate its strengths in software development? What roles and activities are part of Scrum? What are the advantages and disadvantages of this agile framework? You’ll find answers to all of these questions in this article. In addition, we provide insight into our own Scrum model, which we have continuously refined for the development of BCS. In doing so, we use BCS itself as our Scrum software—not only for sprint planning, but also for coordinating requirements, responsibilities, release goals, and processes across multiple teams.

Digitalization costs time, budget, energy, and organizational attention. Introducing new software, adapting processes, training employees. And yet, at some point, the questions inevitably arise: What does it actually deliver in the end? Can you prove that it was worth it? This is exactly where the concept of return on digital investment comes in. It describes the measurable value that digital initiatives actually create. Not just in euros, but also in terms of time savings, fewer errors, better planning, and faster decision-making.

Is IAPM certification really worth it – or are PMI, PRINCE2 or IPMA the better choice? Anyone looking to gain certification in project management soon finds themselves faced with precisely this question. But what exactly is the IAPM? The International Association of Project Managers (IAPM) takes a deliberately practical and method-neutral approach. But how does this approach compare to established certifications, and for whom is IAPM particularly worthwhile?