This Webinar will be held in German Language!

(Information: This Webinar will be also be held in English Language! 27. Mai 2026, 18:30 CET. use this link to register.)

Ein 30-minütiges Live-Experiment mit dem Xuviate Flow Simulator. Und eine Überraschung, die verändern dürfte, wie du über Portfolio-Verbesserung nachdenkst.

Alle stürzen sich gerade darauf, KI und neue Tools über die Projektarbeit zu legen. Aber was, wenn die größten Hebel längst darunter liegen, festgehalten in den Policies, die bestimmen, wie Arbeit durchs Portfolio fließt?

In nur 30 Minuten simuliert Mark Geschke ein volles Jahr (260 Arbeitstage) eines realistischen Projekt-Portfolios mit mehreren Teams. Live, im Xuviate Flow Simulator. Wir starten mit einer Baseline, die die meisten Führungskräfte sofort wiedererkennen: zu viel angefangen, zu wenig abgeschlossen, Termine, die kippen, und am Jahresende nur rund 10% des möglichen finanziellen Werts realisiert.

Dann verändern wir drei Dinge. Eines nach dem anderen:

• WIP auf Portfolio-Ebene begrenzen
• Klare Priorisierungsregeln in der gesamten Organisation einführen
• Gezielte teamübergreifende Zusammenarbeit ermöglichen

Fragen gerne direkt an: Mathias Tölken (mathias@xuviate.com) oder Martin Bertram (Martin.Bertram@pmi-gc.de) 

AI in Project Management

A practical look at AI in project management, from prompts to agents. And the concrete application of an AI tool for Jira and Confluence.

Register now!

This Month’s Focus Book
Business Acumen for Project Managers: Everything You Need to Know to Succeed as a Project or Program Manager
by Steven Haines
Presenter: Emma Simon, PMP - Technical Project & Program Manager, Women in Projects Network
Emma is an experienced technical project and program manager with extensive experience in complex international environments,

In this May edition of the Nexus of Learning Book Club, we explore Business Acumen for Project Managers by Steven Haines - a practical guide to understanding how organisations make decisions, what numbers matter, and how to link project delivery to business value.

Agenda:
18:30 – 19:00 CET Networking & Opening Remarks
19:00 – 20:00 CET Book Review, Discussion

PDUs:
You will earn 1.5 PDUs for your PMP certification (Business Acumen).
Additional PDUs can be submitted for reading the book.

Please address any questions to martin.bertram@pmi-gc.de 

LinkedIn Community:
Women in Projects Network: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/9060376/
Book Club: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/10045952/

Managing AI Innovation Ecosystems: Lessons from the AI-on-Demand Platform with Dr. Maria Barros Weiss

Dear project management friends in and around Hamburg,

there will be the next event of the LG Hamburg in May:

Establishing a Standalone Unit (Carve-out) within the BASF group

- How the PM Toolkit provides direction, focus and execution power

 

A 30-minute live experiment with the Xuviate Flow Simulator - and a surprise that should change how you think about portfolio improvement.

Everyone is rushing to layer AI and new tooling onto project delivery. But what if the biggest gains are already sitting underneath all of that - locked up in the policies that govern how work flows through the portfolio?

In just 30 minutes, Mark Geschke will run a full simulated year (260 working days) of a realistic, multi-team project portfolio - live, in the Xuviate Flow Simulator. We'll start from a baseline most leaders will instantly recognise: too much started, too little finished, deadlines slipping, and only around 10% of the potential financial value captured by year-end.

Please address any questuions directly to Mathias Tölken (mathias@xuviate.com) or Martin Bertram (Martin.Bertram@pmi-gc.de)

Chapter Meeting Frankfurt mit zwei Vorträgen:
1. Michael Fritzsche Führung im Flow: Die Kunst des Situationspotenzials
2. Aleksandra Jelicic: How Systems Thinking Can Fast-Track Your Projects

PMI Local Group Darmstadt – Roundtable

Join us for our next PMI Local Group Darmstadt Roundtable, an informal and interactive networking session for project management professionals.

Date: Monday, 1st of June
Time: 18:00
Location: Karlson
Am Fürstenbahnhof 3–4
64293 Darmstadt

Regular meeting of the Risk Management CoP - Topic: Best Practices in Risk Management 

At our meetings so far last year, it has become clear that our members would like to take a closer look at the PMBOK® Guide. At the next meeting, one of our participants will give a presentation on the topic of ‘Resources in the Performance Domains’ and show how these can be applied in projects in the life sciences sector.
Afterwards, we would like to initiate a discussion and exchange our own experiences and good practices.