Collaboration is what makes your projects succeed. Or Fail.

So: How do you establish and maintain this collaboration?

The World of Project Business

Characteristics of Projects in Power and other Industries
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Why do We Fail in Project Business?

Critical Issues for Clients, for Suppliers, for Both
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Where do We Fail in Project Business?

The Development Phase
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Fixing Project Business

Project Business Management
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Project Business Management Provides a Common

Language, From the Start
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Project Business Management

Fostering Client-Supplier Collaboration Around the Project
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Project Business Management

One Shared Language to Build Trust, Align Teams, and Win Projects — Together!
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IBS Academy – Center of Competence for

Project Business Management
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What do they say about Project Business Management (PBM)?

What do they say about PBM
  • PBM enables the purposeful and structured management of collaborative relationships in project business.
  • PBM is to improve the odds of success for clients and suppliers in developing high-value projects & solutions.
  • PBM proceeds from whole system strategies, to realize optimally integrated projects & solutions.
  • PBM meetings have energy and create high-quality communication.
  • PBM is about creating a team focused on the same objectives and unleashing trust between stakeholders.
  • PBM provides a framework for planning and making informed decisions.
  • PBM is the ethical and sustainable way of doing business in projects.

A practical manual for MANAGED COLLABORATION: How to build collaborative client-supplier relationships in B2B Projects and Solutions

Building collaborative relationships is the key in Project Business.

This manual shows you how to do: This is Managed Collaboration.

Success in Project Business depends on your capability to build collaborative relationships with your business partners, clients, or suppliers. In the fast-paced, ultra-competitive 21st Century, this capability has become a key competitive advantage. For organizations involved in “buying” or “selling” B2B Projects and Solutions, collaboration is no longer a mere social competence, mastered by certain charismatic individuals. It is a strategic capability, embedded into their organization, enabling them to build up highly effective collaborative relationships with their B2B partners in a structured, organized, and repeatable way, early in the project lifecycle. And to perform more consistently in their B2B Projects and Solutions.

This manual is the How-To guide to engineer collaborative relationships and to win your projects. At the start. This is of interest to all those involved in B2B Projects and Solutions, including in particular: Executives, Procurement Managers, Sales & Business Development Managers, Project Managers, Marketing, Bid-, Tender Managers, Technical specialists, Consultants, Commercial & Contract managers, Lawyers, Public authorities, Developers, Financiers.