Oliver F. Lehmann
Munich, Germany
Oliver F. Lehmann, MSc., PMP, is a project management author, consultant, speaker and teacher. He studied Linguistics, Literature and History at the University of Stuttgart and Project Management at the University of Liverpool, UK, where he holds a Master of Science Degree. Oliver has trained thousands of project managers in Europe, USA and Asia in methodological project management with a focus on certification preparation. In addition, he is a visiting lecturer at the Technical University of Munich.
He has been a member and volunteer at PMI, the Project Management Institute, since 1998, and served five years as the President of the PMI Southern Germany Chapter until April 2018. Between 2004 and 2006, he contributed to PMI’s PM Network magazine, for which he provided a monthly editorial on page 1 called “Launch”, analyzing troubled projects around the world.
Oliver believes in three driving forces for personal improvement in project management: formal learning, experience and observations. He resides in Munich, Bavaria, Germany and can be contacted at oliver@oliverlehmann.com.
Oliver Lehmann is the author of “Situational Project Management: The Dynamics of Success and Failure” (ISBN 9781498722612), published by Auerbach / Taylor & Francis in 2016 and of “Project Business Management” (ISBN 9781138197503), published by Auerbach / Taylor & Francis in 2018.
Updated 11 October 2018
Articles and Papers
- Bottlenecks and Other Opportunities (Project Business Management) - Series Article - Lehmann - September 2024
- Make the Project Customer Happy! Really Happy! - Series Article - Lehmann - August 2024
- The Fault Zones in Project Business - Series Article - Lehmann - July 2024
- Cashflow Matters in Project Business - Series Article - Lehmann - May 2024
- The Value of Certification for Project Business - Series Article - Lehmann - April 2024
- You Want to “Go Agile”? Think Twice—Balance Matters! - Series Article - Lehmann - March 2024
- Project Business, Artificial Intelligence, and Ethics – Can They Get Along? - Series Article - Lehmann - January 2024
- Project Business and Chinese Stratagems, Pt. 6: Stratagems in the Moment of Defeat - Series Article - Lehmann - December 2023
- Project Business and Chinese Stratagems, Pt. 5: Stratagems to Win Ground - Series Article - Lehmann - November 2023
- Project Business and Chinese Stratagems, Pt. 4: Stratagems for Confusion (Project Business Management) - Series Article - Lehmann - October 2023
- Project Business and Chinese Stratagems, Pt. 3: Stratagems for Attacks - Series Article - Lehmann - August 2023
- Project Business and Chinese Stratagems, Pt. 2: Deceptive Stratagems - Series Article - Lehmann - July 2023
- Project Business and Chinese Stratagems, Pt. 1: Stratagems for a Position of Strength - Advisory Article - Lehmann - June 2023
- Project Business between Transparency and Corruption (Project Business Management) - Series Article - Lehmann - March 2023
- Project Business is not for the Faint of Heart - Series Article - Lehmann - January 2023
- Agile Methods in Project Business (Project Business Management) - Series Article - Lehmann - December 2022
- What Earns You More? Internal or Customer Projects? - Series Article - Lehmann - October 2022
- Rejecting Risk Management? Prepare to Manage Crises! - Series Article - Lehmann - August 2022
- Psychogram of a Gambler - Series Article - Lehmann - April 2022
- A Project Business Healing Day (Project Business Management) - Series Article - Lehmann - March 2022
- The Customer Success Manager (CSM) in Project Business - Series Article - Lehmann - February 2022
- Educating Professionals for Project Supply Networks - Series Article - Lehmann - December 2021
- A Letter to Covid (Project Business Management) - Series Article - Lehmann - July 2021
- Audits and Project Business Healing Days - Series Article - Lehmann - June 2021
- Leadership in Project Business: Followers Make Leaders - Series Article - Lehmann - April 2021
- Predictability & Order in Project Business (Project Business Management) - Series Article - Lehmann - February 2021
- Business Acumen and Business Spirit (Project Business Management) - Series Article - Lehmann - December 2020
- Contract Risks for Project Vendors (Project Business Management) - Series Article - Lehmann - October 2020
- David, Goliath, and Artificial Intelligence in Project Business - Series Article - Lehmann - August 2020
- The Great Challenge: Project Contracting - Series Article - Lehmann - June 2020
- When The Game Is On Again (Project Business Management) - Series Article - Lehmann - May 2020
- Project Business Foundation: Interview with Oliver Lehmann & Martin Berneburg, Leaders of new PBF, Germany - Interview - Özgüler, Lehmann - May 2020
- Survival Hints for Project Business - Series Article - Lehmann - April 2020
- The Freelancer’s Story (Project Business Management) - Series Article - Lehmann - March 2020
- Conflict Resolution in Project Business - Series Article - Lehmann - February 2020
- Sleepless in Project Management - Series Article - Lehmann - December 2019
- On the Subject of Contracts and Legal Systems - Letter to the Editor - Lehmann - November 2019
- Supply Chains Versus Project Supply Networks - Series Article - Lehmann - November 2019
- Taking Care of (Project) Business - Series Article - Lehmann - October 2019
- The Cooperative Transformation - Series Article - Lehmann - August 2019
- Are you ready for Success as a Project Vendor? - Series Article - Lehmann - June 2019
- Healing Conflicts in Project Business (Project Business Management) - Series Article - Lehmann - May 2019
- When There is No Way Out – The Sunk Cost Dilemma - Series Article - Lehmann - April 2019
- Before You’re Bound Forever… - Series Article - Lehmann - January 2019
- A Health Check for a Portfolio with Customer-Facing Projects (Project Business Management) - Series Article - Lehmann - December 2018
- Bringing Strangers into the Projects (Project Business Management) - Series Article - Lehmann - November 2018
- Projects as Profit Centers—Must We Go Back to Square One Again? - Series Article - Lehmann - October 2018
- Mission Failure at LIDL – But Actually, What was the Mission? - Series Article - Lehmann - August 2018
- Dealing with Project Supply Networks (PSNs), Be a Connective Leader - Series Articles - Lehmann - July 2018
- The Great Talent Gap in Project Business Management - Series Articles - Lehmann - June 2018
- Be the Project (Business) Manager that People Think You are and Get Paid as That! - Series Articles - Lehmann - May 2018
- Let’s Talk Money (Project Business Management Series) - Series Articles - Lehmann - February 2018
- Freebie Projects and The Project Business Management Office - Series Articles - Lehmann - December 2017
- Leading Project Teams Across Corporate Borders - Series Articles - Lehmann - November 2017
- Interview with Oliver Lehmann, Author of Situational Project Management - Interviews - Özgüler, Lehmann - November 2017
- Crisis in Your Customer Project? Try Benefit Engineering - Series Articles - Lehmann - October 2017
- Managing Portfolios and Programs in Project Business Management - Series Articles - Lehmann - September 2017
- Project Supply Networks (PSNs) - Series Articles - Lehmann - August 2017
- Customer Projects: What is the Future of the Business? - Featured Papers - Lehmann - February 2017
- On the Impact of Disruptive Political Events - Letter to the Editor - Lehmann - January 2017
- An Introduction to a Typology of Projects - Series Articles - Lehmann - December 2016