Contents
Successful cooperation in an international environment
- Basics of different cultures.
- Own and others' view of other cultures.
- Dealing with cultural stereotypes and directness.
- International relationship management.
Designing international projects
- Explanation of terms, definitions.
- International project management standards (IPMA®, PRINCE2®, Project Management Institute (PMI)®).
- Culturally specific understanding of planning and time, polychronic and monochronic approaches.
- Stakeholders in an international context.
- Order clarification.
- International risks and risk management.
Planning international projects
- Culture-specific target, project structure, process and quality planning.
- Scope statement, result and process quality.
- International project organization.
- Material resources and people as agents.
- Resource and cost planning.
- Plan optimization.
Managing international projects
- Project control cycle and control parameters.
- Integrated management of objectives, quality, time, costs and capacities in an international context.
- Special features of communication and information in international projects.
- Dealing with direct protocol and discussion management.
- English PM document templates.
Managing international projects
- Understanding leadership and leadership techniques.
- International leadership styles.
- International teamwork, virtuality.
- International negotiation techniques.
Checklists
Learning environment
In your online learning environment, you will find useful information, downloads and extra services for this training course once you have registered.
Your benefit
- You will receive the strategic tools for managing international projects and will be prepared for project tasks in an international environment.
- You will increase your ability to successfully manage intercultural risks and integrate people from different cultural backgrounds.
- You can put together high-performance international project teams, communicate effectively, cooperate and create real synergy effects.
- You will learn the essential methods of international project management and know how to use them to achieve the desired project success within the time, quality and cost framework.
- The focus is on your international project practice: selected issues are worked on together and examined from an intercultural and project management perspective.
After attending this seminar, you will receive a confirmation of 12.50 PDUs.
Methods
Group exercises, project structuring with Metaplan, practical case studies based on participants' projects, intercultural case studies and cultural puzzles, demo films, moderated discussions, theoretical impulses, learning partnerships, reflection, opportunity to explore specific issues in greater depth.
Recommended for
project managers, sub-project managers, project employees, specialists and managers with current or future projects in the international field.
Basic knowledge of project management, such as that taught in our PM Basics seminars, is a prerequisite for participation.
PMI is a registered trademark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.
PRINCE2® is a registered trade mark of AXELOS Limited, used under permission of AXELOS Limited. All rights reserved.
Attendees comments
"Mr. Nägele has outstanding expertise and knows how to convey this to the participants."

"Many case studies from the speakers' personal experience, very good presentation style."

"I particularly liked the overall mix and the many personal experiences of the speaker."

"Good mix of theory, practical case studies and playful elements such as role plays."

"Participant-oriented approach, many practical examples."

"Practical relevance, lots of real examples and experience from the speakers."

"Practical and goal-oriented handling of relevant content with many case studies and good involvement of the participants."

"I particularly liked the overall mix and the many personal experiences of the speaker."

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Start dates and details
Thursday, 04.09.2025
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Friday, 05.09.2025
08:30 am - 4:30 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.

Thursday, 09.10.2025
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Friday, 10.10.2025
08:30 am - 4:30 pm
Thursday, 27.11.2025
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Friday, 28.11.2025
08:30 am - 4:30 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
Monday, 23.02.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tuesday, 24.02.2026
08:30 am - 4:30 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.

Monday, 20.04.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tuesday, 21.04.2026
08:30 am - 4:30 pm
Monday, 29.06.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tuesday, 30.06.2026
08:30 am - 4:30 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.

Monday, 10.08.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tuesday, 11.08.2026
08:30 am - 4:30 pm
Thursday, 03.09.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Friday, 04.09.2026
08:30 am - 4:30 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.