The IPMA ICB4® is the international standard on competence for project, programme and portfolio managers. The competence needed for each of these domains is defined in the following competence areas: “People” (how do you interact with the people around you, and yourself); the “Practice” of our work (needed for Projects, Programmes and Portfolios); the “Perspective” of the intiatives you’re running (the context within which the initiative is run and the link to what needs to be achieved). Table of Contents Foreword Table of Contents 1. Introduction 11 2. Purposes and intended users 15 2.1. Definition of competence 15 2.2. Audiences and uses 17 2.3. Individual competence development 18 3. The IPMA Individual Competence Baseline 25 3.1. Framework of the IPMA ICB 26 3. 2. Structure of the IPMA ICB 28 3.3. Overview of the competence elements 31 4. The inventory of competences 35 4. 1. Managing portfolios 36 4.2. Competencies overview 37 4. 3. Perspective 39 4.4. People 67 4. 5. Practice 115 Annex A: Cross reference to IS021504: 2015 173 Annex B: Competence table 177 Annex C: Key Competence Indicator table 179