History of PM²
The development of the PM² methodology begun in 2007 and the first version was released for the EU institutions in 2008.
The first open access publication, the “PM² Guide—Open Edition” was published in November 2016 under an open source license.
In 2018 The PM² Alliance was conceived as a home for PM² Outside of the European Commission.
Milestones of the development of the PM² Methodology and the PM² Alliance
2007
Introduction of roles and responsibilities for IT projects
2008
Introduction of PM² 2009: Pilot implementation of PM²
2009
EC Project management courses aligned with PM²
2011
Endorsement by CTI
2012
Release of the PM² Training Programme for IT Projects
2012
Release of the PM² Guide, 1st Edition
2012
Training Courses for Business Managers
2013
Release of the PM² Methodology 2.0 and the PM² Guide, 2nd Edition
2013
Introduction of PM² Certification Level 2 for EC institutions
2014
Release of Agile PM²
2015
Release of the PM² Methodology Guide ver. 2.5
2016
Release of Agile PM² Guide, 1st Edition
2016
Release of the PM² Guide, Open Edition
2017
Training Courses for Project Officers
2017
1st OpenPM² Conference
2018
Release of the PM² Methodology Guide ver. 3.0
2018
Genesis of the PM² Alliance
April 2019
Introduction of PM² Certification outside the EU institutions
June2019
Launch of Regional Coordinators in Europe
July2019
PM² Alliance’s first Train the Trainer seminar
October2019
PM² Alliance Partnership with OpenProject.Org
November2019
PM² Alliance Regional Conference
February2020
PM² Alliance first Networking Event
March2020
Launch of PM² Alliance Advisory Committees
"One common, open and free Project Management Methodology for Europe"
The OpenPM² Initiative
With the OpenPM² Initiative, in 2017, the EU Commission provided open access to PM² to everyone beyond the EU institutions such as Member States, Contractors and finally all EU citizens.