[Editorial]

PMI Switzerland Newsletter, December 2025

Dear PMI Switzerland Community and newsletter readers,

As this year draws to a close, and we stand on the turning point of another, it is a natural time to pause, reflect, and celebrate. This edition of the PMI Switzerland Chapter newsletter marks not just the final issue of 2025 but also the culmination of a year filled with growth, collaboration, and remarkable achievements.

From vibrant networking events to transformative learning sessions, and from celebrating International Project Management Day to unveiling new opportunities for professional development, this year has been nothing short of impactful. Your contributions, as members, volunteers, and leaders in the project management community, have fueled this success.

As we release this December issue, it’s also a season of gratitude and festivity. We send you warm wishes for a joyous Christmas season filled with peace, laughter, and the company of those who matter most. May your holidays be a time to recharge and reflect on the successes of the past year while envisioning the opportunities of the next.

In this issue, you will find inspiring stories of our members' achievements, exciting event highlights, and tools to help shape your career in 2026. The new year promises to bring even greater opportunities for collaboration and knowledge-sharing, solidified by our community’s shared commitment to excellence in project management.

As we bid farewell to 2025, we wish you a restful holiday season and look forward to continuing this incredible journey together in the year ahead. See you in 2026!

Warm regards,

Daniel Rodellar and the full PMI Switzerland Chapter Newsletter team

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Let us Celebrate 25 Years of Positive Impact and Community Growth

 Dear PMI Switzerland Chapter Community

For 25 years, the PMI Switzerland Chapter has brought together passionate professionals, growing from a small group of pioneers into a nationwide community built on learning, collaboration, and shared achievements.

This anniversary celebration is our moment to honour everything we have created together — every project delivered, every lesson exchanged, and every meaningful connection that has shaped our journey.

This evening will be full of magic… but what kind of magic could it be? Come celebrate with us and let the surprises unfold. You will sense the magic long before you understand it.

On 6 March 2026, we will gather for an evening filled with reflection, inspiration, and togetherness. Members, volunteers, partners, and friends will come together to revisit our shared milestones and to look ahead at the future we are ready to build.

Date and Time: 6 March 2026, 17:00 CET
Location: Congress House, Biel/Bienne

Early Bird deadline: 28 January 2026
Registration closes: 26 February 2026

Find all the details and register on our registration page. Spaces are limited, and this anniversary celebration will be an experience that you will not want to miss!

We cannot wait to celebrate with you — because this milestone belongs to all of us.

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Case Study: Streamlining Workflow Automation Through AI inside PMI Switzerland Chapter Newsletter team

Manual processes are inherently fragile because they rely heavily on fallible human memory. It is a curious thing, the human memory. One moment, an important detail is there, bright and sharp; the next, it has slipped through the mesh, lost in the mists of distraction.

Consider how often your team misses a deadline simply because an email was forgotten, or how many cumulative hours your staff loses to repetitive data entry. It begs the question: why do we persist with these manual protocols when sophisticated tools to automate them are readily available?

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IPMD 2025: Switzerland’s Project Managers Unite in SimulTrain® Showdowns Across Four Cities

On October 29, 2025, International Project Management Day came alive across Switzerland with a burst of energy, collaboration, and friendly competition. For the second consecutive year together with STS, the PMI Switzerland Chapter delivered simultaneous SimulTrain® Ultimate PM Challenges in Basel, Geneva, Lausanne, and Zurich, hosted respectively by Roche, skyguide, STS, and SIX.

More than 75 project professionals, from seasoned PMPs to emerging talents, stepped into an immersive SimulTrain® simulation that compressed months of project decision-making into just two hours. All teams across Switzerland worked through the same scenario, facing identical challenges: a flawed starting plan, shifting priorities, resource constraints, morale fluctuations, and cascading stakeholder demands.

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[Curator’s Pick] – Shape Your Career in 2026: Top PMI Tools to Stay Ahead

As the year wraps up, we take a moment to pause and reflect, and to look back at the progress we made over the year. It’s the perfect moment to ask: What do I want my career to look like next year?

PMI offers an enormous range of learning resources. But with so much available, it’s easy to spend more time searching than learning. We’ve collected three tools to help you stay focused, navigate your career as a project manager, and easily collect the PDUs you need.

🔹 projectmanagement.com -> practitioner-led learning

PMI’s global online community is a rich hub of webinars, blogs, templates, and articles contributed by practitioners around the world. A highlight worth subscribing to: PM Insider, a newsletter offering a curated view of trends, debates, and updates in the PM profession. Perfect for staying in the loop without getting overwhelmed. 

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Members Update

A warm welcome to all new members that joined our Chapter.

Congratulations also to the members who obtained certifications.

The following members provided information about themselves: Marion Nykolyszyn, Steve William Azeumo, Franck Pignard.

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