History
2008
IPS launches our new proprietary learning-support solution MyCLASS,™ a fully customizable, web-based tool for following-up classroom learning and tracking ROI.
To bring the program’s proven approach to strategic execution to the government community, IPS introduces the Stanford APM Program in Washington, DC, to federal government employees, government contractors, nonprofits, and nongovernmental organization.
IPS management and private-equity firm Mainsail Partners obtain ownership of the company's assets; the company's legal name is changed to "IPS Learning," although it is still doing business as "IPS."
2007
IPS and SCPD release a new book entitled Executing Your Strategy: How to Break It Down and Get It Done, based on the foundational concepts and models of the Stanford APM program and published by Harvard Business School Press.
2006
The Stanford Advanced Project Management program graduates its 2,000th Stanford Certified Project Manager (SCPM). The program’s accelerating growth reflects the relevance and poignancy of this innovative curriculum.
IPS launches an innovative approach to "live" online synchronous (instructor-led) delivery of several Stanford APM courses, the first of which is Managing Without Authority, delivered virtually by Janet Ellison to a class of students spread across several continents.
2005
The Stanford APM program receives the 2005 Distinguished Non-Credit Program Award in November from the Association for Continuing Higher Education (ACHE) at the Association’s annual meeting. This national award recognized the Stanford APM program for its unique delivery system, its innovations in topics, content and program design, and its success in accomplishing set goals, garnering positive student evaluations, and meeting financial metrics.
IPS Associates, Inc. changes it's name to IPSolutions, Inc.
2001
IPS, a subsidiary of Epic Edge, Inc. is purchased by a private investor group. Recognizing that projects are only a part of the discipline and science of project management and do not adequately reflect the full scope of necessary competencies related to strategic execution, Integrated Project Systems changes its name to IPS Associates, Inc.
1999
IPS partners with Stanford University and the Stanford Center for Professional Development to develop a groundbreaking Stanford Advanced Project Management curriculum that offers the latest research and thinking on project, program, and portfolio management combined with industry best practices—a curriculum using the learning-in-action method of delivery for which IPS is now renowned.
1998
IPS develops and introduces a seminal Project Planning workshop (FastPLAN®) that brings clarity and definition to project and program launches.
1996
The IPS Planning and Managing Projects curriculum attracts the attention of the Harvard Business School, which publishes the IPS Project Management Manual as an exemplary HBS model of project management.
1994
The IPS project management methodology and training gain worldwide recognition and are adopted by a global Fortune 100 company as its fundamental project management curriculum.
1988
Integrated Project Systems (IPS) is established and begins crafting a unique learning-in-action project management curriculum.
