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).