SMP

What SMP does

SMP (Société Suisse de Management de Projet) is a Swiss non-profit professional association founded in 1993 that serves project management practitioners in the French-speaking Romandie region. Its core offerings consist of monthly evening debate events (soirées/débats) with expert speakers, an annual congress (the 2026 edition held at HEC Lausanne on the theme "Human Intelligence in Projects"), a library of recorded course replays, PDU attestation services for IPMA certification holders, and individual and corporate membership tiers. The organization has built a community of approximately 1,200 active members supported by 25 super volunteers, and reaches potential members through LinkedIn (1,976 followers), a newsletter, a website with course content, a YouTube channel (SMPLAY), and in-person events held across Lausanne, Geneva, and other Romandie locations.

The technology backbone is an Odoo-based learning management system that hosts the course replays catalog (covering content from 2018 to present), member records, and the PDU attestation workflow. SMP does not develop proprietary AI; instead, AI in project management is a recurring theme in its event programming, treated as a content subject rather than a built capability. The annual congress at HEC Lausanne and monthly evening events in regional venues function as both community-building and demand-generation channels, while the recorded replays extend the lifecycle of each event as an evergreen on-demand asset.

Revenue is generated through annual membership subscriptions (individual and corporate), event participation fees for the evening sessions and the annual congress, and access to the recorded course library on the online platform. Sponsorship income from a stable base of annual sponsors (Iteral, Itecor, Culture et Formation, and core partner STS) and congress exhibitors underwrites programming. The organization is governed as an association à but non lucratif, operates from headquarters in Aubonne with a secondary presence in Geneva, and explicitly restricts its geographic focus to Romandie with no stated global expansion ambitions.

Name

SMP

Legal name

Société Suisse de Management de Projet

Website

https://project-management.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

SMP is a Swiss non-profit association founded in 1993 that serves approximately 1,200 project management professionals in French-speaking Switzerland through monthly evening events, an annual congress, recorded courses, IPMA PDU attestations, and individual/corporate memberships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Aubonne

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership fees: Individual and corporate membership subscriptions providing access to events, courses, networking, and certification support
2. Event participation fees: Revenue from evening debate events and annual congress attendance
3. Course and seminar delivery: Recorded evening sessions available to members and non-members through the online learning platform

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

SMP is a non-profit professional association that delivers project management continuing education and networking services in French-speaking Switzerland. Its core offerings include monthly evening debate events (soirées) with expert speakers, an annual congress, recorded course replays, PDU attestations for IPMA certification holders, and individual/corporate membership programs.

Product overview

SMP (Société Suisse de Management de Projet) is a non-profit association promoting project management in French-speaking Switzerland. Rather than a software product, SMP's offerings center on professional development services: monthly evening debate events (soirées) featuring expert speakers on project management topics, an annual congress, recorded course replays covering methodologies like Agile, HERMES, IPMA certification, negotiation, and stakeholder management, PDU attestation services for certification holders, and individual/corporate membership programs. The organization has existed since 1993 and supports approximately 1,200 active members through networking, training, and certification support activities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SMP Evening Events (Soirées/Débats) Monthly evening debate events featuring expert speakers on project management topics such as agile transformation, negotiation, stakeholder management, risk management, AI in project management, and HERMES methodology. Events are held at venues in Lausanne, Geneva, and other locations in French-speaking Switzerland and are aimed at project management professionals.
• SMP Annual Congress Annual flagship congress themed around human intelligence in projects, hosting keynote speakers, workshops, and large-scale networking opportunities for project management professionals in French-speaking Switzerland.
• SMP Course Replays Recorded replays of SMP evening events and presentations available to members, covering project management methodologies, leadership, stakeholder engagement, and professional development topics spanning from 2018 to the present.
• PDU Attestations Professional development unit attestations provided to participants of SMP events, enabling project management certification holders to document continuing education for certification renewal purposes. Participants submit a form after attending an event and receive a certified PDF attestation within 48 hours.
• SMP Membership Program

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• IteralminorOthersAnnual sponsor of the association, supporting project management professional development events
• ItecorminorOthersSponsor supporting SMP events and professional community activities
• STS (the project management training company)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCore sponsor for the 2026 Congress, demonstrating commitment to supporting project management professionals and community development
• Culture et formationminorOthersSponsor supporting training and professional development activities
• IIBA Geneva ChaptercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partner for networking events, jointly organizing the annual associative networking evening for members of both associations
• Triskell SoftwareminorOthersExhibitor at the 2026 Congress, offering discussions on strategy implementation and project portfolio management
• AirSaasminorOthersShared initiative related to project management community activities
• socraftminorOthersCommunity initiative partner for project management professionals

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• PMI Switzerland Chapter: Swiss chapter of PMI running local events, PMP exam prep, and networking for PM professionals across Switzerland. Directly competes with SMP for Swiss PM members and corporate sponsorships, with the broader PMI brand but a similarly Switzerland-local chapter model.
• Project Management Institute (PMI): Global professional association serving project, program, and portfolio managers with PMP certification, chapters, events, and continuing education. Direct competitor to SMP for PM professional development, certification support, and networking, but at vastly larger scale and a global rather than Romandie footprint.
• spm (Swiss Society for Project Management): German-speaking Swiss counterpart association promoting PM practice and IPMA certification in the German-speaking region of Switzerland. Sister organization under the same IPMA federation structure, running events, training, and certification support for a parallel linguistic community within Switzerland.
• International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA): Global non-profit professional association for business analysts, providing certification (CBAP, ECBA), chapters, and events. Same membership-association and chapter-driven operating model as SMP and an existing collaboration partner via the IIBA Geneva Chapter.
• International Project Management Association (IPMA): Federation of national PM associations (of which SMP operates as a Swiss member society) that defines the IPMA competence baseline and certification framework. Directly comparable mission (PM professionalization and certification) and governance model as an umbrella of national member associations.

Emerging players

• Scrum Alliance: Non-profit membership organization certifying Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and other Agile practitioners. Adjacent to traditional PM but representing a methodology shift; competes with SMP for corporate training budgets and individual professional development spend in the Agile/PM convergence market.

Regional players

• PMI France: French chapter of PMI serving project managers across France with events, training, and PMP certification support. Comparable language community (French) and association model to SMP, but operating in a different geography (France rather than Romandie).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCFoph44UlGmO72Old_L-0Ew
• Facebookfacebook.com/SMP.ManagementDeProjet
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/smp-soci-t-suisse-de-management-de-projet

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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