The Autumn Convention of the German Association of Project Managers (DVP) was held on 8 November 2018 in Berlin under the general theme “Project management strategies in disruptive markets”. Daniel Kalus, shareholder and managing director of IQ Real Estate GmbH, presented a paper on “Building in overheated markets – methodic strategies to avoid failure from a project management perspective” and attended the panel discussion addressing the question “How can project management be successful within the current market constraints?”