Volume IX - Issue XII - December 2007
PM Community News
Finnish Software Measurement and Benchmarking Expert Reported by Carol Dekkers in Florida, USA Pekka Forselius, former President of the Finnish Software Measurement Association(FiSMA), was elected President of the International Software Benchmarking Standards Group (ISBSG). The announcement was made in Madrid, Spain on October 6, 2007, during the 2007 annual ISBSG meeting. Mr. Forselius has been an active contributor and long time supporter of the ISBSG since FiSMA joined the benchmarking consortium in 2000.
Prior to and since his involvement with ISBSG, Mr. Forselius (pictured) has been the data custodian of the 800-project FiSMA Experience Database that boasts validation from renowned international researchers including Barbara Kitchenham, Martin Shepperd, Katrina Maxwell, and others. One of Mr. Forselius' visions for ISBSG during his tenure is to increase the visibility and credibility of the ISBSG databases (currently Release 10 of the Application development and enhancement repository houses more data for more than 4000+ completed software projects) beyond current levels including robust populating of the newer data repositories. (Maintenance and support; and, Package acquisition and implementation are two of the emerging repositories). ISBSG is recognized as one of the world's leading project repositories and is used increasingly for software project estimation, productivity benchmarking, and process improvement. Headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, you can visit ISBSG online at www.isbsg.org. Mr. Forselius, MBA, MSc, CSM (Certified SCOPE Manager), is the CEO and a partner of 4SUM Partners, Oy of Finland. He is well known globally for his work with learning organizations, high quality benchmarking data, functional size measurement, and International Software and Systems Engineering standards (ISO/IEC). Pekka can be contacted at pekka.forselius@4SUMPartners.com.
Jaycee Kruger named International Correspondent Mr. Jaycee Kruger has been named an International Correspondent for PMForum in Johannesburg, South Africa. Jaycee is also the Managing Director of CMSS, trading as Construction Management Support Services, a consulting company specializing in the improvement of project delivery capability of its clients and based in Gauteng.
 Jaycee Krüger, PMP, PrTechEng, is past president and chair of the board of directors of the South Africa Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI®). He was also a founding member and is a vice president of Project Management Institute South Africa (PMSA), a national association. Mr. Krüger has spent over 29 years working in project environments with increasing responsibility, from technical design and construction supervision through construction management and project management to executive head of various functional departments and director of a major South African project management and engineering company operating globally. Project experience includes power generation, industrial and mining projects, from shutdowns through brown-fields to green-fields in extremely remote places. Serving his two professions, civil engineering and project management, Jaycee was founding member of several organisations and branches of organisations, as well as subject matter expert in statutory boards governing project management. Some of his specific roles have included:
He is presently active in PMI where he serves on the Component Services Members Advisory Group (CSMAG), the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International, (AACE), PMSA where he is currently Vice President International Liaison, and the South African Institute of Civil Engineering (SAICE). He has delivered various voluntary papers and lectures on project management topics over the years on a global basis.
 Gauteng is a province of South Africa formed from part of the old Transvaal province after South Africa's first all-race elections on 27 April 1994. It was initially named Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging (or PWV) and was renamed Gauteng in December 1994. Situated in the heart of the Highveld, Gauteng is highly urbanized and now the most populous province in South Africa, with over 9.5 million people living there. The name Gauteng comes from the Sesotho word meaning Place of Gold, the historical Sesotho name for Johannesburg and surrounding areas referring to the thriving gold industry in the province following the 1886 discovery of gold in Johannesburg. Gauteng is the wealthiest province in South Africa and has the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is the economic hub of South Africa and contributes heavily in the financial, manufacturing, transport, technology and telecommunications sectors, amongst others. It also hosts a large number of overseas companies that want a commercial base in and gateway to Africa. Although Gauteng is the smallest of South Africa's nine provinces - it covers only 1.4% of the country's total land area - it contributes more than 58% of its gross domestic product (GDP) as well as 60% of its fiscal revenue. Gauteng generates 39% of the GDP of the entire African continent. Gauteng is also a centre of learning in South Africa, with many universities and other schools of higher learning.  The City of Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng province and the largest and most populous city in South Africa. The Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Areas has a population of over eight million and is one of the 40 largest metropolitan areas in the world. Johannesburg is the source of a large-scale gold and diamond trade, due to its location on the mineral-rich Witwatersrand range of hills. Johannesburg is served by O.R. Tambo International Airport, the largest and busiest airport in Africa and a gateway for international air travel to and from the rest of southern Africa. Johannesburg's land area of 1,644 square kilometres (635 sq mi) is very large when compared to other cities, resulting in a population density of only 1,962 inhabitants per square kilometre (5,082/sq mi). Johannesburg also encompasses Soweto, a township that the apartheid government established to accommodate the large number of migrant workers.
 The Republic of South Africa is the country at the southern tip of Africa. It borders the Atlantic and Indian oceans and Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Swaziland, and Lesotho. South Africa is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. The South African economy is the largest in Africa and 24th largest in the world. Due to this it is the most developed country on the African continent. South Africa has experienced a different history from other nations in Africa because of early immigration from Europe and the strategic importance of the Cape Sea Route. European immigration began shortly after the Dutch East India Company founded a station at what would become Cape Town, in 1652. South Africa is ethnically diverse, with the largest Caucasian, Indian, and racially mixed communities in Africa. Black South Africans, who speak nine officially recognized languages, and many more dialects, account for approximately 75% of the population. Racial strife between the white minority and the black majority has played a large part in South Africa's history and politics, with apartheid instituted in 1948 by the National Party. The laws that defined apartheid began to be repealed in 1990, after a long and sometimes violent struggle. Regular elections have been held for almost a century; but most South Africans were not enfranchised until 1994.  South Africa is the only nation in the world with three capital cities: Cape Town, the largest of the three, is the legislative capital; Pretoria is the administrative capital; and Bloemfontein is the judicial capital. South Africa is a middle-income country with an abundant supply of resources, well-developed financial, legal, communications, energy, and transport sectors, a stock exchange (the JSE Limited), that ranks among the top twenty in the world, and a modern infrastructure supporting an efficient distribution of goods. South Africa is ranked 24th in the world in GDP. In many respects, South Africa is developed; however, advanced development is significantly localized around four areas, namely Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Durban, and Pretoria/Johannesburg. Beyond these four economic centres, development is marginal and poverty still reigns despite government efforts. Consequently the vast majority of South Africans are poor. With an official population of around 47 million, refugees from neighboring countries have contributed to a high unemployment rate among the poor. For additional information about Johannesburg, Gauteng and South Africa, visit Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa, the source of information in this article. Jaycee Krüger, who has worked to advance the Project Management profession in South Africa for many years, is based in Heidelberg, a rural town close to Johannesburg, Gauteng province, South Africa and can be reached at jckruger@greybeards.co.za. We at PMForum welcome Jaycee to our Global Correspondents Network in support of www.pmforum.org, PM World Today and the world of professional project management.
Tim Carter of Davis Langdon wins APM 2007 Reported by Miles Shepherd in London, UK The Association for Project Management (APM), the main project management professional society in the United Kingdom (UK), has announced that Tim Carter of Davis Langdon is the winner of the APM’s 2007 Sir Monty Finniston Award. The award was presented at a glittering ceremony on Tuesday 30th October at The Brewery, Chiswell Street, London on the first evening of APM’s two-day national Project Management Conference
A former chairman of APM, Tim Carter introduced and was instrumental in the successful implementation of the APM Awards Program. For many years he organized the annual Awards Dinner at The Brewery in London, supported by The Telegraph, one of the UK’s most prestigious broadsheet newspapers. He was also the project manager of the Eden Project for which he won a Project Manager of the Year Award. The most prestigious of the APM Project Management Awards, the Sir Monty Finniston Award is presented by the APM awards judging panel to the individual or organization that has made an outstanding contribution to the development of project management as a vehicle for effective change. Candidates for this award are by nomination only. This award is the equivalent of the entertainment industry’s ‘Lifetime Achievement’ award and is made entirely at the discretion of the APM. It may reflect an individual or an organization, but in either case, it will be due to the outstanding contribution made to the profession, be that as a single effort or as a sustained set of activities over a long period. Previous winners include Dr Terry Cooke-Davies in 2006 and Professor Stephen Wearne in 2005. For the past 14 years the APM Project Management Awards have been rewarding and celebrating project management successes, from the Eden Project to record breaking round the world voyages. The awards reflect the invaluable contribution project management and project managers make in all sections of society. The finalists and winners attract national publicity and many benefit from a career boost as a result, both at business and individual levels.  Individual winners received an exclusive trophy (pictured) by British designer Nigel Cripps presented at the Awards dinner, a winner’s certificate, use of a winner’s logo, featured in publicity throughout the year, featured as a case study on the APM Awards website and in the APM Awards brochure. Academic winners receive an exclusive trophy presented at the awards dinner, a winner’s certificate, use of a winner’s logo, and coverage in the APM awards brochure. Runners-up receive a certificate, use of a finalists’ logo, featured in awards publicity, announced as a finalist at the awards dinner, featured on the APM awards website. Winners and runners-up also appear in the Project magazine awards special edition.
The Association for Project Management (APM) is the national body for professional project management in the United Kingdom (UK). With over 15,000 individual and 390 corporate members, APM is one of the largest organizations of its kind in Europe. The organization develops and promotes project management across all sectors of industry and beyond. APM's mission is: "To develop and promote the professional disciplines of project and programme management for the public benefit." At the heart of the association is the APM Body of Knowledge containing fifty-two knowledge areas required to manage any successful project. APM promotes the use of the APM Body of Knowledge through qualifications, accredited training, research, publications and events. APM is the UK member of the International Project Management Association (IPMA). With headquarters in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, APM has twelve regional branches throughout the UK and one in Hong Kong. For 2007 the APM chair is Mike Nichols and the president is Dr. Martin Barnes. Additional information can be found at www.apm.org.uk. APM 2007 Project Managers of the Year Awards Announced Reported by Miles Shepherd in London, UK
The Association for Project Management (APM), the main project management professional society in the United Kingdom (UK), has announced the winners of its 2007 Project Manager of the Year award and Young Project Manager of the Year award. The 2007 APM Project Manager of the Year Award has been won by Martin Cross (pictured) of Turner and Townsend, for development of Anglesey airport and the Intra-Wales Air Service from Cardiff to Anglesey. Runners up this year were Alice Chow of Arup, Sebastian Ennulat of IBM and Stuart Godden of BAE Systems. The APM Project Manager of the Year is awarded to the project manager who provides the most effective demonstration of project management competence, no matter the scale or type of project. Project managers orchestrate an environment for success, providing the drive and impetus to innovate and achieve. They balance technical and management skills with communication and interpersonal skills. They offer empathy with different views and perspectives as well as understanding different backgrounds and personalities. At the same time they are always focusing to ensure the objectives of the project are met. The Project Manager of the Year is awarded to the individual who best demonstrates his or her project management ability in the delivery of a project or projects during 2006/7. The criteria are based upon the APM Body of Knowledge and the APM Project Risk Analysis and Management Guide. The focus is very much on the personal qualities of the individual, regardless of the project. The 2007 APM Project Manager of the Year Award was sponsored by Corporate Project Solutions.
The 2007 APM Young Project Manager of the Year Award has been won by Jimmy Zammer (pictured) of Davis Langdon for the refurbishment of the British Council’s premises in Khartoum. The APM Young Project Manager of the Year award recognizes rising talent. It is awarded to those individuals who, despite being in the early stages of their project management careers, are already demonstrating that they can make a difference to the project management profession and the companies and clients for whom they work. The Young Project Manager of the Year Award is open to project managers aged up to 30 at the time of entry, who are working on any project where their involvement has been greater than 6 months. Not surprisingly the criteria are the same as the Project Manager of the Year, but the difference in experience and influence is recognized. The Young Project Manager of the Year award was sponsored by PMProfessional Learning. Runners up this year were Michael Chappell of Jacobs and David Epps of Moorhouse Consulting. The awards were presented at a glittering ceremony on Tuesday 30th October at The Brewery, Chiswell Street, London on the first evening of APM’s two-day national Project Management Conference. For the past 14 years the APM Project Management Awards have been rewarding and celebrating project management successes, from the Eden Project to record breaking round the world voyages. The awards reflect the invaluable contribution project management and project managers make in all sections of society. The finalists and winners attract national publicity and many benefit from a career boost as a result, both at business and individual levels. Individual winners received an exclusive trophy (pictured) by British designer Nigel Cripps presented at the Awards dinner, a winner’s certificate, use of a winner’s logo, featured in publicity throughout the year, featured as a case study on the APM Awards website and in the APM Awards brochure. Academic winners receive an exclusive trophy presented at the awards dinner, a winner’s certificate, use of a winner’s logo, and coverage in the APM awards brochure. Runners-up receive a certificate, use of a finalists’ logo, featured in awards publicity, announced as a finalist at the awards dinner, featured on the APM awards website.
The Association for Project Management (APM) is the national body for professional project management in the United Kingdom (UK). With over 15,000 individual and 390 corporate members, APM is one of the largest organizations of its kind in Europe. The organization develops and promotes project management across all sectors of industry and beyond. APM's mission is: "To develop and promote the professional disciplines of project and programme management for the public benefit." At the heart of the association is the APM Body of Knowledge containing fifty-two knowledge areas required to manage any successful project. APM promotes the use of the APM Body of Knowledge through qualifications, accredited training, research, publications and events. APM is the UK member of the International Project Management Association (IPMA). With headquarters in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, APM has twelve regional branches throughout the UK and one in Hong Kong. For 2007 the APM chair is Mike Nichols and the president is Dr. Martin Barnes. Additional information can be found at www.apm.org.uk. Brenda Treasure named International Correspondent Mrs. Brenda Treasure has been named an International Correspondent for PMForum in Melbourne, Australia. Brenda is also Professional Services Manager & Director for BHE Services Pty Ltd, currently serving on a contract for Telstra Corporation as Senior Project Manager for a national IT transformation project. Brenda Treasure, PMP has been actively practicing Project Management for over 15 years in both a permanent role and consulting through her own company. Brenda initially gained her qualifications in Business Management. Through the combination of working across various industry groups, these both provided the crucial experience needed for her to gain project management skills, and ultimately her PMP Certification. Brenda’s industry experience has included contract roles for private organisations, Government agencies, and currently in the IT & Telecommunications arena. Brenda is currently contracted to Telstra Corporation within the Service Management Group as Senior Project Manager for the National IT Transformation Project for Customer Care & Billing. She recently completed a contract as Senior Project Management for a key technology program – Jersey for Ericsson Australia, involving the delivery of the 3G Mobile network technology across Australia for Telstra. Previously, Mrs. Treasure was Business Services Manager for Toll, Corporate IT, responsible for delivery of all IT projects and overall governance of the project delivery team incorporating the Project Office. Brenda served as Technology Implementation Manager for the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, during 2005-2006 where she was responsible for the overall implementation of technology across all venues, working very closely with all program areas so that their technology requirements were identified and implemented. Throughout the Commonwealth Games, all IT procurement, deployment, setup, operation and removal of technology was conducted by external suppliers, under the direction of project managers reporting to Brenda. From 1994 until 2005, Brenda had such interesting assignments as:
Very active within the Project Management Institute (PMI®) for over 8 years, Brenda has served as Professional Development Director & President of the PMI Melbourne Chapter (during 2001 & 2002, for which the chapter won the PMI® Chapter Professional Development Award for Exceptional Activities, and the PMI ‘Chapter of the Year’ award). In 2003 Brenda was Chair and Facilitator for the first International forum focusing on “Women in Project Management” held in conjunction with World Project Management Week in Queensland, Australia. In 2003 Brenda also participated on the International Project Management Certification Audit Committee, and received the PMI Australian Chapters’ Distinguished Contribution Award’. Brenda served as Communications Director for PMI’s Women in Project Management Specific Interest Group (WiPM SIG) during 2004-2006. She is currently Asia/Pacific Representative for PMI’s Component Services Member Advisory Group, on the Core Team of PMI’s 2nd Edition of the Program Standard (as Volunteer Coordinator) and on the COPAT for PMI Global Congress 2007 - Asia/Pacific to be held in Sydney in March 2008. Brenda recently graduated as Australia’s first Representative from PMI’s Leadership Institute Masters Class 2007. She speaks regularly at PMI Component & Leadership Meetings and global Congresses. Brenda has a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management from the University of Canberra and is certified by PMI as a Project Management Professional (PMP®).
Melbourne is the second most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan population of approximately 3.7 million. Located around Port Phillip Bay in the country's south-east, Melbourne is the state capital of Victoria state and a major centre of commerce, industry and cultural activity. The city is often referred to as Australia's "sporting and cultural capital" and is home to many of the nation's most significant cultural and sporting events and institutions. Melbourne is notable for its mix of Victorian and contemporary architecture, its extensive tram network, Victorian parks and gardens, and diverse multicultural society. It was the host city of the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Melbourne was founded by free settlers in 1835, 47 years after the first European settlement in Australia, as a pastoral settlement on the Yarra River. Transformed into a major metropolis by the Victorian gold rush in the 1850s, "Marvellous Melbourne" became Australia's largest and most important city by 1865. It was overtaken by Sydney as the largest city in Australia in the early 20th century. Melbourne is home to many of Australia's largest corporations: Telstra, BHP Billiton, ANZ and the National Australia Bank, and to the Business Council of Australia, the Australian Council of Trade Unions and many companies listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. Many multinational corporations also have their main Australian office in Melbourne including Rio Tinto Group, one of the world's leading mining companies. Melbourne is home to Australia's largest seaport and much of Australia's automotive industry, including Ford and Toyota manufacturing facilities. It is home to many other manufacturing industries. Melbourne is also a major technology hub, with a strong ICT industry that employs one third of Australia's ICT workforce, has a turnover of AUD$19.8 billion, and has export revenues of $615 million. Melbourne is Australia’s leading centre for pension funds and home to the $40b Federal Government Future Fund.
The Commonwealth of Australia is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the mainland of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania and a number of other islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The Australian mainland has been inhabited for more than 42,000 years by Indigenous Australians. After sporadic visits by fishermen from the north and by Dutch explorers and merchants starting in the 17th century, the eastern half of Australia was claimed by the British in 1770 and initially settled through penal transportation as part of the colony of New South Wales, commencing on 26 January 1788. As the population grew and new areas were explored, another five largely self-governing Crown Colonies were established during the 19th century. On 1 January 1901, the six colonies became a federation, and the Commonwealth of Australia was formed. Since federation, Australia has maintained a stable liberal democratic political system and remains a Commonwealth Realm. The capital city is Canberra, located in the Australian Capital Territory. The population is 21 million, and is concentrated in the mainland state capitals of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide. Australia has a prosperous, Western-style mixed economy, with a per capita GDP slightly higher than France, Germany and the UK in terms of purchasing power parity. The country was ranked third in the United Nations' 2006 Human Development Index and sixth in The Economist worldwide quality-of-life index. Unemployment stands at around4.6% and inflation at 2–3%. The service sector of the economy, including tourism, education, and financial services, comprises 69% of GDP. Agriculture and natural resources comprise 3% and 5% of GDP but contribute substantially to exports, with Australia's largest export markets being Japan, China, the USA, South Korea and New Zealand. Additional information about Melbourne and Australia can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne, the source of the above information. Brenda Treasure, who is working to advance the Project Management profession in Australia and worldwide, is based in Melbourne and can be reached at brenda.treasure@bheservices.com.au. We at PMForum welcome Brenda to our Global Correspondents Network in support of PMForum, PM World Today and the world of professional project management. American author Randall Englund named PM Ambassador™ announces global availability as speaker for PM events Randall Englund, author of several project management books and former senior project manager for Hewlett Packard (HP), has joined the PM AmbassadorsTM Speakers Bureau. Mr. Englund is a well known project management consultant and trainer in California, and one of the world’s leading experts in the field of project management for technology-based organizations.
Randall (Randy) Englund is currently an executive consultant for the Englund Project Management Consultancy and is a Professional Associate for the Stanford Advanced Project Management (SAPM) program, specializing in converting strategy into action and effective project management offices. He motivates others through keynote presentations and by developing and delivering custom workshops and consulting engagements world-wide, especially for SeminarsWorld sponsored by the Project Management Institute. Randy’s experiences stem from 22 years at Hewlett-Packard (HP) Company, where he was a senior project manager and part of the corporate Project Management Initiative to lead continuous improvement of project management across the company. At HP he was also a program manager in high tech new product development. Previously he conducted projects for General Electric Medical Systems for 10 years. Recent engagements have included: keynote on achieving project maturity; conducted a risk management initiative; designed a streamlined PM process; identified example case studies; designed and delivered PM training sessions for managers and team leaders. He is co-author of the recently published book on Project Sponsorship: Achieving Management Commitment for Project Success with Alfonso Bucero of Madrid, Spain. He previously co-authored the books: Creating the Project Office: a Manager’s Guide to Leading Organizational Change, and Creating an Environment for Successful Projects (Second Edition). He was a chapter contributor for the AMA Handbook of Project Management: Second Edition, and has published articles in magazines, such as Projects & Profits. In speaking and training engagements, Randy includes the behavioral and organizational aspects that increase the probability of optimizing results from a portfolio of projects. His interactive style encourages the exploration of action-oriented practices that are immediately applicable to project-based work. He incorporates multimedia to discover concepts that may be adopted, adapted, and applied. He believes in an organic approach to the implementation of project management, recognizing that nature and natural living systems provide many answers to complex scenarios. He merges these concepts with real life experiences. The results are memorable interventions that transform how individuals approach their work. Randy Englund has an MBA in management from San Francisco State University and a BS in electrical engineering from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He is New Product Development Professional (NPDP) certified and a Certified Business Manager (CBM). Randall Englund is prepared to provide keynote speeches and seminars on the following topics, among others:
For information on Mr. Englund’s availability, please contact ambassadors@pmforum.com. The PM Ambassadors™ Speakers Bureau was introduced by PMForum in June 2007 as a new service for project management leaders and meeting planners worldwide. The program offers and promotes leading project management authorities, experts and professional leaders who are available to speak at conferences, meetings and seminars worldwide. PM Ambassadors™ include globally-recognized project management professional experts; authors of PM textbooks; former presidents and chairs of PM professional societies; experienced project managers and PM professionals; and retired executives of project and program-oriented organizations.
PM Ambassadors™ are available to speak at project management conferences, meetings, seminars and workshops, and at corporate events. Interested meeting organizers and planners can contact ambassadors@pmforum.com for more information. Background information about individual speakers, availability and potential presentation topics can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/ambassadors/ambassadors.htm. Established in 1995, www.pmforum.org was the world’s first website devoted to professional project management and continues to be one of the world’s most popular sources of project management news and information. PMForum is a company formed to operate and administer the pmforum.org website. PMForum also produces the monthly online PM World Today eJournal where articles, case studies, papers and viewpoints by leading PM authorities from around the world can be found; free subscriptions are available at www.pmworldtoday.net.. Romeo Mitchell named International Correspondent Mr. Romeo Mitchell has been named an International Correspondent for PMForum in Ontario, Canada. Romeo is also a Senior Program Manager with HP (Canada) Co., with over 20 years’ experience managing engineering and information technology (IT) projects and programs. During his career, Romeo has held the titles and duties of project manager, program manager, project portfolio manager, project executive, and senior project and program management consultant.
Romeo Mitchell, B.Sc., M.Sc., PMP, PQS, has an extensive background in all aspects of IT Project Management. This includes the management of single or multiple projects within a program or portfolio. He has delivered complex leading-edge projects and programs on-time, on-budget, with quality deliverables in complex distributed computing environments involving multiple solution providers. He has successfully led and completed assignments involving complex recovery and turnaround programs. His experience spans several industries including Telecom, Manufacturing, Banking and Retail Sectors of industry. As a Senior Program Manager at HP, Romeo has managing multiple projects at multiple customer locations concurrently. He has experience in all aspects of IT project management and has led medium sized projects as well as very large service agreement based programs, in various industry sectors. Project integration experience includes IT service management, imaging, system consolidation, date migration, Network implementation, mission critical IT infrastructure, date warehousing, application development, applications integration, SAP basis and messaging. He has led project teams ranging from 20 to 100+ team members. Customers have included universities, steel plants, large banks and other types of organizations. Prior to joining HP in 1995, Romeo experienced the following opportunities to advance his project management career: Cost engineering and project management consultant, developing PM methodology and training workshops (1992-1994) Project Management Specialist with Johnson Matthey in the UK, helping facilitate an organization’s transition from traditional (functional) to project-driven orientation (1988) Quantity Surveyor and project manager for the Government of St. Lucia, managing multiple locally and internationally funded engineering projects (1982-1984) Romeo has been an active member in the Project Management Institute (PMI®) for many years and has served in various capacities including President of the PMI Southern Ontario Chapter in the late 90’s. He has also serverd as Vice President of the Ontario Institute Of Quantity Surveyors. With more than 12 years experience teaching project management, Romeo is also a part-time senior instructor in the Humber Project Management Center at Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning. He developed the curriculum for 10 project management courses currently offered at the college, is lead instructor for the “Managing Project Risks” course, and has coordinated 8 other instructors. He has published several papers and presented at both national and international seminars and symposia. His most recent publication co-orthored “From Ratholes to Rainbows, Managing Project Recovery”. Romeo holds a Master of Science Degree in Project Management from Henley Management College/Brunel University, England, Graduate certificate in Operations Management and Operations Research Techniques, Industrial Society of Great Britain, and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Quantity Surveying (cost engineering) with Commendations from the University of Westminster, England. Romeo received his Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification from PMI in 1994. The city of Mississauga was incorporated in 1974, has over 704,000 residents, and is Canada's sixth-most populous municipality. Located in the Greater Toronto Area, Mississauga has one of the fastest growing populations in Canada. With seven major highways passing through the city, Mississauga offers access to major destinations in Canada and the United States. In addition, most of Toronto Pearson International Airport, Canada's busiest airport, is located in the city. Toronto is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario, making it the seat of the provincial Crown. Located on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario and with over 2.5 million residents, Toronto is the fifth-most populous municipality in North America., and the 46th most populous in the world. The Greater Toronto Area (GTA) is part of a densely-populated region in south-central Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe which is home to over eight million residents.
As Canada's economic capital, Toronto is a global city. Toronto's leading economic sectors include finance, business services, telecommunications, aerospace, transportation, media, arts, film, television production, publishing, software production, medical research, education, tourism and sports industries. The Toronto Stock Exchange, the world's sixth largest, is headquartered in the city, along with a majority of Canada's corporations. Toronto's population is cosmopolitan and international, which reflects its role as an important destination for immigrants to Canada. Toronto is one of the world's most diverse cities, as about 49 percent of the population was born outside of Canada. Because of the city's low crime rates, clean environment and generally high standard of living, Toronto is consistently rated as one of the world's most livable cities. Ontario is Canada’s second largest province by population and second largest in total area. Ontario is bordered by the provinces of Manitoba to the west, Quebec to the east, and the American states of Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Minnesota. Most of Ontario's borders with the United States are natural, and include the Lake of the Woods; the four Great Lakes (Superior, Huron, Erie, and Ontario); and the Saint Lawrence River. The capital of Ontario is Toronto, the largest city in Canada. Ottawa, the capital of Canada, is also located in Ontario. The 2006 Census counted 12,160,282 residents in Ontario, which accounted for 38.5% of the national population. The province takes its name from Lake Ontario, Along with New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Quebec, Ontario is one of the four original provinces of Canada when the nation was formed on July 1, 1867 by the British North America Act. An abundance of natural resources, excellent transportation links to the American heartland and the inland Great Lakes making ocean access possible via ship containers, have all contributed to making Ontario Canada's leading manufacturing province, accounting for 52 per cent of the total national manufacturing shipments in 2004. Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean. It is the world's second largest country by total area, and shares land borders with the United States to the south and northwest. The lands have been inhabited for millennia by aboriginal peoples. Beginning in the late 15th century, British and French expeditions explored and settled the country. France ceded its North American colonies in 1763 and inn 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada became a federal dominion. Canadian independence from the UK was finally culminated in the Canada Act of 1982. A federation now comprising ten provinces and three territories, Canada is a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy with Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state. It is a bilingual and multicultural country, with both English and French as official languages. Technologically advanced and industrialized, Canada maintains a diversified economy that is heavily reliant upon its abundant natural resources and upon trade.
Canada is one of the world's wealthiest nations with a high per capita income, and is a member of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Group of Eight (G8). Canada is a free market economy with slightly more government intervention than the United States, but less than most European nations. Since the early 1990's, the Canadian economy has been growing rapidly with low unemployment and large government surpluses on the federal level. Today Canada closely resembles the US in its market-oriented economic system, pattern of production, and high living standards. As of October 2007, Canada's national unemployment rate of 5.9% is its lowest in 33 years. As with other first world nations, the Canadian economy is now dominated by the service industry, which employs about three quarters of Canadians. However, Canada is unusual among developed countries in the importance of its natural resources sector, with the logging and oil industries being two of Canada's most important. Canada is one of the few developed nations that is a net exporter of energy. Canada is one of the world's most important suppliers of agricultural products, with the Canadian Prairies one of the most important suppliers of wheat, canola and other grains. Canada is also a world leader in many natural resources. Canada is highly dependent on international trade, especially trade with the United States. The 1989 Canada-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) (which included Mexico) touched off a dramatic increase in trade and economic integration with the USA. Since 2001, Canada has successfully avoided economic recession and has maintained the best overall economic performance in the G8. Since the mid 1990s, Canada's federal government has posted annual budgetary surpluses and has steadily paid down the national debt. Additional information about Toronto, Ontario and Canada can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/, the source of the above information. Romeo Mitchell is based in Mississauga, Toronto area, Ontario, Canada and can be contacted at romeo.mitchell@hp.com. We at PMForum welcome Romeo to our Global Correspondents Network in support of PMForum, PM World Today and the world of professional project management. Established prior to 1995, www.pmforum.org was the world’s first website devoted to professional project management and continues to be one of the world’s most popular sources of project management news and information. PMForum is a company formed to operate and administer the pmforum.org website. PMForum also produces the monthly online PM World Today eJournal where articles, case studies, papers and viewpoints by leading PM authorities from around the world can be found; free subscriptions are available at www.pmworldtoday.net. PMForum has established a global network of international correspondents in over 20 countries to provide news and information from around the world of project management. More information about this program and other correspondents can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/pm%20forum%20team/index.htm#5. Project Management Graduate of the Year Awards 2006-7 announced in Ireland Reported by Ed Naughton in Dublin, Ireland The Project Management Graduate of the Year Awards, sponsored by Waterford Wedgewood, were announced at a ceremony in Dublin, Ireland on Wednesday, 15th November 2007. A Waterford Crystal Trophy presented by the keynote speaker Gilles Caupin, former President, Chair and honorary Fellow of the International Project Management Association (IMPA), was awarded to the top student who completed the Diploma in Applied Project Management (DipAPM) during the academic year 2006/2007. The National Overall Winner was Mr Feilim Harvey of PricewaterhouseCoopers.
In photo, from left to right: Liam Carmody, Waterford Crystal, Munster Regional Winner; Feilim Harvey, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Overall Winner; Ed Naughton, IPMI; Tony Murray, Hewlett Packard, Leinster Regional Winner; Gilles Caupin, IPMA, Keynote Speaker; and Margo Croke, Boston Scientific, Connacht Regional Winner The diploma is a joint programme offered by the Institute of Project Management and UCC, Department of Management and Marketing. The evening was chaired by Professor Sebastian Green, Head of Department of Management & Marketing, University College Cork (UCC). Ed Naughton, Director General of the Institute of Project Management said: “These awards recognise and honour excellence in project management. They exhibit the importance and value placed on Project Management as a recognised discipline, both to the business community and to the public in general. The standards achieved by the Award Winners tonight are testimony, both to the level of competence attained by the individuals themselves, the contribution that they each make to their individual companies, and the community interests in which they are involved.” The Awards were based on a measurement of the actual qualifying examination results of over 200 graduates who graduated during 2006/2007 academic year in three regions in Ireland - Dublin, Cork and Galway. The Diploma in Applied Project Management provides international certification through the Institute of Project Management of Ireland’s association with International Project Management Association (IPMA). For further information, please contact: Institute of Project Management, 25 Upper Mount Street, Dublin 2, Ireland; Ph: 01-6614677; e-mail: info@projectmanagement.ie; web: www.projectmanagement.ie.
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