Volume IX - Issue I - January 2007
PM Community News
Tanaka to Moderate Key Panel at January PMI Research Workshop The Project Management Institute (PMI®) has announced the agenda for its upcoming Research Program Working Session to be held in Hong Kong on 28 January 2007. The PMI Research Program workshop will be conducted all day on Sunday, 28 January, immediately preceding the PMI Global Congress – Asia Pacific 2007 to be held in Hong Kong during 29-31 January. The overall theme of the research session in Hong Kong is “Challenges and Needs of Project Management in the Asia Pacific Region.” The session will begin with a welcome, introduction and overview of the PMI Research Program by Dr. Edwin Andrews, PMI Research Manager. Mr. Jason Dolfi, PMI Market Research Supervisor, will then lead a “Regional Challenges Workshop” for an hour.
An Executive, Academic and Practitioner Panel will then be moderated by Mr. Hiroshi Tanaka, Ph.D., PMP, JGC Corporation, Yokohama, Japan. The Panel will also include Chris Stevens, Ph.D., University of Sydney, Australia; Mike Sypsomos, PMP, Chevron Thailand, Bangkok; Patrick Fong, Ph.D., Polytechnic University of Hong Kong; and Bryan Clifford, John Carlisle Partnership. The PMI Research session will conclude in the afternoon with a one hour Regional Needs Workshop and a two-hour interactive discussion on the subject of “The Practical Application of Research to Project Management Issues.” This last session will include presentations by Jill Owens, Australian Defense Force Academy, Chris Stevens, and Michael Price, Ph.D., PMI manager of Accreditation Programs. Mr. Hiroshi Tanaka, Ph.D., is one of the leaders in the global project management community with over 40 years experience in the engineering and construction industry. He is the National President of Project Management Association of Japan (PMAJ), the Japanese national PM association, and a Fellow and global project management delegate of the Engineering Advancement Association of Japan (ENAA), the Japanese project industry initiative with 220 first-line Japanese corporations. He has been the ENAA representative to PMI since 1984. In addition to ENAA, PMAJ and PMI, Hiroshi is a member of the Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM); Project Management Associates (PMA) India (Global Fellow); Russian Project Management Association SOVNET, Russia (Lifetime Honorary Member); and the Society of Project Management (SPM), Japan. Dr. Tanaka is also Deputy General Manager of JGC Corporation, Japan’s largest engineering and construction company. Additional information about Hiroshi Tanaka, who was recently announced as a Global Advisor to PMForum.org, can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2006/12/hiroshi-tanaka-confirmed-as-pmf-global.html. According to PMI’s website, the PMI Research Program offers Research Working Sessions at all four PMI Global Congresses each year. Academics, executives and practitioners are invited to discuss various project management research topics, including recent research findings and future research projects to be sponsored or supported by PMI. Summaries of the sessions are provided to all participants, who also receive PDUs for participation. For more information about the PMI Research Program, visit http://www.pmi.org/info/PP_ResearchOverview.asp. With 220,000+ members in over 150 countries, the Project Management Institute (PMI) is the world’s largest and best known project management professional society. PMI is actively engaged in advocacy for the PM profession, setting standards, conducting research and providing access to a wide variety of information and resources. PMI also promotes career and professional development and offers certification, networking and community involvement opportunities. PMI was founded in the USA in 1969, but is now a global organization with members, chapters and offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.pmi.org.
Miles Shepherd Named Honorary Fellow of APM The Association for Project Management (APM), the national body for project management in the UK, has named Miles Shepherd as an Honorary Fellow. The announcement was made recently in London.  An active APM leader and member for many years, Miles Shepherd is a past Chairman of the APM board and has been re-appointed as APM vice president under the new governance regime. He is also past president and Chairman of Council for the International Project Management Association (IPMA).
PMForum.org wants to congratulate Miles for this prestigious recognition. It is an honor to have him associated with www.pmforum.org as an International Correspondent.
Dr. Martin Barnes Named PMF Global Advisor Dr. Martin Barnes, PhD, one of the world‘s best known authorities on the subject of modern project management, has agreed to become a global advisor for PMForum.org. One of the most widely recognized figures in the project management profession in Great Britain, Dr. Barnes is currently President of the Association for Project Management (APM), the professional body for project managers in the UK. He was a founding member (no. 10) of APM in 1972 and has been a force in its growth and development throughout its life. He was APM Chair in the 1980s and has seen it grow to a respected qualifying body with 14,000 members today. He was named an APM Fellow in 1995.
Martin has a civil engineering degree from the University of London and a PhD from the University of Manchester, UK. His doctorate was awarded in 1971 for research into improved methods of financial control for engineering projects. Martin Barnes invented the classic Time/Cost/Quality triangle and has other developments of project management technique to his credit. He was a pioneer in considering the human factors in project management when others where still confining themselves to applying network analysis and numbers-based cost control. Martin built up his own substantial project management business over 15 years until it merged with what is now PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1985. Now a consultant in project management, he was Executive Director of the Major Projects Association (MPA) for nine years until 2006. The MPA is an influential body made up of the largest organizations based in the UK which are involved in the conduct of the biggest projects of all types. Dr Barnes has advised on the initiation and management of significant projects in many countries in Europe, Asia and Africa. His clients have included the World Bank, other funding agencies, governments, promoters and major contractors. He has worked on all types of engineering projects and also on projects in the defense, aerospace, IT, financial, business change and media sectors. Martin’s BBC television programme on project management is used as a training aid in many countries. He has acted as expert witness in a number of arbitrations concerning major projects. Martin led the team that designed and produced the New Engineering Contract, (NEC) the first and possibly still the only system of contracts designed to facilitate and stimulate the use of modern project management practices across all the contributors contracted together to deliver a project. Using the NEC significantly improves the outcome of projects for both promoters and the supply side. It is now being used in over 20 countries and has been adopted as the preferred contract by the UK government for all publicly funded projects. Martin Barnes has been active in the IPMA since 1972 having attended all but one of its world congresses since that year and presented papers at most of them.
In the UK, Dr Barnes is a recipient of the Chartered Institute of Management’s Special Award and of the Institution of Civil Engineers’ Watson Medal, both for his personal contributions to the development of project management. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, the UK’s highest engineering recognition, and is a Churchill Fellow. Martin lives near Oxford and can be contacted at cornbrash@aol.com.
Mr. Hiroshi Tanaka, Ph.D., is the National President of Project Management Association of Japan (PMAJ), the Japanese national PM association – and the founder and former National President of Japan Project Management Forum, known as JPMF, which has been integrated into PMAJ. Dr. Tanaka is also a Fellow and global project management delegate of the Engineering Advancement Association of Japan (ENAA), the Japanese project industry initiative with 220 first-line Japanese corporations; and Deputy General Manager with JGC Corporation, one of Japan’s largest engineering and construction companies engaged in large off-shore international projects.
Dr. Tanaka has 39 years of experience in the global engineering and construction industry. His primary areas of responsibility with his employer, JGC Corporation based in Yokohama, Japan, have been global proposal services, the administration of project operations as staff to senior management, project management technology, and management of division companies. He was General Manager of JGC’s Project Services Division and a board member of 800-employee JGC Project Services Company until 2002 when he was retired from the company’s font-line operations; subsequently, he is Deputy General Manager, Project Management Advocate, of JGC’s Strategic Planning and Government Relations Division. Dr. Tanaka is one of the leaders in the global project management community. He has been a member of and the ENAA representative to the Project Management Institute-PMI since 1984; one of the six founders of and was Chair of the Global Project Management Forum (GPMF), as well as the founder of the “JVQT” Alliance, a presidential alliance of project management associations in the four countries with growing project management interests, Japan, China, India and Russia. His other membership includes AIPM, Australia; IPMA (Global Fellow of PMA India, Lifetime Honorary Member of SOVNET, Russia); and SPM, Japan. Known as “Guru Hiro”, his unique project management vision, advocating an optimum balance of industrial project management capability and project management professionalism, is well accepted by the global PM community; as such he has presented keynote, invited or proffered papers/speeches at more than 60 international project management conferences or seminars in 20 countries since 1982, viz. Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany (including former East Germany), Hungary, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Russia, South Africa, Switzerland, Uzbekistan and the USA. He is the holder of the Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) awarded in the USA by the Project Management Institute (PMI®) in 1996, and is the recipient of the following professional contribution awards:
Dr. Tanaka is an author of two project management books, “Super Easy Project Management” (as lead author) published by Nikkan-Kogyo Press in 2004, and “Global Project Management Handbook, Second Edition” (as chapter contributor) published by MacGraw-Hill in 2006. He is writing another chapter for a McGraw Hill project management book. He has written numerous papers and articles for publications in project management conference proceedings, association journals and industrial reviews in four languages (Japanese, English, Chinese and Russian). Dr. Tanaka holds a Bachelor of Law in Political Science from Keio University, Tokyo in which he was graduated in 1967, and Ph.D. (Hon.) in Strategy, Programme and Project Management from ESC Lille - École Supérieure Management et Commerce Lille (Lille Graduate School of Management) awarded in August
Mr. Harvey A. Levine, PMI Fellow and well-known project management (PM) author and consultant, has agreed to become a global advisor for PMForum.org and PM World Today. One of the most widely respected authorities on the subject of PM software and practices in the United States, Harvey is a Principal with The Project Knowledge Group, a PM consultancy based in Saratoga Springs, New York and San Diego, California. Mr. Levine is a former President and Chair of the Board of Directors of the Project Management Institute (PMI®).
Harvey A. Levine has 44 years of experience in and service to the project management profession, providing applications, system design, & consulting services in project planning and control, including nearly 25 years with the General Electric Company. From 1962 to 1986, he was instrumental in bringing computerized PM capabilities to over a half dozen divisions of that company, including the development of project control methodologies, system specifications, systems selection, systems implementation, user training and management of the project control function. Applications included: Power Generation, Architect/Engineering, Aerospace, Information Systems, Design/Construction, Co-Generation, Telecommunications, Advanced Energy Systems, Nuclear, & Transportation. In 1986, Mr. Levine founded The Project Knowledge Group, a consulting firm specializing in “making PM work”. He specializes in building PM competencies, providing guidance and services including PM training; PM software selection, evaluation & implementation; and PM using microcomputers. During the past 20 years, Mr. Levine has been instrumental in bringing practical PM solutions to clients in many industries. He has also helped bring the user and software vendor community together via his recognition as a PM software industry guru. Many of the most popular PM tool vendors have been influenced by Harvey's inputs and guidance. Mr. Levine still provides PM consulting services to a wide variety of businesses in both the private and government sectors. These assignments usually include the implementation or enhancement of the firm's project management capabilities. In many cases, the selection or implementation of computerized PM tools are involved. Mr. Levine also works as a PM mentor, assisting organizations and executives with the implementation of improved PM methods and technologies. With the work related to the publication of his latest book on Project Portfolio Management, Levine has become a leading authority in this expanding new field. He is working with firms and agencies in both the public and private sectors in helping to adjust their organizations’ design and capability for portfolio management and governance. Harvey Levine is one of the leading consultants to the PM software industry in the USA. He has provided evaluation, feedback and product development services to over three dozen of the leading vendors in this field. He continues to provide several vendors with software evaluation, training, development, and general support. Mr. Levine has also been recognized as a PM software industry watchdog, and is valued for his knowledge, understanding, and insights regarding both vendor and user issues pertaining to the development and use of PM tools. Mr. Levine has maintained a strong focus on three important areas of project management: Earned Value Management, Risk Management, and Project Portfolio Management. Most of his recent articles and engagements have been related to these vital elements of PM. Mr. Levine has been Adjunct Professor of Project Management at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Boston University in the United States. He also conducts lectures, workshops & seminars at other schools, symposia and organizational meetings; and in-house seminars and training sessions for corporate clients. He has conducted project management tutorials and panels for PC EXPO and A/E/C Systems, and conducts public seminars, sponsored by ASCE, AACE, IBM, COFES, PMI, IIR, ASMI, and other agencies serving the project management community.
Mr. Levine is the author of three books. His third book: "Project Portfolio Management: A Practical Guide to Selecting Projects, Managing Portfolios, and Maximizing Benefits", was recently published by Jossey-Bass. "Project Management using Microcomputers", was published by Osborne/ McGraw-Hill in 1986. His 2nd book: "Practical Project Management: Tips, Tactics, and Tools", was released by John Wiley & Sons in June of 2002. A frequent contributor to the literature on project management, he was feature editor of the PM Software Forum in PMI’s Project Management Network magazine, for 13 years; and has contributed to Software Magazine, the American Management Association's Project Update, and Architectural & Engineering Systems. He also has written for PC World and Van Nostrand Reinhold, and contributed to PC Week, Infoworld, and PC Magazine. He prepared the "Computers in Project Management" chapter for the Project Management Handbook (2nd Ed. - VNR), the "Project Initiation Techniques" chapter for the Handbook of Project Management, published by AMA, and "Selecting & Using Project Management Software" chapter for the Field Guide to Project Management (VNR). Mr. Levine was selected as Consulting Editor of the AEC Project Management Advisor, a quarterly journal. He also produced a video and booklet on selecting project management software for Skill Dynamics, an IBM company. He has published over 240 articles and whitepapers in the past 15 years, both in print and on websites. The largest collection of whitepapers, 90 in all, may be accessed at: http://www.sciforma.com/resources/white_papers/harvey_levine.htm. Mr. Levine served as President and Chairman of the Board of PMI, the world’s largest project management professional society with over 230,000 members. Mr. Levine was the recipient of PMI's 1989 Distinguished Contribution to Project Management award, and was elected a Fellow of PMI in 1998. He was a founder of the Upstate Chapter of PMI in 1977 and served on the chapter’s board of directors for over 20 years. His standing in the PM community has also been recognized via his association with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Boston University, The George Washington University, the American Management Association (AMA), the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), A/E/C Systems, IBM, and several leading technical publishers. When not traveling for business, Harvey divides his time between upstate New York and San Diego, California in the USA. He can be contacted at halevine@earthlink.net or via his website at http://home.earthlink.net/~halevine/.
Mr. Alexandre Rodrigues, CEng PMP PhD, has joined PMForum.org as an International Correspondent in Portugal. Alexandre is also Executive Partner of PMO Consulting, an international consulting firm based in Lisbon specialized in Project Management, delivering advanced training and consulting services. His Clients include a wide range of international organizations, like Wolkswagen, Motorola, Microsoft, BHP Billiton in Australia and Africa, and NATO C3 in Brussels and Holland.
Prior to founding PMO Consulting, Dr. Rodrigues worked for several years in project management for the military and consulting industries in the UK and the US. He is also a Senior Consultant with the Cutter Consortium, belonging to the Business-IT Alignment and Agile Project Management Practices, and to the Risk Management Intelligence Network. He has over a decade of teaching experience, having lectured on Project Management and System Dynamics related topics to undergraduate and graduate courses at various universities in Portugal and the UK. In 2001 he was the guest editor for the April issue of the Cutter IT Journal on multicultural project management. He received the 1996 Mike Simpson Award from the Operational Research Society (UK) for research developed in the field of project management. In 1996, he was co-organizer of a NATO Advanced Research Workshop, held in Kiev, Ukraine, on the subject of "Managing and Modelling Complex Projects." Alexandre Rodrigues holds a five-year "licenciate" degree in Systems and Informatics Engineering from the University of Minho (Portugal) and a Ph.D. in System Dynamics applied to Project Management from the University of Strathclyde (UK). He is a member of the Project Management Institute (PMI®) and a certified Project Management Professional (PMP®), a Chartered Member of the Portuguese Association of Engineering, and a member of the British Association for Project Management (APM). Alexandre was founding president of the PMI Portugal Chapter and is currently a PMI Component Mentor for Central and Northern Europe. He belonged to PMI's revision team of the Guide to the PMBoK® 3rd edition, and also participated in the team that developed the OPM3® (PMI's Organizational Project Management Maturity Model). Dr. Rodrigues publishes regularly in scientific and business journals and has been a guest speaker in international conferences and other project management events.
 The historic city of Lisbon is the capital, political and commercial center of Portugal. Lisbon has a population of 564,477; the Lisbon Metropolitan Area has around 2,800,000 inhabitants, the largest urban area in Portugal. The Lisbon Region is the wealthiest region in Portugal and is well above the European Union's per capita GDP average. The westernmost capital in mainland Europe, Lisbon is located on the Portuguese coast where the river Tagus flows into the Atlantic Ocean. One of the oldest cities in Europe, Lisbon was the original location of a Phoenician trading post in approximately 1,200 B.C. Settlements at the site of today’s Lisbon have played an important role throughout European history. The area was conquered and ruled by the Moors from 711 until 1147, at which time it was recaptured by D. Afonso Henriques, founder and first King of Portugal, supported by the Christian Knights.
Lisbon became the capital of Portugal in 1255. During the 14th through 16th centuries, as Portugal rose to a world power, Lisbon became a center for global exploration, commerce and education. Today, Lisbon is a growing commercial city with an economy based on services. The Lisbon area is responsible for nearly 50% of Portugal’s economy and the headquarters of most multinational companies operating in Portugal. As might be expected, the city is full of historical architecture, museums and famous sites, so tourism is also an important industry.
Portugal is a democratic republic with a population of 9.8 million and a GDP of approximately US$ $203.4 billion ($18,105 per capita in 2006). Portugal joined the European Union in 1986 and started a process of modernization within the framework of a stable environment. It has achieved a healthy level of growth. Successive governments have implemented reforms, privatized state-controlled firms and liberalized key areas of the economy. Portugal was one of the founding countries of the euro in 1999. Major industries include oil refineries, automotive, cement production, pulp and paper industry, textile, footwear, furniture, and cork (the world's leading producer). Portuguese wines, namely Port wine (named after the city of Porto) and Madeira wine (named after Madeira Island), are exported worldwide. Tourism is also important, especially in the Algarve and Madeira Islands. More information about Lisbon and Portugal can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org, the source of the information included here.
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