Volume IX - Issue IX - September 2007
PM Community News
Renowned Risk Management Expert Opens Reported by David Pells and Nelson Soucek in Plano, TX, USA.  Alain Bensoussan, Ph.D., Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) and former Chair of the European Space Agency, was the keynote speaker opening the 1st UTD Project Management Symposium on 6 August 2007 in Plano, Texas. Dr. Bensousan’s speech focused on “The Challenges of Uncertainty” and included anecdotes, lessons learned and strategic advice based on his many years of experience in the European aerospace industry. According to Dr. Bensoussan, “One of the issues I want to emphasize is the fact that complexity and technology are playing a main role in creating uncertainty. Also, you need to find competencies.” Dr. Bensoussan’s presentation included an overview of (1) new risks; (2) goals of risk management; (3) the role of simulation in risk management; (4) project management and product development processes; (5) the need for flexibility; (6) real options; and (7) organizational aspects of risk management. He also discussed “the upside of risk”, mentioning risks as sources of opportunities for business. “Risk management is a scientific approach that contemplates bad things before they actually happen, and redress the negative effects when they occur,” he stated. “Management is shifting from resource allocation and market performance to the assessment and mitigation of risks.” A copy of Dr. Bensoussan’s presentation is available at http://som.utdallas.edu/project//.  Dr. Bensoussan is the Director of the International Center for Decision and Risk Analysis (ICDRiA) at UTD and has an extensive research background in stochastic control, probability and stochastic processes. Alain Bensoussan is also Professor Emeritus at the University of Paris Dauphine. He graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique in 1962, and obtained his Ph.D. degree from the University of Paris in 1969. Dr. Bensoussan is a member of the French Academy of Sciences, the French Academy of Technology, of the Academia Europae, and the International Academy of Astronautics. He is an IEEE Fellow, and has received the Von Humboldt award as well as the NASA public service medal. Professor Alain Bensoussan has held important positions and responsibilities in the French research system. He was President of the French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control (INRIA) from 1984 to 1996, and President of the French space Agency CNES from 1996 to 2003. He was Chairman of the ESA (European Space Agency) Council from 1999 to 2002. He is Officer of Legion d’Honneur from France and Officer Bundes Verdienst Kreuz from Germany. The 1st UTD Project Management Symposium was held on Monday 6 August 2007, from 8:00 a.m. until 5:30 p.m., at the Plano Convention Center, 2000 East Spring Creek Parkway, Plano, Texas, USA. The 1 day symposium featured speeches, professional presentations and discussions in the following tracks: Track 1 – Program & Portfolio Management The conference is being sponsored by the Graduate Program in Project Management in the School of Management’s Executive Education Center at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), (http://som.utdallas.edu/project/). Co-sponsors include the PMI Dallas Chapter (http://www.pmidallas.org/index.phtml) and PMForum, Inc. (www.pmforum.org). A 2nd UTD Project Management Symposium is now being planned for August 2008, which is expected to be approximately twice as large as this year’s event. Karen Tate, PMI Director, Delivers Strategic Message to Reported by David Pells and Nelson Soucek in Plano, TX, USA
Karen Tate, PMP, Director-at-Large and member of the Board of Directors of the Project Management Institute (PMI®), delivered the second keynote address at the 1st UTD Project Management Symposium today in Plano, Texas. Karen’s presentation was on the topic of “Project Management as a Strategic Competency”. According to Karen, “Companies are turning to project management to obtain quicker benefits from their projects. The three powerful strategies involved are standards, competencies and maturity”. Representing the PMI board of directors, Karen described some of PMI’s leadership activities and products that directly support the growing strategic importance of project management. According to Karen, “PMI’s Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge was the 11th best selling business book on Amazon.com in June. The PMBOK Guide has now been published in 10 languages and is widely distributed worldwide”. “As of the end of June”, Karen added, “there were 237,000 persons worldwide with PMP certification. The PMP is in the top 10 most demanded certifications in the market.” Karen also described how world class leaders are embracing project management and PMI in global organizations, including Siemens, Huawei, IBM and NASA. She discussed some of the steps taken by those organizations to raise the level of performance on their projects, including policy direction, risk management and governance strategies.  Karen Tate, MBA, PMP, is Founder and President of The Griffen Tate Group, an Ohio-based project management consulting firm that provides consulting, training, facilitation and course development to both the private and public sectors, small and large organizations. Ms. Tate has been working with projects and project teams for more than 20 years. Her areas of expertise include Project Management, Training and Consulting, Team and Executive Level Meeting Facilitation, Technical Creativity & Innovation, Reengineering and Total Quality Management. She has extensive experience with technical, engineering, high tech, and software development organizations. Karen has managed programs and projects of all types and sizes, in a variety of industries, and has presented, consulted and trained with organizations throughout North America, Europe, South Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Her corporate experience included positions where she was an engineer, project manager, and consultant for both internal and external customers. Karen is the co-author of The Project Management Memory Jogger, A Pocket Guide for Project Teams, Getting Started in Project Management, A Step By Step Approach to Risk Assessment, and Triz: An Approach to Systematic Innovation. A PMI member since 1991, she has been a frequent speaker and presenter at PMI chapter meetings, conferences and SeminarsWorld® programs around the world. She attended Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, and has a BS in finance and an MBA from Xavier Univerity in Cincinnati, Ohio. Karen has also been a frequent contributor of articles and was a former columnist for PM Network®, served as a PMI Project of the Year judge, and was a member of the PMI Education Member Advisory Group. She has been chair of the External Relations and Volunteer Involvement Committee (ERVI) of the PMI Board of Directors since 2005. A copy of Karen’s presentation is available on http://som.utdallas.edu/project/. The 1st UTD Project Management Symposium is being held today at the Plano Convention Center, 2000 East Spring Creek Parkway, Plano, Texas, USA. The 1 day symposium features speeches, professional presentations and discussions in the following tracks: Track 1 – Program & Portfolio Management The conference is being sponsored by the Graduate Program in Project Management in the School of Management’s Executive Education Center at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), (http://som.utdallas.edu/project/); along with the PMI Dallas Chapter (http://www.pmidallas.org/index.phtml); and PMForum, Inc. (www.pmforum.org). A 2nd UTD Project Management Symposium has now been scheduled for August 2008 and is expected to be twice as large as this first year’s event.
Authors Sign New PM books at 1st UTD Reported by David Pells and Nelson Soucek in Plano, TX, USA Three project management experts presented and signed copies of their project management books at the 1st UTD Project Management Symposium in Plano, Texas, USA on Monday, August 6.  Mark Kozak-Holland, well-known author of the project management books in the Lessons from History series, presented and signed copies of his popular book for IT project management entitled Titanic Lessons for IT Projects. He is also the author of Winston Churchill, the Agile Project Manager; Project Scapegoats, Lessons from the Titanic Project; and Churchill’s Adaptive Enterprise. His newest book, .Project Lessons from The Great Escape. (Stalag Luft III) explores the historical events surrounding the escape project using modern business analysis methods, extracting lessons learned that can be applied to modern business projects. A frequent contributor to PMForum and the online eJournal PM World Today (www.pmworldtoday.net), Mark Kozak-Holland is a Senior Business Architect with HP Services in Toronto. He regularly writes and speaks on the subject of emerging technologies and lessons that can be learned from historical projects. He can be contacted via his Web site at www.lessons-from-history.com.  Russell Martinelli, co-author of Program Management for Improved Business Results, was on hand to promote the new textbook and management reference published by John Wiley & Sons publishers in the USA. The book is co-authored by Mr. Martinelli, Dragan Milosevic and James Waddell. The book contains sections (collections of chapters) that establish the business context of programs and projects, discuss program management planning and execution processes, present program management metrics and tools, review roles and responsibilities of program managers, provide guidelines for organizing for program management, and contemporary examples from industry. Based in Portland, Oregon, Russ Martinelli is manager of program management methodologies at Intel Corporation and a recognized expert in the field of program management. He is also chairman of Intel’s Global Program Management Community of Practice, an adjunct professor at the University of Phoenix, and the co-founder of the Program Management Academy (www.programmanagementacademy.com).
 Thomas F. Shubnell, PhD, presented and signed copies of his new project management book for IT executives entitled The Art of Installation and The Science of Implementation. The new book is a flexible and useful project management guide for both veteran and new project managers. The methodology provides specific steps with explanations and Quality Assurance questions for each phase. Dr. Shubnell presents a new approach for project leaders to accept change, embrace change, advocate change, instigate change, react to change, and even incite change in the project team and the organization. Thomas F. Shubnell Ph.D. is the author of fourteen books and numerous articles, is a frequent speaker at industry conferences, and has over thirty years of experience on IT projects. He has been a Programmer, Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and has managed projects for PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP and Ernst & Young LLP. Tom is currently a Principal with The CCI Group, an information services firm that delivers senior level and strategic consulting solutions to healthcare providers, based in Plano, Texas. Dr. Shubnell holds a Ph.D. in Information Science, M.A. in Management, B.A. in Psychology, and A.A.S. in Information Systems. He has achieved Fellow status in the Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and is the current President of the Dallas-Fort Worth HIMSS Chapter. His personal web site is http://www.Shubnell.com  These three authors gathered at the PMForum table during the lunch break to sign copies of their books, meet with conference attendees and pose for photos. Each of them also presented papers at the symposium, as follows: Kozak-Holland – “Titanic Lessons for IT Projects” Martinelli – “Program Management: a Framework for Collaboration” Shubnell – “Project Success: How to obtain it; how to maintain it!” Copies of their presentations and papers are available at the and at PMForum http://www.pmforum.org/library/presentations/index.htm and http://www.pmforum.org/library/papers/index.htm The 1st UTD Project Management Symposium was at the Plano Convention Center, 2000 East Spring Creek Parkway, Plano, Texas, USA. The 1 day symposium, attended by approximately 200 people, featured speeches, professional presentations and discussions in the following tracks: Track 1 – Program & Portfolio Management The conference was sponsored by the Graduate Program in Project Management in the School of Management’s Executive Education Center at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), (http://som.utdallas.edu/project/project-symp.htm ); along with the PMI Dallas Chapter (http://www.pmidallas.org/index.phtml); and PMForum, Inc. (http://www.pmidallas.org/index.phtml). A 2nd UTD Project Management Symposium has now been announced for August 4-5, 2008 and is expected to be twice as large as this first year’s event.
IPMA Chair Adesh Jain Delivers Closing Keynote Reported by David Pells and Nelson Soucek in Plano, TX, USA  Mr. Adesh Jain, current chair of the board of delegates of the International Project Management Association (IPMA), delivered the closing keynote address at the 1st UTD Project Management Symposium on 6 August 2007 in Plano, Texas. The Symposium was the first in a series of annual project management conferences planned by the Graduate Program in Project Management in the School of Management’s Executive Education Center at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). The 2007 symposium was co-sponsored by the Dallas Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI®) and PMForum, Inc. Mr. Jain’s presentation was entitled, “Project Thinking – The Key to Nurturing Leadership”. His talk was about project leadership as the “backbone of bringing organizational transformation through the undertaking of projects.” According to Adesh, “Projects imply change and change threatens the status quo, as it give the perception of adverse impact on the operational framework of the system. Project thinking is the essence of leading. It is the key gradient for transforming the collective thinking of a group of people and for transforming the ways we manage change.” According to one attendee, “I would like to thank you for having selected Adesh Jain as the ending keynote speaker at the UTD symposium. I would call his speech as a fitting finale to the grand event. I was really amazed by the contrasts he drew b/w project and operational thinking.”  Mr. Adesh Jain, , M. Eng, CPP, MPD, is also Managing Director of the Centre for Excellence in Project Management Ltd. (India), President of PM Guru, Inc. (USA), and Honorary President of Project Management Associates (PMA - India). Mr. Jain is the immediate past president and current Chair of the Council of Delegates of the International Project Management Association (IPMA). He is also a vice president and president-elect of the International Construction Project Management Association. Adesh’s career includes 40 years of project management-oriented work, including projects and positions in US and Indian industry. He has been conferred with 7 major awards in India, including a Fellowship and the 'Gem of India' award, and the Distinguished Contribution Award from PMI® in 1997. Adesh is President of PMA, India since 1993, Vice President of IPMA from 1999 – 2004, and IPMA President during 2005. He is currently IPMA Chair through 2008. One of the most widely recognized leaders in the field of project management, Mr. Jain has traveled extensively, spoken at numerous PM conferences and events, and trained more than 50,000 people worldwide. He has actively supported the rapidly growing PM profession in China since 1999, is honorary chairman of the China Project Management Committee, and gave a keynote presentation in the Great Hall of China in 2001. Mr. Jain received his bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and a masters degree in control systems from Carlton University in Ottawa, Canada. He was named an honorary Fellow of IPMA in October 2006. As Adesh was representing IPMA at the conference, he presented an overview of IPMA and the associations approach to project management certifications and professional collaboration. A copy of Mr. Jain’s presentation can be found at http://som.utdallas.edu/project/project-symp.htm. The 1st UTD Project Management Symposium was held on Monday 6 August 2007, from 8:00 a.m. until 5:30 p.m., at the Plano Convention Center in Plano, Texas, USA. The 1 day symposium also included keynote speeches in the morning by Professor Alain Bensoussan, PhD, Distinguished Research Professor and Director of the International Center for Decision and Risk Analysis (ICDRiA) at UTD and former Chair of the European Space Agency, and Karen Tate, Director-at-Large and member of the Board of Directors of the Project Management Institute (PMI®). The Symposium also featured 24 professional presentations and discussions in the following tracks: Track 1 – Program & Portfolio Management Other conference features included a vendor exhibition, book signings, coffee breaks for networking and lunch in the vendors’ exhibition area. The Plano Centre is a full-service, state-of-the-art, conference and convention center. The conference was sponsored by the Graduate Program in Project Management in the School of Management’s Executive Education Center at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), (http://som.utdallas.edu/project/); along with the PMI Dallas Chapter (www.pmidallas.org/index.phtml); and PMForum, Inc. (www.pmforum.org). A 2nd UTD Project Management Symposium has now been announced for August 4-5, 2008 and is expected to be twice as large as this first year’s event.
PMForum Correspondents & Editor Deliver Papers at Two international correspondents along with the managing editor for PMForum were featured speakers at the 1st UTD Project Management Symposium in Plano, Texas, USA on Monday, August 6. Larry Suda, correspondent for PMForum in New York City, and A Matt Piazza, correspondent for PMForum in north Texas, both made presentations and delivered professional papers, along with managing Editor David Pells.  Lawrence Suda, international correspondent for PMForum and the eJournal PM World Today in New York, was a featured speaker in Track 1, Program and Portfolio Management. His presentation was on the subject of “Linking Strategy, Leadership & Organization Culture for Project Success”, was a featured presentation on Monday afternoon. According to Larry’s presentation, “It is imperative for project managers to understand their internal organization’s strategy and culture, as well as that of their customers in order to lead successful projects. Powerful external and internal drivers such as vision, mission, beliefs and values shape an organization’s culture and impact its projects. During times of transformation, understanding culture is critical.” (Click here to see Larry’s complete presentation. Click here to see his paper.) Based in New York City, New York, USA, Lawrence Suda is also CEO and Managing Partner of Palatine Group/Management Worlds, Inc. Larry has over 30 years of project management consulting and training experience and has designed and delivered world-class project and program leadership workshops using computer simulation, including a number of award-winning PM training courses and programs for NASA. A former assistant professor at the University of Maryland, he has also taught at the Universities of Iowa and Pittsburgh and is currently adjunct professor at Drexel University, where he teaches project leadership. Larry holds an MBA in Finance and Marketing from Wayne State University and a BA from Pennsylvania State University in the USA. More information about Larry Suda can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/pm%20forum%20team/index.htm#5.  A Matt Piazza, international correspondent for PMForum and the eJournal PM World Today in Texas, along with co-author Terry J. Brunenn, delivered a presentation and paper on the subject of “CPO: The Keystone to a Successful Portfolio Governance Culture.” Today’s corporations are driving even harder for more profits. Performance surveys show that projects are still failing at rates higher than 60%. Some companies have ‘tried’ PMOs and portfolio governance and abandoned their efforts after a year or two. Some companies have implemented Enterprise Project Management (EPM) systems and feel less than satisfied. Why are these failures occurring? (a href ="http://www.pmforum.org/library/presentations/2007/Dallas/Piazza-CPO_Governance .pdf" target ="_blank">Click here to see Matt’s complete presentation. Click here to see his paper.) A Matt Piazza is also principal consultant for Delta Solutions, a project management consultancy specializing in project management office (PMO) and enterprise project management (EPM) services. Matt has over 20 years experience in professional project management. He has a B.S. in Industrial Distribution from Texas A&M University and an MBA from Southern Methodist University in the USA. He has been employed in various PM leadership and support positions by ADP, EDS, Rapp Collins, Raytheon, TI and several other major US technology firms. He is a former president of the PMI Dallas Chapter and the DFW chapter of the Microsoft Project Association. He has a PMP® certification from PMI®, and is a Microsoft Project Enterprise Black Belt expert and instructor. More information about Matt Piazza can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/pm%20forum%20team/index.htm#5  David L. Pells, managing editor for PMForum and PM World Today, delivered a presentation and paper on the subject of “Expert Panels for Project Management Governance & Oversight.” According to his presentation, “With so much investment in programs and projects today, executive support for project management is no longer enough. Boards of Directors should be held responsible for governance and oversight of major projects, and of project management in most organizations. The dilemma is that few directors are experienced or qualified in PM. The use of panels of independent PM experts offers a solution.” (Click here to see David’s complete presentation. Click here to see his paper.) Biographical information about Mr. Pells can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/pm%20forum%20team/team.htm#2. Copies of their presentations and papers can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/library/presentations/index.htm, http://www.pmforum.org/library/paper/index.htm The 1st UTD Project Management Symposium was held in Plano, Texas, USA on 6 August 2007. The 1 day symposium, attended by approximately 200 people, featured speeches, professional presentations and discussions in the following tracks: (1) Program & Portfolio Management; (2) Project Management: Critical Organization Success Factor; (3) Software Development & Agile Project Management; (4) PM for Product Development, including small projects; (5) The Role of Project Management in Corporate Governance; and (6) Project Management in the Global Economy. A vendor exhibition was also featured. The conference was sponsored by the Graduate Program in Project Management in the School of Management’s Executive Education Center at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), (http://som.utdallas.edu/project/); along with the PMI Dallas Chapter (http://www.pmidallas.org/index.phtml); and PMForum, Inc. (www.pmforum.org). A 2nd UTD Project Management Symposium has now been announced for August 2008 and is expected to be twice as large as this first year’s event. PM World Today Authors Make Key Presentations Two well known authors of project management books who have also recently been featured authors in the PM World Today eJournal were featured speakers at the 1st UTD Project Management Symposium in Plano, Texas, USA on Monday, August 6.  Russell Martinelli, co-author of the recently published book entitled Program Management for Improved Business Results, was a featured speaker in Track 1, Program and Portfolio Management. His presentation on the subject of “Program Management: A Framework for Collaboration”, was one of the leadoff presentations on Monday morning. According to Mr. Martinelli’s presentation, “In The World is Flat, Thomas L. Friedman describes new realities in product, service and infrastructure development where complex systems are disaggregated, distributed to specialists to be developed, then reassembled into a total solution. However, many of the companies that have adopted this form of distributed collaboration are struggling to manage the work that takes place around the global and around the clock. Some companies that are succeeding in the management of highly distributed development efforts are doing three fundamental things:…” (to see his paper, click here..) Based in Portland, Oregon, Russell Martinelli is manager of program management methodologies at Intel Corporation and a recognized expert in the field of program management. He is also chairman of Intel’s Global Program Management Community of Practice, an adjunct professor at the University of Phoenix, and the co-founder of the Program Management Academy (www.programmanagementacademy.com).  Mark Kozak-Holland, well-known author of the project management books in the Lessons-from-History series, made a featured presentation on the subject of Titanic Lessons for IT Projects. According to Mark’s presentation, “In modern IT projects, we often have situations where we believe that we have designed, built or launched a “perfect” solution. The story of the Titanic disaster shows how: non-functional requirements can get overshadowed by functional requirement; the executive sponsor can unwittingly compromise the project; and project over confidence can invalidate Mark Kozak-Holland is a frequent contributor to the online eJournal PM World Today; his most recent series has been on the subject of Churchill the Agile Project Manager (see at http://www.pmworldtoday.net/featured_papers/2007/aug.htm). Mark Kozak-Holland is a Senior Business Architect with HP Services in Toronto. He regularly writes and speaks on the subject of emerging technologies and lessons that can be learned from historical projects. Additional information about Mr. Kozak-Holland and his publications and activities can be found at www.lessons-from-history.com. Copies of their presentations and papers can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/library/presentations/index.htm, http://www.pmforum.org/library/paper/index.htm The 1st UTD Project Management Symposium was held in Plano, Texas, USA on 6 August 2007. The 1 day symposium, attended by approximately 200 people, featured speeches, professional presentations and discussions in the following tracks: (1) Program & Portfolio Management; (2) Project Management: Critical Organization Success Factor; (3) Software Development & Agile Project Management; (4) PM for Product Development, including small projects; (5) The Role of Project Management in Corporate Governance; and (6) Project Management in the Global Economy. A vendor exhibition was also featured. The conference was sponsored by the Graduate Program in Project Management in the School of Management’s Executive Education Center at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), (http://som.utdallas.edu/project/); along with the PMI Dallas Chapter (http://www.pmidallas.org/index.phtml); and PMForum, Inc. (www.pmforum.org). A 2nd UTD Project Management Symposium has now been announced for August 2008 and is expected to be twice as large as this first year’s event. Popular Author Mark Kozak-Holland Named PM Ambassador™ - Announces Availability to Speak Worldwide Mark Kozak-Holland, author of the popular Lessons-from-History books, has joined the PM Ambassadors™ Speakers Bureau recently created by PMForum. Based in the Toronto area, Mark is one of the most popular authors and speakers at project management events in North America. As an experienced information technology program manager, Mark can easily relate to many technology organizations and professionals where interest in project management is growing so rapidly.  Mark Kozak-Holland is a recognized author, a certified business consultant and a noted speaker. As a historian, he seeks out the wisdom of the past to help others avoid repeating mistakes and to capture time-proven techniques. His lectures on the Titanic project have been very popular at gatherings of project managers and CIOs. As the author behind the “Lessons from History” series, Mark brings years of experience as a consultant who helps Fortune-500 companies formulate projects that leverage emerging technologies. Since 1985 he has been straddling the business and IT worlds making these projects happen. The books from the www.lessons-from-history.com series have been written for organizations applying today's business and technology techniques to common business problems. Lessons from the past assist projects of today in shaping the world of tomorrow. www.lessons-from-history.com. The series uses relevant historical case studies to examine how historical projects and emerging technologies of the past solved complex problems. It then draws comparisons to challenges encountered in today's projects. Mark Kozak-Holland has a B.Sc. with Joint Honours in Computer Science and Statistics (University of Salford, UK).  Mark Kozak-Holland is the author of “Titanic Lessons for IT Projects”; “Avoiding Project Disaster: Titanic Lessons for IT Executives”; “Project Scapegoats: Lessons from the Titanic Project”; “Winston Churchill, the Agile Project Manager”; and “Churchill’s Adaptive Enterprise: Lessons for Business Today”. His latest book is "Project Lessons from the Great Escape (Stalag Luft III)"(ISBN-10 1895186803 / ISBN-13 9781895186802), published by Multi-Media Publications Inc. A frequent contributor to the eJournal PM World Today (www.pmworldtoday.net), Mark Kozak-Holland is a Senior Business Architect with HP Services. He regularly writes and speaks on the subject of emerging technologies and lessons that can be learned from historical projects. He is available to speak at conferences, events or meetings worldwide on the following and other topics:
For more information or availability, contact ambassadors@pmforum.com. On 26 June 2007, PMForum announced the formation of the PM Ambassadors™ Speakers Bureau, a new global 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. Morten Fangel named Global Advisor for PMForum in Denmark Morten Fangel, former president and chair of IPMA and a well known international project management consultant, has agreed to become a Global Advisor for PMForum. One of the most widely recognized figures in the project management profession in Europe, Morten is currently Managing Director and Chief Consultant of Fangel Consultants Ltd., a project management consultancy based in Copenhagen, Denmark.  Morten Fangel is one of the founders of the Danish Project Management Association, of which he today is the Executive Director. Morten is a member of the Danish Project Management Association and four other Nordic Associations, the International Project Management Association (IPMA), the Project Management Institute (PMI ®) and the Association of Certified Management Consultants (CMC). He is former president, past Chair and an Honorary Fellow of IPMA, and an honorary member of the Icelandic Project Management Association. Morten Fangel holds a Masters of Science degree in Civil Engineering, and Ph.D. in industrial research from the Technical University of Denmark and a Diploma in Economics degree from the Copenhagen Business School. After years in consulting Engineering companies, he founded Fangel Consultants Ltd., from where he has more than three decades of experience in management consulting. Morten Fangel has introduced and is a specialist in methodologies for project preparation and start-up, and for planning and evaluation of project management. He also organises and teaches the annual IPMA Advanced Courses.  The PMForum team welcomes Morten Fangel as a Global Advisor in support of www.pmforum.org, PM World Today and the world of project management. In September 2006, PMForum announced the formation of a Global Advisory Panel to provide advice and feedback to the editorial team at www.pmforum.org and PM World Today. The PMF Global Advisory Panel now consists of current and former leaders of project management professional societies and organizations around the world. Their experience and insight help guide PMForum in matters associated with the world of professional project management. In particular, the group advises the managing editor on ways to serve the international PM community. Other well known project management leaders who have become global advisors for PMForum include Russ Archibald in Mexico (PMI Fellow; PMI member #6); Martin Barnes, PhD, in the UK (APM Fellow, former chair of APM and IPMA, current President of APM); Gilles Caupin in France (IPMA Fellow, former Chair of IPMA & the French PM Association AFITEP); Paul Dinsmore in Brazil (PMI Fellow, author, consultant); Adesh Jain in India (current Chair & Fellow of IPMA, President of PMA in New Delhi); Eric Jenett in the USA (Founder, Fellow & former Chair of PMI); Brian Kooyman in Australia (Fellow & Past President of AIPM); Harvey Levine in the USA (Fellow & Past Chair of PMI); Louis Mercken in Belgium (former Chair of PMI); Peter Morris, PhD, in the UK (APM Fellow, former Chair of APM and IPMA);Marcio Prieto in Brazil (Founder of PMI Brazil & PMI Sao Paulo); Hiroshi Tanaka in Japan (Former chair of JPMF, Founder & President of PMAJ); Professor Vladimir Voropajev in Russia (Founder & Fellow, Russian Project Management Association SOVNET); Max Wideman in Canada (PMI Fellow; former PMI Chair); and Rebecca Winston in the USA (PMI Fellow; former PMI Chair). Additional information about PMForum’s Global Advisors can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/pm%20forum%20team/index.htm#3. 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.
New PhD Graduates from ESC Lille Announced The week of 20-24 August 2007 saw 5 new PhD’s in Project & Program Management graduating from the highly regarded “Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Lille” (Lille Graduate School of Management) http://www.esc-lille.com/site/www/en/home_page_en/phd.aspx.. The program is accredited by both the Project Management Institute (PMI®) and EQUIS in Europe.  From left to right in photo: Dr. Paul GIAMMALVO, who defended his thesis, “IS PROJECT MANAGEMENT A PROFESSION? IF YES, WHERE DOES IT FIT IN AND IF NOT, WHAT IS IT?” Dr. Robert MARSHALL, defending his thesis, “A QUANTITATIVE STUDY OF THE CONTRIBUTION OF EARNED VALUE MANAGEMENT TO PROJECT SUCCESS ON EXTERNAL PROJECTS UNDER CONTRACT”; Honorary Doctor, Hiroshi TANAKA, PMP, Founder, JPMF, Representative to ENAA; Dr. Mahamouda SALOUHOU having defended his thesis on “GLOBAL LEADERSHIP EDUCATION AND PROCESS ADMINISTRATION”; Honorary Doctor, Russ ARCHIBALD, PMP, PMI Fellow; Professor Christophe N. BREDILLET PhD, D.Sc., MBA, Ingénieur EC Lille, CPD IPMA Level A, PRINCE2 Practitioner, CCE, Dean of Postgraduate Programs /Professor of Strategy, Programme & Project Management; Dr. Ravikiran Venkatasesha DWIVEDULA, who defended his thesis, “COMPARING MOTIVATION IN COLLOCATED AND VIRTUAL ESC Lille is a private, not-for-profit business school. ESC Lille stands for Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Lille”. It is a French "Grande Ecole", (French Ivy League School) accredited by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research as well as the first European University to be accredited by PMI’s Global Accreditation Center for Project Management. (GACPM). ESC Lille is also accredited by European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), holding the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) accreditation. Founded in 1892, ESC Lille is one of the oldest Business Schools in France. For over 114 years it has broken new ground especially in the field of entrepreneurship and project/program management. The school offers a wide range of management programs and enjoys two state-of-the-art campuses in Lille and Paris. Because the program represents EXCEPTIONAL value for money and offers both traditional face to face and distance learning modes for both Masters and PhD’s the University is fast becoming the school of choice for people in the US and developing nations as well as the EU. Please join us in offering our sincere CONGRATULATIONS to these professional leaders
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