Volume X - Issue I - January 2008
PM Community News
Dhanu Kothari named PM Ambassador™ - Dhanu Kothari, author of two project management books and former president of the PMI Southern Ontario Chapter, has joined the PM Ambassadors™ Speakers Bureau. Mr. Kothari is a well known project management consultant and speaker based in Ontario, Canada, with extensive experience managing projects for technology based organizations.
Dhanu Kothari is an enthusiastic and a passionate consultant, workshop leader and motivational speaker with the breadth and depth of Project Management experience backed by 30 years of service in IT and Engineering with HP, DEC, Honeywell, Nortel, Scotiabank, Univac and the Norwegian Computing Center. His speeches, presentations and workshops are consistently rated as “Very Good” to “Excellent” and “Outstanding”. He is currently president of D2i Consulting, a firm specializing in project management delivery and consulting, including Methodology, Process, PMOs, Audits, coaching and training. Dhanu holds a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Pune, India and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Production Engineering from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland. Dhanu is a past President of the Project Management Institute (PMI), Southern Ontario Chapter, Canada, and currently President of the Newmarket Rotary Club.
Dhanu has authored two books on Project Management enttitled “Rainbows & Ratholes: Best Practices for Managing Successful Projects” and “From Ratholes to Rainbows: Managing Project Recovery”. He has published numerous articles and papers on project management, in journals and conference proceedings. Past speaking engagements have included: the PMI-ISSIG and PMI-IT&T SIG; the PMI-SOC Chapter; the ICE/CIPS Technology Conference; PMI Chapters: Lakeshore, Durham, CTT, SWO, Peterborough, CIPS-ITSI; IEEE and ASQC Chapters; ProjectWorld Toronto; PMI Symposia in Long Beach, San Diego, and Pittsburgh; and conferences in Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto. Dhanu Kothari is prepared to provide keynote speeches and seminars on the following topics, among others:
For information on Mr. Kothari’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 leading project management authorities, experts and 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 www.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. Wayne Abba named named PM Ambassador™ - Wayne Abba, one of the world’s leading authorities on earned value management, has joined the PM Ambassadors™ Speakers Bureau. Mr. Abba is a well known project & program management consultant based in Falls Church, Virginia, where he has easy access to Washington, DC and Dulles International Airport.
Wayne F. Abba is an executive advisor and principal of Abba Consulting, a management consulting firm based in Virginia, USA. Mr. Abba is an internationally-recognized spokesperson for program management using Earned Value Management (EVM). With over 30 years’ experience in program analysis and a worldwide reputation as a leader in acquisition improvement, he was integrally involved in the complete reengineering of US Department of Defense (DoD) contract cost and schedule management policies and implementation. Wayne retired in 1999 from his position as Senior Program Analyst in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology at The Pentagon, Washington, DC. Currently an independent consultant specializing in EVM in the Public Sector, Mr. Abba’s recent clients include the US Federal Aviation Administration, the US Agency for International Development and the US Navy. He has been an advisor to the Office of Management and Budget, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and other US and foreign government agencies. He is a corporate member of the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) and an officer of the NDIA Program Management Systems Committee. Wayne Abba has a Masters degree in Public Administration from The American University, Washington, DC, and a B.S. degree from the University of the State of New York, Albany, New York. Some of Mr. Abba’s career highlights include:
Wayne is prepared to provide keynote speeches and lectures on the following topics, among others:
In recent years, Wayne has been a featured speaker at conferences and events in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Norway, India, Portugal, Sweden, Turkey, the UK and the USA. For information on Mr. Abba’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 leading project management authorities, experts and 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 www.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. Dwaraka Iyengar re-elected President of the PMI Dallas Chapter - Chapter Board of Directors set for 2008 The 2008 PMI Dallas Chapter Board of Director elections were held at the chapter member meeting at the Crowne Plaza North Dallas Hotel in Addison, Texas on 8 November 2007. Dwaraka Iyengar, PMP, (pictured) was re-elected president to serve for the next two years. Dwaraka has been serving as chapter president since John Baley, PMP, resigned in order to assume the role of Region 6 Mentor for PMI.
Dwaraka has over 25 years of IT and Project Management consulting experience in the Government, Health, Housing, Insurance, Manufacturing, Finance, Retail Promotion and Transportation industries. Dwaraka is currently Director of the Technical Writing Practice at Innodata Isogen, a publicly traded Content Management Solutions consulting service organization in Dallas. He is also a part-time instructor at Collin County Community College District conducting Project Management Certificate courses. Dwaraka manages offshore development projects in his current assignment and has also successfully done so in his previous two engagements for Fortune 500 transportation and retail promotion companies. Dwaraka was primarily responsible for implementing offshore projects and processes in those engagements. Prior to the offshore engagements, he served as an Engagement Manager for Syntel Inc., an outsourcing IT consulting company that consulted to FORD, AIG, Blue Cross Blue Shield among its clients. Prior to coming to the United States in 1994, Dwaraka served as a Project Manager at various government departments in New Zealand and was also involved in consulting engagements with UNISYS Corp., Housing Corporation of New Zealand, AA Insurance (New Zealand) in various team leader, project management and practice management roles. He was also a team leader of the award winning SWIFTT (Social Welfare Information Today for Tomorrow) development team at the Department of Social Welfare in New Zealand. Dwaraka received his PMP certification in 1998 and has served on the award winning PMI Dallas Chapter education committee since then. In addition to serving as President of the PMI Dallas Chapter, he is also a contributing volunteer on the PMI Scheduling Standards Committee. In addition to Mr. Iyengar, the following PMI Dallas Chapter Board members were also elected to serve new 2 year terms beginning in 2008.
The following chapter officers are incumbents and have another year left on their terms, which will expire at the end of 2008.
Outgoing PMI Dallas Chapter officers and volunteers for 2008 were honored at the chapter’s monthly dinner meeting on December 13, 2007, where 2008 directors were also introduced. The PMI Dallas Chapter is a volunteer-based professional association dedicated to supporting the growth and development of project management practitioners, as well as building awareness of the project management discipline and its critical role in business and organization success. With more than 240,000 members in over 160 countries, the Project Management Institute (PMI®) is the world’s leading membership association for the project management profession. With over 3,500 members, the PMI Dallas Chapter is one of PMI’s largest components in the world. To learn more about the PMI Dallas Chapter and its service offerings, please visit www.pmidallas.org.
APM Re-elects Chairman Reported by Miles Shepherd in London, UK At their Annual General Meeting at the end of November, members re-elected Mike Nichols to the Board of Trustees. Mr Nichols, a member of APM since 1980, has served on the Board for one year as one of the old Council Members who joined the Board of Trustees on establishment in 2006 to provide continuity of approach and to act as a corporate memory. This election is the first under the new governance system introduced last year.
Formerly a director of British Leyland Cars, Mr Nichols is the chairman and chief executive of The Nichols Group, specialising in large and complex infrastructure projects and major business change initiatives. He has directly managed or advised on numerous mega projects and programmes for the transport, telecommunications, energy and finance sectors in the UK and Far East. He has introduced improved project management to more than a hundred organisations and trained a generation of managers in the programme management. He has also advised on PFI projects, outsourcing, franchising, placement of concessions and the Government's Strategic Defence Review. Mr Nichols is a proponent of seeking a Royal Charter for APM and is well placed to enlist broad support for this programme across industry. He is a board member of the Major Projects Association, a member of BSI Standards Policy and Strategy Committee, Department for Transport's Governance Panel for Crossrail, chairman of STRATrisk Steering Group and has recently undertaken a strategic review of the Highways Agency's major roads and programme on behalf of the Secretary of State for Transport. He is a fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, and an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries. Nichols Group is one of the UK’s leading independent management consultancies, advising on and managing large-scale, complex and rapid changes. They operate in both major capital investments and business change programmes. Employing around 100 people, Nichols Group is active in the IT, transport, education, health, finance and government sectors but are probably best known for their extensive rail portfolio.
The Association for Project Management (APM) is the national body for professional project management in the United Kingdom (UK). 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. With over 15,000 individual and 390 corporate members, APM is one of the largest organizations of its kind in Europe. 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.
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