Volume X - Issue VI - June 2008
PM Community News
Senior Research Fellow Bob Owen becomes Mr. Bob Owen has been named an International Correspondent for www.pmforum.org. Mr. Owen has been involved with project management in various guises for more than 30 years. Most of these projects have been in the defence sector and many have been large or extremely large and international in nature. 
Bob qualified in electronics in the Royal Air Force before being commissioned as a Pilot (Fast Jet) and then moving into intelligence. He has many years of defence experience, including roles in research, business development, project management and consultancy. Having worked at a high level for many years, Bob decided to formalise his (lack of) education. He gained an MSc (Distinction) in Information Systems in 2004 and went on to study advanced project management for his PhD before being appointed (January 2008) Senior Research Fellow in the Salford Centre for Research & Innovation, the core of the UK’s most prestigious (6 Star) Research Institute for the Built & Human Environment. His research concentrates on the implementation lean and agile project management in non-traditional sectors; he has published and presented widely. He has organised several conferences and is a popular speaker, having been invited by the Project Management Institute, the Association for Project Management and various commercial and academic organisations, many for repeat visits.
Greater Manchester has a population of 2,240,230, the United Kingdom's third largest and most rapidly growing conurbation. Manchester has many sporting connections, including its two Premier League football teams, Manchester United and Manchester City. Manchester was the world's first industrialised city and played a central role during the Industrial Revolution; as the dominant international centre of textile manufacture and cotton spinning. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester - cite_note-Cottonopolis-10. Manchester today is a centre of the arts, the media, higher education and commerce. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, usually shortened to the United Kingdom, UK or Britain, is a country located off the northwest coast of mainland Europe. The UK is a political union of the four constituent countries of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The UK also has several overseas territories and dependences.
A constitutional monarchy, the UK has close relationships with 15 other “commonwealth realms” that share the same monarchy, Queen Elizabeth II, as head of state. A member of the G8, the UK is a highly developed country with the fourth largest domestic product in the world. With a population of 60 million, it is the third most populous country in the European Union and is a founding member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the United Nations (UN), where it holds a permanent seat on the Security Council. The UK is also one of the world’s major nuclear powers and has an economy of approximately US$1.8 trillion. As the successor state to the British Empire, the UK retains influence throughout the world due to the extensive use of the English language, as well as through the world-spanning Commonwealth of Nations, which is ceremoniously led by the UK. (Manchester and UK facts courtesy of Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org.
Needless to say, Manchester and the UK are the source or sponsor of many programmes and projects, both in the UK and worldwide. The Association of Project Management (APM) in the UK has been one of the world’s leading professional associations for advancing project management for over 30 years and is currently seeking Chartered status. Bob Owen is based near Manchester, and can be reached at r.l.owen@salford.ac.uk.
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 an organization formed to operate and administer the pmforum.org website. PMForum also produces the monthly PM World Today eJournal where articles, papers, stories and viewpoints by leading PM authorities from around the world can be found; free subscriptions are available at www.pmworldtoday.net. PMForum’s global network of correspondents provides news and information from around the world of project management. More information about this program can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/pm%20forum%20team/index.htm#Ton. Alan Harpham named PM Ambassador™ in UK PMForum is pleased to announce that Alan Harpham, Chairman of The APM Group and Fellow of the Association for Project Management (APM) in the UK, has joined the PM AmbassadorsTM Speakers Bureau. Based in Bedford, UK and with over 40 years of professional experience, Alan advises organizations and speaks on project management throughout the UK and Western Europe. He has now announced his availability to speak at project management events worldwide.  Alan Harpham, BSc MBA FAPM FCMC, describes himself as being on his 4th career, as what Charles Handy calls ‘a portfolio manager. Alan is an independent management consultant, focused on programme management, project management and executive coaching – individuals and teams. Alan is also the Chairman of The APM Group, an Accreditation, Registration and Examination Certification Body for key elements of Best Practice in programme and project management, ITIL, and Change Management. The APM Group works with its main partners - the Office of Government Commerce (OGC), The Stationery Office and the Chartered Management Institute - to develop a wide range of activities that broaden the application of Best Practice. Alan is also chairman of Workplace Ministry Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire (see www.workplaceministry.org.uk). He is a Board Member of The International Center for Spirit at Work and also on the selection committee of the International Spirit at Work Awards (see www.spiritatwork.org). He is chairman of Cranfield University’s Science & Engineering Ethics Committee and also chairs the SPD Research Ethics Committee (medical). Alan was co-owner and a founding director of P5 – the Power of Projects, a consultancy specialising in the application of project and programme management in owner/client organisations. He is also a former trustee of a number of charitable organisations including MODEM, and The Friends of the Bedford Child Development Centre. He was a founding member of the Jury for the IPMA International Project Management Awards and continued as such until 2006. Alan Harpham is a former Managing Director and senior consultant of Nichols Associates (now part of The Nichols Group), one of the UK’s leading consultancies in project and change management. He was previously an early Director of Cranfield University’s MSc in Project Management and started his own project management consultancy. Alan’s early career was as an engineer and line manager with John Laing. Alan is a Fellow of the Association for Project Management (APM) in the UK. Alan has been extensively involved in:
Alan’s personal interests include spirit in work (he is an editorial advisor of MODEM’s e-zine ‘Spirit in Work’), he was founding chairman of MODEM (see www.modem.uk.com), and a former Steward of Spirit in Business (www.spiritinbusiness.org). He likes hill walking, scrambling, international traveling, good food and company, and watching rugby.  Potential Presentation Subjects (others available)
For information on Alan’s availability, please contact ambassadors@pmforum.com or editor@pmforum.org.
 The PM AmbassadorsTM Speakers Bureau was introduced by PMForum in 2007 as a 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 AmbassadorsTM 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 AmbassadorsTM 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 is 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. Tom Taylor in UK joins PM Ambassadors™ Speakers Bureau PMForum is pleased to announce that Tom Taylor, former Chairman and Fellow of the Association for Project Management (APM) in the UK, has joined the PM AmbassadorsTM Speakers Bureau. Based in London, UK and with over 30 years of professional experience, Tom has advised organizations and spoken on project management across the UK and in Western Europe. He has now announced his availability to speak at project management events worldwide.  Tom Taylor is a well known and well respected project management professional with over thirty years of front line experience. He is also an original, enthusiastic thinker, speaker, presenter, broadcaster and author on project related themes. Tom likes a challenge on his occasional speaking assignments – as topics, delegates or context. His presentations have durations from minutes to days. Tom is experienced in event chairmanship, workshop facilitation, panel leadership and participation as well as providing lectures, talks and presentations. Venues are stretching across the world but in U.K. have included larger places such as the Royal Albert Hall, Excel, many Universities, Bridgewater Hall – Manchester and others. Delegate numbers vary from a few people to hundreds. Events may be open / public, or for professional associations / bodies, or private / internal arrangements. Tom became an enthusiastic project manager in his early 20s in the 1970s. His project experience is mainly in U.K. usually with a construction aspect. He has covered a wide selection of sectors, project types, client bodies, contract forms, procurement routes, project teams and mixtures of activities (programmes). Projects with profile include the Cable and Wireless College, the RADA Centenary Project and the National Tennis Centre for the Lawn Tennis Association. He has also been a consultant, advisor, trouble-shooter and expert witness. Employment has included ARUP, KF Baker and Partners and Laing Management Contracting. In 1985 Tom was a joint founder of Buro Four an eminent UK project management outfit and its initial chairman for fifteen years. He is now a retained advisor. He also provides project management related services and products through dashdot. Tom has been an active volunteer and contributor to the Association for Project Management (APM) progressing from branch committee member to London Branch chairman to Council Representative to Executive Board member to APM Chairman (2004-06) to current Vice President and recipient of the inaugural APM President’s Medal in 2007 – and all in only twenty years! He is proud to be a Certificated Project Manager (CPM) and Fellow of APM. He also has links with IPMA and other member associations particularly supporting involvement of next generation project managers. He is an innovative supporter and promoter of the involvement of managers of projects in Sustainability, the Environment and Green Issues. He is an occasional PM lecturer at the Bartlett School of Architecture – London and at Bath University, as well as being an external PM examiner at U.C.L.  Tom is an author of articles, media pieces and books including “How to Select the Right Project Manager”, “Characteristics of Effective Project Managers”, “Management in Practice” and “GMPM” – with others in preparation. Tom presents in English with good humour, sometimes with PowerPoint or video or flipchart support, with handout notes where appropriate, and provides opportunities for delegate participation through exercises and debate – and if the attendees do not ask questions of him then he will ask questions of them! Potential Presentation Subjects (others available)
For information on Tom’s availability, please contact ambassadors@pmforum.com or editor@pmforum.org.
The PM AmbassadorsTM Speakers Bureau was introduced by PMForum in 2007 as a 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 AmbassadorsTM 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 AmbassadorsTM 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 is 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. Martina Huemann named International Correspondent Dr. Martina Huemann, faculty member and researcher at Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, has been named an International Correspondent for PMForum in Vienna, Austria.
Martina is a member of the faculty of the PROJEKTMANAGEMENT GROUP, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, founded in 1898 and now one of Europe’s top 50 business schools. She is also an Adjunct Professor for Project Management at Ecole Superieure de Commerce de Lille - ESC Lille, one of the oldest business schools in France (founded 1892) with campuses in Lille and Paris. She is a network partner of ROLAND GAREIS CONSULTING. Martina has successfully managed research, event and organisational development projects. She teaches and trains project management and managing the project-oriented company nationally and internationally and does research in these fields. In research she concentrates on Human Resource Management in project-oriented companies, project and program auditing, and maturity of project-oriented companies, industries and nations. Martina is a co-author, along with Professor J Rodney Turner and Anne Keegan, of the book “Human Resource Management in the Project-Oriented Organization”, published in 2008 by the Project Management Institute (PMI). Martina is board member of Project Management Austria, the Austrian national member association of the International Project Management Association (IPMA), and a member of the IPMA Research & Development Management Board. She is director of the IPMA Research Awards and she trains assessors for the IPMA Project Excellence Award internationally and nationally. Born in Vienna in 1969, Martina holds Magister and Doctor degrees from Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration. Fluent in English and German, she enjoys working in an international environment.
Vienna is the capital of Austria and Austria's primary city; with a metropolitan area population of about 2.3 million. It is the largest city in Austria as well as its cultural, economic and political centre. Vienna lies in the very east of Austria, not far from the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. In 2001, the city centre was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site and an Economist Intelligence Unit study of 127 world cities ranked it third for quality of life. Full of former palaces, museums and historical buildings, Vienna is easily one of the world’s most beautiful cities. Vienna has a long and colorful history. Founded around 500 BC, Vienna was originally a Celtic settlement, becoming a Roman frontier city in 15 BC. During the Middle Ages, Vienna was home of the Babenberg Dynasty and in 1440 became primary residence of the Habsburg dynasties. Vienna grew to become the capital of the Holy Roman Empire and a cultural centre for arts, science, music and fine cuisine.
In 1805, Vienna became capital of the Austrian Empire and continued to play a major role in European and World politics, including hosting the 1815 Congress of Vienna. In 1867 Vienna became the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. After World War I, Vienna became capital of the First Austrian Republic. Between 1938 and the end of the Second World War, Vienna lost its status as a capital to Berlin. After 1945, Vienna again became the capital of Austria. In the 1970s the Vienna International Centre, a new area of the city (pictured below right), was created to host international institutions. Vienna is now the seat of various United Nations (UN) offices, international institutions and global organizations, including the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
Additionally, Vienna is the seat of the UN Commission on International Trade Law's secretariat (UNCITRAL). Alongside the international and intergovernmental organisations, there are dozens of charitable organisations based in Vienna that provide relief and assistance to children and needy people in developing countries. Vienna has been synonymous with music for centuries, and was home to Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Johann Strauss. Today the Wiener Philharmoniker is one of the world's top orchestras, the Vienna Boys' Choir is triumphant wherever it tours, and the Vienna Conservatorium has produced innumerable international award-winners in all musical disciplines. Austria (officially the Republic of Austria) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. Austria is a largely mountainous country due to its location in the Alps. Of the total area of Austria (84 000 km² or 32,000 sq. mi), only 32% is below 500 metres (1,640 ft).
Austria is one of the 10 richest countries in the world with a well-developed market economy and a very high standard of living. Until the 1980s, many of Austria's largest industrial firms were nationalized; in recent years, privatization has reduced state holdings to a level comparable to other European economies. Next to a highly-developed industry, international tourism is the most important part of national economy. Austria became a member of the European Union in 1995, but retained its constitutional neutrality. Germany has historically been the main trading partner of Austria, making it vulnerable to changes in the German economy. Since Austria became a member of the European Union (EU), it has gained closer ties to other EU economies and reduced its economic dependence on Germany. Membership in the EU has also drawn foreign investors attracted by Austria's access to the single European market and proximity to EU aspiring economies. Growth in GDP reached 3.3% in 2006. Austria's population in October 2006 was 8,292,322. Other than Vienna, no other Austrian city has more than 250,000 inhabitants. (Vienna and Austria facts are courtesy of Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org) Martina is committed to helping advance professional project management in Europe and worldwide. Based in Vienna, she can be contacted at mhuemann@wu-wien.ac.at. Established in 1995, www.pmforum.org was the world’s first website devoted to professional project management and is 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. Peter Mello named International Correspondent Mr. Peter Berndt de Souza Mello, a leading program, project and portfolio management consultant in Brazil, has been named an International Correspondent for PMForum and the monthly PM World Today eJournal. He is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and a Senior Consultant for X25 Treinamento e Consultoria (X25), based in Brasilia, Brazil. He currently lives and works in Ribeirão Preto, approximately four hours from Sao Paulo. Peter Mello, SpS, PMP is a Portfolio/Project Management consultant working in the public and private sectors, providing project management training and consulting services to governmental and industrial organizations in Brazil. He presently works with a portfolio of 22 on-going projects in the Petroleum & Gas industry. His professional experience also includes project and risk management for large projects in the IT Industry and Government, and specialized activities for scheduling optimization based on critical chain and Success Driven Project Management concepts. At X25, he is responsible for consulting services, product sales and the expansion of training classes. The company now holds several partnerships with other consulting services in Brazil, United States and Russia. X25 has trained over 3,000 IT and Project Management professionals and now offers a line of products that include PM software, mind mapping software and some utility software. Consulting services are available for ITIL, COBIT, Project Management and Risk Management. Peter is responsible for bringing Spider Management Technologies to Brazil (a Russian PM company that has developed methods and tools for simulation of scenarios and scheduling optimization). Some interesting highlights of his career so far include:
Peter Mello has a B.S. degree in International Relations from the University of Brasilia, and has completed courses for a B.S. in Computer Science at the University of the State of the West of Parana, Brazil. He has completed over 600 hours of courses on software configuration management, software ergonomics, project management, communications management, object oriented analysis, and other topics. Peter actively participates in many events and activities of the PM professional community, with papers published and presented at PMI-DF (Brasilia/Brazil), PMI-SP (Sao Paolo/Brazil), PMI-ES (ES/Brazil), PMI Global 2007 (Mexico), PMI Global 2008 (Australia), and PMI-COS 2008 (Chicago). He has also participated in other PMI initiatives, such as the Portfolio Role Delineation Study Group and the preparation for the PMBOK extension guide to Risk Management. He is on the Board of Directors of X25 Training and Consulting and Spider Management Technologies Brazil. It is possible to find seminars, papers and articles of Peter Mello at http://www.gestaoeprojetos.com; additional information can be found at www.x25.com.br/peter/index_us.htm (English) or www.spiderproject.com.br (Portuguese).
Ribeirão Preto is a city in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It is nicknamed “Brazilian California”, because of an economy based on agro-business plus high technology, wealth and sunny weather all year long. With 570,000 inhabitants, Ribeirão Preto is the ninth largest municipality in the state. With a total area of 652.2 km² (251.8 sq mi), it is situated at 313 km (194 mi) from the capital city and at 706 km (439 mi) from Brasília, the federal capital. The city was founded in 1856 by farmers in search of good climate and soil for coffee growing. Eventually the fertile soil of the Ribeirão Preto region allowed the highest crop productivity in Brazil. The high agricultural productivity around Ribeirão Preto rapidly placed the region as the largest alcohol and sugar producer in the world, now responsible for 30 percent of Brazil’s sugarcane alcohol fuel. Besides sugar and alcohol, Ribeirão Preto's major products are orange juice, cotton, rice, meat, dairy products, textiles, machinery, steel, furniture, building materials, agrochemicals, pharmaceuticals and beer.
São Paulo is a state in Brazil and the major industrial and economic powerhouse of the Brazilian economy. São Paulo has the largest population, the biggest industrial park and the biggest economic production of the country. The capital, São Paulo, is also the largest city in the Americas, with a population of around 22 million. The state of São Paulo has an area of approximately 248,800 km² (95.700 mi²), and a population of about 40 million (21.5% of the population of Brazil), which makes it the most populous country subdivision in the Western Hemisphere. São Paulo state is responsible for approximately one-third of Brazilian GDP. The state's GDP (PPP) consists of 550 billion dollars, making it also the biggest economy of South America and one of the biggest economies in Latin America, second after Mexico. Its economy is based on machinery, the automobile and aviation industries, services, financial companies, commerce, textiles, orange growing, sugar cane and coffee production. As of 2005, Sao Paulo’s share of the Brazilian economy was 33.9%. Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is a country in South America. It is the fifth-largest country by geographical area, the fifth most populous country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world. The official language is Portuguese. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a coastline of over 7,367 kilometres (4577 miles). Brazil borders every nation on the South American continent except Ecuador and Chile. Brazil is crossed by both the Equator and Tropic of Capricorn, and as such is home to a vast array of flora and fauna, natural environments, and extensive natural resources. Its region within the tropics is, by far, the largest of any country.
Brazil occupies roughly half of South America and has one of the world's most extensive river systems, with eight major drainage basins, all of which drain into the Atlantic Ocean. Major rivers include the Amazon, the largest river in terms of volume of water, and the second-longest in the world. The Brazilian population is concentrated along the coastline and in a few large urban centers in the interior. While Brazil is one of the most populous nations in the world, population density drops dramatically as one moves inland. Brazil was a colony of Portugal from the landing of Pedro Álvares Cabral in 1500 until its independence in 1822. Initially independent as the Brazilian Empire, the country has been a republic since 1889. One of the ten largest economies in the world, the country has a diversified middle-income economy with wide variations in development levels and mature manufacturing, mining and agriculture sectors. Technology and services also play an important role and are growing rapidly. Brazil is a net exporter, having gone through free trade and privatization reforms in the 1990s. Brazil's GDP (PPP and Nominal) is the highest of Latin America with large and developed agricultural, mining, manufacturing, and service sectors, as well as a large labor pool. The country has been expanding its presence in international financial and commodities markets, and is regarded as one of the group of four emerging economies called BRIC. According to the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, Brazil has the ninth largest economy in the world by purchasing power parity (PPP) and tenth largest at market exchange rates. (Brazil and Sao Paulo facts are courtesy of Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org) Peter Mello is fluent in Portuguese and proficient in the English and Spanish languages. Based in Ribeirão Preto, Peter can be contacted at peter@x25.com.br or at peter.mello@gestaoeprojetos.com. Established in 1995, www.pmforum.org was the world’s first website devoted to professional project management and is 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. Keynote Speakers announced for 22nd The project management team for the 22nd IPMA World Congress on Project Management – ROMA 2008 Project Management to Run – have announced their keynote speakers for the November World Congress. Project and programme mangers worldwide are invited to Rome during 9-11 November 2008 for an unforgettable projet management experience, and to hear the following keynote speakers.
Prof. Lynn Crawford, Professor of Project Management at the Bond University, Australia, and at the ESC of Lille, France and one of the world leading project management thinkers - “Project Management for a Faster Tomorrow”
Prof. Roland Gareis, Head of Department Projekt Management Group at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria and globally recognized for his resear on the topic of project based society - “Change Management and Projects”
Mary McKinlay, Vice President IPMA, Adjunct Professor Management ESC, Lille, France and globally recognized project management advisor in the UK - “Where is project management running to...?”
Gianfelice Rocca, Chairman Techint Group of Companies, senior executive of a global group of companies and businesses - “Project Management of human resources in a globalised group”
Toni Ruttiman, "el Suizo", “the Swiss”, an extraordinary forty year old Project Manager, Swiss citizen and polyglot - a man who has built 360 bridges around the world following natural disasters, wars and other calamaties
Kenneth Sheely, Deputy Director of the Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI) at the United States Department of Energy (DOE), one of the world’s most important security programmes – Project Management techniques applied to a worldwide challenge: “Reducing the Global Threat of Nuclear and Radiological Terrorism. The IPMA 22nd World Congress on Project Management will be held in Rome, Italy during 9-11 November 2008. According to the “ROMA 2008 – Project Management to Run” project team, with keynote speeches and 12 streams of presentations over three days, as many as 200 presentations on important project management topics can be anticipated.,
The congress is expected to attract leading project management authorities and over 1,000 participants from the 45+ countries represented by IPMA membership. The Roma 2008 World Congress will be one of the largest project management events in the world this year. The 22nd IPMA World Congress and Exhibition will be held at the Palazzo dei Congressi near the heart of downtown Rome. For registration, schedule and other information, visit the conference website at www.ipmaroma2008.it.
Founded in 1967 and registered in Switzerland, the International Project Management Association (IPMA) is is an international federation of more than 40 national PM societies in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. Local societies serve each country in its national language. IPMA provides an umbrella organization at the international level. IPMA’s internationally acclaimed 4 Level PM Certification Programme continues to grow worldwide. The IPMA annually presents awards to teams that achieve great feats in project management. IPMA maintains its continuous presence in the global PM arena through regular International Symposia, Expert Seminars and its Annual World Congress. The president of IPMA for 2008 is Veikko Valila. Additional information is available at www.ipma.ch. Professor Rodney Turner in UK named International Professor J. Rodney Turner, Professor of Project Management in the Kemmy Business School at the University of Limerick and at ESC Lille has been named an International Editorial Advisor for PMForum and the online project management eJournal PM World Today.
J Rodney Turner, MA, MSc, DPhil (Oxon), BE (Auck), CEng, FIMechE, FAPM, MInstD, is Professor of Project Management at the Kemmy Business School of the University of Limerick in Limerick, Ireland and in the Graduate School of Management at the Institut Supérieure de Gestion Industrielle Ecole Supérieure de Commerce Lille (ESC Lille) in Lille, France. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of Technology Sydney in Australia and Educatis University, Zurich, and Visiting Professor at Henley Management College in the UK and George Washington University, USA. Professor Turner studied engineering at Auckland University and did his doctorate at Oxford University, where he was also for two years a post-doctoral research fellow. He worked for six years for ICI as a mechanical engineer and project manager, on the design, construction and maintenance of heavy process plants, and for three years with Coopers and Lybrand as a management consultant. Rodney Turner is the author or editor of fourteen books, including The Handbook of Project-based Management, the best selling book published by McGraw-Hill, and the Gower Handbook of Project Management. He is editor of The International Journal of Project Management, (since May 1993), and has written many articles for journals, conferences and magazines. He lectures on and teaches project management worldwide. From 1991 to 2004, Professor Turner was a member of Council of the UK’s Association for Project Management, with two years as Treasurer and two as Chairman. He is now a Vice-President. From 1999 to 2002, he was President and then Chairman of the International Project Management Association (IPMA), the global federation of national associations in project management, of which APM is the largest member. He has also helped to establish the Benelux Region of the European Construction Institute as foundation Operations Director. Rodney is director of several SMEs and a member of the Institute of Directors. Professor Turner is also a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and of the APM. The Centre for Project Management (CPM) at the University of Limerick is the only centre of its type in Ireland that specialises in the provision of education, research and training in the discipline of project management. The Centre's Mission is to be a leading National, European and International centre for the advancement, dissemination and application of project management knowledge in the private and public sectors. The University of Limerick, through the CPM offers a Master's Degree in Project Management, a course first commenced in 1992 and offered over two years on a part-time basis. The Diploma in Project Management (Dip.PM), accredited by The University of Limerick, is the result of a detailed review of both Industry requirements and applied academic research. The CPM also has a number of project management training programmes, run both In-House and as Open Workshops. The CPM is a constituent unit of the University of Limerick and is classified by the University as a ‘centre of excellence’. The Centre is located on UL campus within the International Business Centre. For more information, visit http://www.cpm.ul.ie/default.asp.
The University of Limerick (UL) was established in 1972 as the National Institute for Higher Education, Limerick and classified as the University of Limerick in 1989. UL is an independent, internationally focused university with over 10,845 students and 1,313 staff. It is a young, energetic and enterprising university with a proud record of innovation in education and excellence in research and scholarship. Its mission is to promote and advance learning and knowledge through teaching, research and scholarship in an environment which encourages innovation and upholds the principles of free enquiry and expression. Particular attention is paid to the generation of knowledge which is relevant to the needs of Ireland's continuing socio-economic development. UL offers a range of programmes up to doctorate and post doctorate levels in the disciplines of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Business, Education and Health Sciences, Science and Engineering. The University is situated on a superb riverside campus of over 133 hectares with the River Shannon as a unifying focal point. Adjacent to the University is the National Technology Park (NTP), Ireland's first science/technology park (263 hectares), home to more than 80 organisations employing over 4,000 people. More information can be found at http://www.ul.ie/. Professor Turner lives in Surrey, UK, but holds both British and New Zealand citizenships. He can be contacted at rodneyturner@europrojex.co.uk. The PMForum team welcomes Professor Rodney Turner to the International Editorial Advisory Council for PM World Today. The PM World Today International Editorial Advisory Council includes academic leaders and representatives from some of the world’s leading universities that offer graduate programs in project management. Each representative is a full professor or head of department, and is well known in his or her respective country’s project management academic community. Additional information about the PMWT International Editorial Advisory Council can be found at www.pmworldtoday.net/team.htm. Established in 1995, www.pmforum.org was the world’s first website devoted to professional project management and is 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.
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