PMForum.org establishes Strategic Alliance with the Institute of Project Management of Ireland PMForum.org has established its first Strategic Alliance with the Institute of Project Management of Ireland (IPMI), a non-profit professional organization based in Dublin, Ireland. PMForum.org previously announced on January 11 the formation of a Strategic Alliance Program as a “globalization opportunity” for local and regional project management professional societies, associations and components of larger organizations (branches, chapters, SIGs and Colleges). The new program is intended to provide local organizations with access to more of the world of professional project management. This is the first alliance established by PMForum.org under the new program.
Under terms of the new alliance, PMForum.org will provide to IPMI: • a monthly emailing of PM World Today that can be forwarded to local members; • recognition as a Strategic Alliance Partner on the www.pmforum.org and www.pmworldtoday.net websites, with links to IPMI’s website; • listing of IPMI events in the Events Calendar on www.pmforum.org; • publication of breaking news articles and publicity about IPMI on www.pmforum.org; • opportunities for IPMI members to publish articles in PM World Today; and • access to PMForum.org advisors, correspondents and associates around the world.
In turn, IPMI will (a) forward the monthly PM World Today to its mailing list of 4,500+ professionals; (b) list PMForum.org as an alliance partner on the IPMI website; and (c) provide a local correspondent for pmforum.org and pmworldtoday.net in Ireland.
PMF to Co-Sponsor 1st Annual
UTD Project Management Symposium
PMForum.org is one of three co-sponsors announced for the 1st Annual UTD Project Management Symposium, 6-7 August 2007 in Plano, Texas, USA. 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). Co-sponsors of the conference will be PMForum.org and the Dallas Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI®).
David L. Pells, Managing Editor, PMForum.org and James Joiner, UTD
According to James Joiner, Director of UTD’s graduate program in project management and pictured at right with David Pells, managing editor for PMForum.org, “We are happy to team up with PMForum on this project. They will help bring some high level speakers, provide global visibility, and publish some of the papers. It should be a winning combination.”
The 2 Day event will be the first major project management conference in the Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area since the PMI’91 Seminars/Symposium 16 years ago. The UTD conference will focus on topics important to organizations, industries and the economy of North Texas. Proposed Tracks include the following:
Track 1 – PM for Nanotechnology & Semiconductor Development
Track 2 – Project, Program & Portfolio Management
Track 3 – Agile Project Management
Track 4 – PM for Medical & Healthcare Projects
Track 5 – Big PM: Management of large IT Projects
Track 6 – Micro PM: Management of smaller projects
Track 7 – The Role of PM for Corporate Governance
Other Conference Events will include an Opening Ceremony with keynote speakers on Monday morning; a Monday evening reception for attendees, speakers and vendors; and a Closing Panel Discussion of keynote speakers on “The Future of Project Management”. A vendor exhibition is planned, with sponsorships also to be available.
Key Dates to Remember:
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15 March 2007 – Abstracts Due;
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15 April 2007 – Papers selected;
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1 May 2007 – registrations open;
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30 June 2007 – Full papers due;
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5 August 2007 – onsite registrations open;
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6-7 August 2007 – conference to be held.
The Symposium will be held at the Plano Center in Plano, Texas. Again, according to Mr. Joiner, “both UTD and the Dallas Chapter are Registered Education Providers with PMI, so attendees should receive up to 12 PDUs. Paper presenters can receive five more. The registration fee will only be $399 for the two-day conference, which is reasonably low, so we expect a good turnout.”
Project management experts, leaders and professionals worldwide are invited to email an abstract for presentation of a professional paper on one of the above topics. For more information, contact James Joiner at jamesj@utdallas.edu.
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UTD’s Project Management Program provides application-oriented education for professionals with significant project, program or general management responsibilities. Established in the Executive Education center in UTD’s School of Management, students have the option of earning a Certificate in Project Management, a Master of Science degree with an emphasis in project management, or a Master of Business Administration degree with project management emphasis.
The UTD PM program, originally developed in 1997, is accredited by the Project Management Institute (PMI®) and is registered with the PMI Registered Education Provider Program (PMI R.E.P.). The program is taught by world-class faculty with a blend of industrial project management, consulting and teaching experience. UTD’s PM Program in delivered both on campus and online, and attracts students from across the United States and around the world.
For more information visit http://som.utdallas.edu/project/ or contact James Joiner at jamesj@utdallas.edu
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MundoPM Launches Series of Events about
Project Management in Brazil
Reported by PMF correspondent Alcides Santopietro
The magazine "MundoPM", well known in Brazilian Project Management Community, is now broadening its approach to the community by creating a series of events dealing with Project Management. For two years this bi-monthly magazine has been delivering quality content about Project Management and now, the executive editor, Mr. Osmar Zózimo, presents this new endeavor.
The event, named “Special Day MPM”, will have its first edition on April, 13th exploring the “Workshop PMDome”, a workshop internationally awarded by Project Management Institute (PMI) and, for the first time, available for an open group in Brazil.
Mr. Zózimo welcomes everyone interested in the event: "It is with great satisfaction that we announce the first event organized by MundoPM magazine, the Special Day MPM. This sort of event is a MundoPM initiative to bring what we consider the best from the world of Project Management, specially selected to our readers.” Four other events are planned to happen in 2007 by MundoPM.
During the workshop, the participants work together to build a real geodesic dome in a real and exciting project environment. The workshop will be led by Mr. Ricardo Vargas, current member of the PMI board of directors, and Mr. José Finocchio, who, in conjunction with Mr. Danúbio Borba, are the designers of this creative, award-winning and innovative Project Management training program.
More information about the event:
Participants who hold the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification will earn 8 PDUs. The registration fee is R$ 755,00 for a single participation and R$ 3.450,00 for a set of five, until March 16th, and a 10% discount applies to magazine subscribers. When: April 13th, 2007. Where: Campus Senac – São Paulo – Av. Eng. Eusébio Stevaux, 823 – Santo Amaro – São Paulo – SP – Brazil.
Web site: www.mundopm.com.br/specialday
MundoPM is a Brazilian magazine which deals with Project, Program and Portfolio Management topics since 2005. Edited in Curitiba, in the South region of the country, it is the Brazilian's most relevant and visible printed vehicle bringing news, articles and interviews to the community about the theme. The magazine is issued bi-monthly and delivers regional and international up-to-date information to the public. The current issue contains contributions from Mr. Paul Dinsmore, Mr. Frank Saladis, Mr. James Snyder, among other personalities in the Project Management community in the world. For more information: www.mundopm.com.br.
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MundoPM Lança série de eventos sobre gerenciamento de projetos no Brasil
Reported by PMF correspondent Alcides Santopietro
A revista “MundoPM”, muito conhecida na comunidade de gerenciamento de Projetos no Brasil, está agora estendendo seu contato com a comunidade por meio da realização de uma série de eventos que deve lidar com gerenciamento de projetos. Por dois anos esta revista bimestral vem entregando conteúdo de qualidade sobre gerenciamento de Projetos e, agora, seu diretor executivo, Sr. Osmar Zózimo, apresenta esta nova iniciativa.
O evento, chamado “Special Day MPM”, terá sua primeira edição em 13 de Abril, e irá explorar o “Workshop PMDome”, uma oficina internacionalmente premiada pelo Project Management Institute (PMI) e que, pela primeira vez, está sendo disponibilizada para um público aberto no Brasil.
Sr. Zózimo dá as boas-vindas a todos os interessados no evento: “É com muita satisfação que anunciamos o primeiro evento organizado pela revista MundoPM, o Special Day MPM. Este tipo de evento é uma iniciativa da MundoPM para trazer o que entendemos como sendo o melhor do mundo Project Management, especialmente selecionado para nossos leitores”. Outros quatro eventos estão planejados para acontecer ainda em 2007 pela MundoPM.
Durante o workshop, os participantes trabalham juntos para construer um domo geodésico real dentro de um verdadeiros e empolgante ambiente de Projetos. O workshop será conduzido pelo Sr. Ricardo Vargas, membro do board do PMI, e Sr. José Finocchio, que, em conjunto com Sr. Danúbio Borba, são as pessoas que conceberam este criativo, premiado e inovador programa de treinamento em gerenciamento de projetos.
Mais informações sobre o evento:
Os participantes que possuem a certificação Project Management Professional (PMP) ganham 8 PDUs. A inscrição custa R$ 755,00 para uma participação individual e R$ 3.450,00 para um conjunto de cinco, até 16 de Março, e os assinantes da revista ganham ainda desconto de 10%. Quando: 13 de Abril de 2007. Onde: Campus Senac – São Paulo – Av. Eng. Eusébio Stevaux, 823 – Santo Amaro – São Paulo – SP – Brasil.
Web site: www.mundopm.com.br/specialday
MundoPM é uma revista brasileira que lida com assuntos relacionados a Gestão de Projetos, Programas e Portfolio. Editada em Curitiba, na região Sul do país, é o veículo impresso mais relevante e visível do Brazil, trazendo notícias, artigos e entrevistas sobre o tema para esta comunidade. A revista é editada bimestralmente e apresenta informações regionais e internacionais, sempre atualizadas, para o público. A edição atual contém contribuições do Sr. Paul Dinsmore, Sr. Frank Saladis e Sr. James Snyder, entre outras personalidades da comunidade de gerenciamento de projetos no mundo. Para mais informações: www.mundopm.com.br.
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Primavera Announces 2006 Financial Results
Primavera Systems, Inc., released details of its record-breaking 2006 fiscal year (ended Dec. 31,2006) on Wednesday, 21 February. According to the Company’s press release, Primavera again broke its own record for revenues and profitability, continuing a string of 24 consecutive years of revenue growth. Total revenue for 2006 increased organically by 13 percent to US$122.7 million.
The company also raised a large round of private equity financing, which it leveraged to gain two new products, five new offices and 120 new employees through the December acquisition of two companies: ProSight,Inc., a portfolio analysis solutions company based in Portland, Ore., and PertMaster, Ltd., a project risk analysis and mitigation solutions company based in the United Kingdom. These two acquisitions are expected to help Primavera more than double its rate of growth for 2007.
"Primavera's 23 years of growth are built on a history of enabling customers to drive business value and see significant results," said Joel Koppelman, Primavera CEO. "Through the acquisitions of ProSight and PertMaster, Primavera customers now have an end-to-end solution to propose, prioritize and select strategic investments, and then to plan, manage and control the portfolio of projects through to completion."
In 2006, Primavera's new clients included:
• Harvard University Allston Development Group (US)
• NASA Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (US)
• National Housing Authority of Thailand (Thailand)
• Railway Project Management Company (Saudi Arabia)
Primavera enjoyed robust growth internationally in 2006, with 42 percent of Primavera software license revenue coming from outside of North America, a marked increase over the previous year. To see the full press release, go to: www.pmforum.org/blogs/press.
Primavera is a US-based software company whose sole focus is project management. The company helps organizations identify which projects are most important, and makes it easy for people to work collaboratively on those projects and deliver them successfully. Primavera solutions are industry-specific and role-based, with the power to support global enterprises. Primavera solutions have ensured the success of projects collectively worth more than $5.5 trillion, including the management of the Pentagon reconstruction after 9/11, ongoing multi-billion dollar oil discovery projects, space exploration, the efficient use of personnel at professional services organizations, and IT projects that span the globe. For more information, visit www.primavera.com.
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eProject Announces Positive 2006 Performance and Growth
eProject, a provider of OnDemand collaborative Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) software, has announced that the company grew by more than 125% in 2006. The company now has more than 100,000 users and over 625 corporate customers worldwide.
According to their press release on 23 February, the privately held company had bookings of approximately $16 million in 2006 and expects to continue its rapid growth in 2007. It is currently adding more than 2,000 users and 30 new customers per month. Companies recently selecting eProject include Merrill Lynch, Sprint Nextel, Fidelity and TV Guide Interactive.
Rather than purchase and install its software, eProject customers pay a $45 per user monthly fee to access its PPM6 platform that automates projects, makes collaboration easy across an enterprise, and offers executives real-time, dashboard views so they can make more intelligent decisions on the initiatives they are responsible for.
"The OnDemand revolution in business software will not stop at CRM or ERP solutions. There is an enormous need for organizations to manage their most strategic initiatives with more rigor and better tools," said Jeff Pancottine, eProject president and CEO.
Additional information about eProject can be found at www.eproject.com.
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Planview Acquires Business Engine
Planview, the leading provider of comprehensive portfolio management solutions, announced on 13 February 2007 that it has acquired substantially all of the assets of San Francisco-based, Business Engine. Business Engine’s 20-year history and focus in IT portfolio management strengthens Planview as the clear independent market leader in the IT portfolio management market. In addition, Business Engine’s market position in Earned Value Management expands the company’s presence within the growing performance management market for federal government agencies and government contractors. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
“Portfolio management has become a proven discipline within the world’s leading organizations. This transaction creates a strong, customer-focused, and independent solutions provider solely committed to using portfolio management methods to manage organizational performance,” said Pat Durbin, founder and CEO of Planview. “This partnership is a natural integration of two companies that share many common characteristics – a focus on creating value for our customers, a remarkably aligned product vision, strength in financial services, and most importantly, a cultural fit that offers our customers seamless, world-class service.”
Planview has pioneered and advanced the portfolio management discipline. With the addition of the Business Engine Network product family, Planview strengthens market leadership in Integrated IT Management Solutions and deepens its penetration in the Earned Value Management and Product Portfolio Management markets.
Durbin adds, “In recent years, earned value management has seen an increased level of interest, both with federal contractors and within federal agencies. The addition of Business Engine’s market leading earned value product line enables Planview to better serve these customers by adding an earned value offering to our current market leading portfolio management solution. The strategic partnership that Business Engine brings with the UGS Corporation.'s Teamcenter® product suites makes us a leading supplier of product portfolio solutions. ”
Planview will continue to support the Business Engine Network™ (BEN™) and Micro-Frame Program Manager TM (MPM) and other Business Engine products. Business Engine customers will benefit from the Planview customer-driven product development approach, award-winning customer service, and a deep-rooted commitment to innovation in the portfolio management discipline. Additionally, the combined company will be better suited to scale to meet the needs of large, global enterprise customers seeking better performance management solutions.
Since 1989, Planview has been a market leader and trusted partner in software solutions for high performance IT management, enabling organizations to integrate the decision-making process to improve alignment of IT resources with business strategies. Our industry-leading product line, Planview Enterprise, brings the most comprehensive IT management solution to the market, combining adaptive IT management best practices and implementation methodology with best of breed resource management, demand management and financial management processes. Planview serves an active and growing global customer community of over 450 organizations in financial, insurance, healthcare, government and other industries. The company is privately held and has been profitable for over a decade. For more information visit www.planview.com.
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EPM Market Momentum: Microsoft confirms 20 million Microsoft Office Project users
In a major admission of market leadership, a senior Microsoft executive has confirmed previous rumors, there are now more than 20 million users worldwide of Microsoft’s project management software. The information about Microsoft’s success with Microsoft Office Project Server and Microsoft Office Project Professional, and now Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management solutions, was revealed last month by Mr. Irwin Rodrigues, global director for Microsoft Office Project.
Mr. Rodrigues was in town to meet with David Pells, Managing Editor of PMForum.org and
PM World Today in Dallas on Monday, 29 January. The purpose of the meeting was to provide a briefing on Microsoft’s new “Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution”, which is now entering the marketplace on a worldwide basis.
Other data revealed and which reflects Microsoft’s growing dominance in the project management tools market included the following:
• Thousands of enterprise customers, including such major corporations as Administaff, CSC, AXA Financial, PSA Peugot, Chevron, Continental Airlines, Samsung, Swisscom and others.
• 1000+ EPM partners, including such well-known project management service providers as Accenture, P-Cubed, Tata Consulting Services, Bearing Point, Cap Gemini, Quantum PM, and Avanade.
• 700+ solutions available, including application extensions, ERP/LOB connectors, vertical solutions, workflow automation, and other solutions running on Microsoft platforms and compatible with Microsoft PM & EPM Solutions.
• 350,000+ Beta downloads of the new solutions, prior to market launch.
• User & partner conferences over-subscribed, including the 2000+ who attended last year’s shows in Europe and the USA.
According to David Pells, “Irwin revealed a lot in our meeting. He answered all of my questions, about their new solutions, their process of localizing products for non-English language markets, their partnering process, etc. I also saw some of the outstanding features of their new 2007 release, including the Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server 2007, the powerful enterprise project portfolio management solution for executives. It was all pretty impressive!”
Information about Microsoft’s new Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management Solution can be found at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/epmsolution/FX101935291033.aspx.
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PMF Announces New Globalization Opportunity
for Local PM Associations
PMForum.org has announced a new program to help local and regional project management professional societies, associations and components of larger organizations (branches, chapters, SIGs and Colleges). The new “Strategic Alliance Program” is intended to provide those organizations with access to and connection with more of the world of professional project management.
Objectives for the new program include the following:
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To provide local associations and their members with more global PM news and information on a regular basis – expanding global PM knowledge & education;
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To provide local associations and leaders with more visibility on the world stage;
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To provide a vehicle for members of local PM associations to publish articles and stories, for global visibility and, for PMI members, PDUs for PMP recertification; and
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To provide local PM associations with direct access to global PM resources.
Benefits to local associations, at no cost, include (1) monthly emailing of PM World Today for forwarding to local members; (2) listing as a Strategic Alliance Partner on www.pmforum.org and www.pmworldtoday.net websites, with links to the local association’s website; (3) listing of association events in the Events Calendar on www.pmforum.org; (4) publication of breaking news articles and publicity on www.pmforum.org about the local association; (5) opportunities for members of local associations to publish articles in PM World Today; (6) access to globally-recognized PM authorities and leaders as potential speakers for local events, meetings and seminars or workshops; and (7) other benefits to be added in the future.
According to Managing Editor David Pells, “we want to provide a resource and service to the project management profession worldwide. We think this new program will do just that. The program should be especially useful to new and smaller PM associations that do not currently provide monthly newsletters for their members.”
Leaders of local PM associations who may be interested in participating in this new program should contact David at editor@pmforum.org.
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