Interview with Tom Johns

Interviewed by Quang Ton
CABM, CISM, PMP

Quang Ton, International Correspondent for Project Management World Today in Houston, Texas interviewed Tom Johns (Chairman of the Business Management Consultant Advisory Council and Managing Director of Americas) last month and Dr. Johns kindly agreed to discuss the 3rd International Houston Conference on Project Management Best Practices.

PMWT:   Good afternoon Dr. Johns and thank you for your time today.  To start could you tell a little about the 3rd International Houston Conference on Project Management Best Practices?

Tom Johns:   Thank you for this opportunity to speak with you. I should also like to thank PMI Houston for again sponsoring this event.   As you mentioned, this was the 3rd International Houston Conference, but in fact our 12th worldwide. BMC’s primary objective for the conference was to create a forum for shared learning.  As a global provider of project management consulting services, we felt we could best serve our community by leveraging our international contacts to create such a forum.  And for PMI members, $249 makes this one of the best values in the market for this type of professional event.

PMWT:   What differentiates the BMC Best Practices Conferences?

Tom Johns:   A couple of things.  First, it is practitioners learning from practitioners.  The BMC Best Practices Conferences feature project, program and portfolio management practitioners, people who are on the front line, speaking on their areas of expertise and real lessons learned.  It is not a collection of consultants trying to promote their individual businesses.

Second, we strive to create a more intimate learning environment that promotes discussion and the two-way exchange of ideas and information.  To achieve this attendance is limited to 250 – so we encourage people to sign up early.

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