Volume IX - Issue VI - April 2007
PM Profession News
PMI Issues Call for Leaders to Serve on 2008 Board The Project Management Institute (PMI®) is seeking skilled, experienced and knowledgeable PMI leaders for the following 2008 PMI Board Other Committees. PMI members who are change agents and risk takers, and who are committed to life-long learning are encouraged to apply. Roles of the PMI Board Other Committees are described briefly below.
For more information, please view the committee charters (http://www.pmi.org/info/AP_Charters.asp). If you are interested in participating as a PMI Other Board Committee member, please contact PMI Administrator, Member & Volunteer Relations Rebecca Anderson (Rebecca.anderson@pmi.org). Please note that applications will be accepted until 31 May. With nearly 220,000 members in over 150 countries, PMI is the world’s largest and best-known project management professional society. PMI is engaged in advocacy for the PM profession, setting standards, conducting research and providing access to a wide variety of information and resources. PMI also promotes career and professional development and offers certification, networking and community involvement opportunities. PMI was founded in the USA in 1969, but is now a global organization with members, chapters and offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.pmi.org.
PMI MetSIG Announces Unique Congress 2007 The Metrics Specific Interest Group (MetSIG) of the Project Management Institute (PMI®) has announced its Inaugural MetSIG Congress. The Congress will commence on 2 April, 2007 and be held every business day throughout the month of April. This event will be conducted over the Internet through "live" webinars on metrics-related topics that feature best practice metrics, concepts, products and services. Entitled "Seeking the Value Proposition of Metrics”, this series of broadcasts will be one of the first of its kind by a PMI component.  This month-long event will feature:
 Special Discount Pricing for PMI® Components and Businesses Help improve the capability and knowledge of your component members or your workforce by bringing this full event to them for a low, one-time cost that is a fraction of the individual ticket price. For more information on purchasing a bulk ticket package, contact the MetSIG at Office@MetSIG.org, +1 763-434-2384. For more information, visit: Project management Institute (PMI®) Metrics Specific Interest Group (MetSIG)
Call for Award Nominations - Outstanding Australian Projects Reported by PMF correspondent Robert Posener
 The Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM) has announced June 1 as a closing date for submissions for the 2007 Project Management Achievement Awards (PMAA). The AIPM welcomes nominations of projects with an Australian affiliation from anywhere in the world. There are three classifications for the awards – Projects, Individuals and Students. The submission requirements for Project and Individual awards concentrate on innovation and best practice in project management, while the Student awards are given for course work or research. The eight award categories are: Construction/Engineering; Defence/Aerospace; Product Development; Information Technology; Organisation/Change Management; Small Projects; Regional Development; Community Service and/or Development. Submissions should be sent to the most relevant State chapter of AIPM. Category winners from each State are then automatically entered for competition at the national level. The National PMAAs will be awarded at a gala dinner on Tuesday 9 October 2007 at the AIPM National Conference in Hobart. To view the submission guidelines refer to the AIPM website www.aipm.com.au. Media enquiries: Angela Calabrese, Write Away Communication + Events Ph: 02 8904 1622 or mobile: 0423 706 653, Email: angela@writeaway.com.au  The Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM) represents and promotes professional project management Australia-wide. The organization also offers a recognition framework for project management and project managers in Australia. AIPM formed 30 years ago and has since grown to more than 5,500 individual members and 120 corporate members. The membership represents a diverse range of industries including finance, human resources, government, defense, engineering and construction. For more information visit www.aipm.com.au.
Professor Sebastian Green of UC Cork to Chair  Professor Sebastian Green, head of the Department of Management & Marketing at the University College Cork (UCC), Cork, Ireland has been named chair of the 2007 Academic Forum for the International Project Management Association (IPMA). Professor Green is also an International Editorial Advisor for the PM World Today eJournal (www.pmworldtoday.net) and a faculty member for the Institute of Project Management of Ireland (http://www.projectmanagement.ie). The IPMA Academic Forum is an event for academics to come together to: reflect, collaborate, discuss and enrich the contribution they make to the ongoing development of project management beyond its current conceptual foundations. The Academic Forum presents a platform for discussions between Academia the IPMA and Project Management specialists, as well as between and among representatives from academic institutions with graduate, undergraduate and research programs in project management. The Forum will aim to stimulate critical thinking and scholarship in Project Management research and practice and in Project Management education. The next IPMA Academic Forum will take place in Cracow, Poland at the 21st IPMA World Congress on Project Management in June 2007. A half-day workshop will consider:
Many PM academics are working in the fields of portfolio, programme and project management, and performance management as well as in the ‘generic disciplines of strategic management, leadership studies and organization theory. The IPMA Academic Forum is relevant to business academics, educators, business consultants, project management specialists, project government officials and media. For more information, contact Professor Green at s.green@ucc.ie. For information about the IPMA congress and Academic Forum in Cracow, Poland, visit www.ipma2007.com/.
Project Management in 2010 - Naughton Predicts In a speech and presentation for Oracle Corporation and The Institute of Directors in Dublin, Ed Naughton offered some predictions of trends in the project management world on Wednesday, 28 March. The presentation was delivered during the Oracle Applications Day conference to a group of Oracle executives, project managers and customers at the Conrad Hotel in Dublin, Ireland.  According to Naughton, “Project management has been growing and spreading rapidly in recent years because projects exist in all human organizations, and projects account for a large portion of business practices today.” “The number of project failures also comes into play,” he added. “Project failures result in a waste of scarce resources and exposure to unacceptable financial, technological and competitive risks. Perversely, while organizations are hurt by project failures, those projects still contribute to the gross domestic product (GDP).” Ed offered predictions in five areas for the next three years:
“The Global economy is increasing global competition, the emphasis worldwide on productivity, the use of global teams, the use of Information technologies, and the use of more project management,” he said. Ed closed his presentation with the following summary:
A full copy of his presentation can be viewed at http://www.pmforum.org/library/presentations/2007/Future_of_PM4_ED_Oracle.pdf. Ed Naughton is the founder and current Director General of the Institute of Project Management of Ireland, the leading authority on the PM profession in Ireland. He is a former Vice President of the International Project Management Association (IPMA) and is currently the chairperson of IPMA’s “Nation to Nation” Project Management Forum. Ed has researched, published and presented many articles and papers on the continuously evolving state of project management and is the author of the Irish Project Management Competence Baseline. During his thirty year career he has worked as a project manager and/or project management consultant on a large variety of high profile domestic and international assignments. Ed is a graduate of University College Dublin, a Fellow of the Institute of Engineers of Ireland; a Chartered Engineer (Ireland), a Professional Engineer in Canada (Province of British Columbia), and holds an IPMA Level A certification. He is former editor of the quarterly international publication “Project Management Practice”.
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