Volume IX - Issue I - January 2007
PM Profession News
PMI Seminar @ Sea II to Set Sail 29 March 2007 The Clear Lake/Galveston and Houston chapters of the Project Management Institute (PMI®) are inviting project management professionals around the world to “come cruise with us, network with colleagues, attend informative seminars, earn 12+PDUs, see beautiful scenery, relax and enjoy four wonderful days of sailing, with 24-hour dining and non-stop entertainment aboard the beautiful Carnival Ecstasy”. Based on the very successful inaugural cruise in 2006, a second Seminar @ Sea cruise is scheduled for the end of March 2007. The second annual PMI Seminar at Sea educational cruise, aboard Carnival Cruise Line's Ecstasy, will sail from Galveston, Texas at 4:00 p.m. Thursday, March 29, spend a full day in Cozumel, Mexico, and return to Galveston at 8:00 a.m. Monday, April 2, 2007. The seminars will be held Friday and Sunday while the ship is at sea, and a cocktail party and keynote speaker is scheduled for Saturday evening after the Ecstasy departs Cozumel. Participants may choose from a wide selection of rates, ranging from $515 to $1025 per person for double occupancy births. The rates include the 4-day cruise, all taxes and fees, all seminars, cocktail hour, onboard entertainment, and meals. International passports are required for all participants. Project managers interested in sailing and sailors interested in project management can learn about the Seminar at Sea by visiting the PMI Clear Lake Galveston’s website at http://www.pmiclg.org/index.phtml. For reservations or additional information contact sherry@houstontravelzone.com or Call Sherry @ (281) 326-8050 @ The Travel Zone or AJ Collier @ (713) 854-2660, president@pmiclg.org
PMI São Paulo, Brazil Chapter Announces New Board of Directors  The Project Management Institute São Paulo, Brazil Chapter (PMI-SP®) has announced the results of its 2006 elections for the Chapter’s Board of Directors. The election occurred at UniFEI, a university site located in São Paulo city and counted on 111 voters. Although the number of voters represented less than ten percent of the current members of the Chapter, the audience decided the next Board of Directors for PMI-SP®. The new board members, elected at this event on December 19th, will serve for PMI-SP® for the next two years and are the following:
In addition to the Board of Directors, new members for the Financial Steering Committee were also elected at this event: Mr. Marcio Barbosa and Mrs. Rosária Russo. Brazil currently holds thirteen PMI® Chapters with over 4,000 members. São Paulo Chapter (www.pmisp.org.br) is the largest in the country and has demonstrated an exponential membership growth rate over the last years. Certainly the new Board of Directors will embrace a great challenge to meet these members’ demands. 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
Buenos Aires PMI Chapter announces "Project of the Year"
The Buenos Aires Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI®) granted last week the award "Project of the Year" to the project “Information Highway- San Luis On Line”, performed by NEC Argentina.
The project links all large and small cities of the San Luis Province through 830kms of radio links, achieving communication between hospitals, schools, public offices, police stations, etc. The project includes the development of software for education management, health and security management, and also training to citizens in the use of information technology.
The award was granted during the monthly meeting of the Buenos Aires PMI Chapter, held in Buenos Aires on 12 December 2006. As stated to PMForum by Mrs. Laura Pedretti, President of the Buenos Aires PMI Chapter last month during the Global Congress Latin America in Chile, the Buenos Aires PMI chapter wants to share the news with the worldwide community of Project Management as a means to recognize the enormous interest in PM that is demonstrated by the annual winner of the prize. With over 200 members, the Buenos Aires Chapter of the Project Management Institute is one of the strongest chapters in South America. Founded in 1996, the chapter has shown a constant growth both in members and activities since then. For more information, visit www.pmi.org.ar. With 220,000+ members in over 150 countries, the Project Management Institute (PMI) is the world’s largest and best known project management professional society. PMI is actively 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.
Reported by Ana Maria Rodriguez in Rosario, Argentina.
PM Days'07 "PROJECTS & MANAGEMENT?" The PM Days'07 "PROJECTS & MANAGEMENT: From 9 to 5?" will take place from the 7th to 8th May 2007 in the attractive Tech Gate Vienna in Vienna, Austria. This year the main focus of the conference will lie on the working day and the self-understanding of the project manager; the roles of the project owner, the project portfolio group and the pm office; as well as on competences of process- and project-oriented companies.  The pm days have established themselves as the international project management event in Austria. The event attracts more than 300 international and national project management experts and interested persons every year. This project management highlight organised by the ROLAND GAREIS CONSULTING in cooperation with the PROJEKTMANAGEMENT GROUP is taking place for the 25th time. Besides interactive workshops, case studies of process- and project-oriented companies, panel discussions and round tables, there will be enough time for networking and socializing. International experts, young pm professionals, and pm students who are interested in advancing the state of project and process management are invited to participate in the pm days’07. Three expert seminars on 6 May 2007 will give people with advanced pm experience the possibility to further develop their knowledge about processes, roles and methods of programme and project portfolio management; management audit of projects and programmes or the personnel management in project-oriented organizations as well as networking in a group of experienced seminar participants. As for languages, there will be 2 streams in English and one in German. For further information regarding the programme, registration modalities etc. please visit the homepage www.pmtage.at or contact the project manager Ms. Claudia Fehrerberger (claudia.fehrerberger@rgc.at).
African Regional PMI Meeting in Abuja Nigeria The first major PMI meeting in the West African sub-region was successfully held in Abuja, Nigeria during December 4-5, 2006. The meeting was organized as an initiative of the International Development Specific Interest Group (IDSIG) of the Project Management Institute (PMI®). The IDSIG leaders were supported by some Nigerian members of the SIG and the leaders of the PMI Chapter in Lagos, Nigeria and PMI Potential Chapter of Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Each of these chapter leaders presented a welcome address. PMI IDSIG leaders in attendance were Jan Amy, Vice Chair of the IDSIG and Lise Yale, Vice Chair Marketing.
In attendance were representatives from both the public and private sectors of the Nigerian economy. From the public sector were attendees from the Central Bank of Nigeria, Power Holding Company of Nigeria Limited (the main power supplier in the country), and National Planning Commission in the Presidency (Office of the Nigerian President). From the private sector and non-government agencies (NGOs) attendees were from Africare Nigeria, Development Research and Project Centres, and Japan International Cooperation Agency. Major activities at the meeting consisted of speakers making presentations followed by discussion on the following topics:
The final activity was an open discussion with brainstorming on the preparation of an implementation plan; a follow-up to the meeting. The two hour long session was concluded on the following decisions:
PMI’s International Development SIG (IDSIG) was founded to reduce poverty in developing countries by increasing the impact of international development projects and programs through better project management. Additional information about the IDSIG can be found at www.pmi-idsig.org. The Project Management Institute (PMI) is the world’s largest and best known project management professional society. Founded in the USA in 1969, PMI is now a global organization with members, chapters, offices and activities worldwide. For more information, visit www.pmi.org.
Reported by O. Chima Okereke in in Port Harcourt
PMI Launches News Room For Members The Project Management Institute (PMI®) has launched a PMI News Room for members on the Institute’s website, which can now be found at http://www.pmi.org/info/ap_newsroom.asp. The new feature is intended to provide PMI members and others with a single source for news releases issued by PMI and other information that can help promote the organization and the project management profession. Included on the website are links to:
The Advocacy Collateral includes PMI’s Annual Report, PMI’s Executive Guide to Project Management, PMI’s Leadership in Project Management Annual, a CEO “Leave Behind” brochure, PMI Information Sheets, and PMI’s Annual Advocacy Insert. This information can be especially useful for PMI component leaders around the world who need documents or information for introducing or promoting PMI to local organizations and executives. With 220,000+ members in over 150 countries, the Project Management Institute (PMI) is the world’s largest and best known project management professional society. PMI is actively 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
PMI Barcelona Chapter Event Showcases Biomedicine More than 150 project management professionals attended last November 29th, 2006 the "IV Encuentro del PMI Barcelona Chapter" (The Fourth PMI Barcelona Meeting) celebrated in Barcelona (Industrial Engineering School). The subjects addressed in that Event were as follows:
The Event was opened by Marc Serer (PMI Barcelona, Spain Chapter President, and closed by Marc Serer and Yan Bello (Vice President PMI Barcelona, Spain Chapter).
The Barcelona Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI&Reg;) – PMI Barcelona – has of over 90 members, over 15 certified project management professionals (PMPs), and a network of over 200 business professionals. Additional information about PMI Barcelona can be found at http://www.pmi-bcn.org/. For information about the 29 November meeting or future activities at the PMI Barcelona Chapter, contact Mr. Marcos Serer Figueroa at serer@pmi-bcn.org
PMI Bogota Chapter Launches Campaign to Host PMI's Global Congress in Latin America 2008 in Cartegena de Indias The Bogota chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI®) has launched this week a campaign to obtain international support for its idea of hosting the 2008 Global Congress Latin America in Colombia, specifically at Cartagena de Indias. Mr. German Bernate, president of the Bogota chapter, made the offer to Mr. Gregory Balestrero, CEO of PMI, during the last GCLA in Santiago, Chile, during the fist week of November. He has also sent a formal request to the PMI Global Congress organizers and to the PMI Board of Directors to consider the possibility. Now, the Bogota chapter is contacting media and sending informal invitations to Latin American PM’s announcing the desire to host the 2008 congress at Cartagena. Even though locations for 2008 North America, EMEA and Asia PMI’s global congresses have already being announced, the location for the Latin America global congress is not known yet. Hence, the PMI Bogota chapter is making an important effort to get attention to its proposal.
As stated by Mr. Bernate, “we want to announce to the whole world that Colombia is a country full of energy and progress, and that Colombians want to contribute to the growth of the nation and of the world.” Mr. Bernate makes emphasis on the opportunity that the GCLA will represent for showing the best side of Colombia, a country with a sustained growth of its gross domestic product and growing levels of foreign investment.
Cartagena de Indias, the proposed city for hosting 2008 GCLA, is a beautiful and magic city founded in 1533 beside the Caribbean Sea. During 1700’s a large set of walls was built in order to protect the city from pirates, which remains as one of the most impressive testimonies of colonial times. Inside the “ciudad amurallada” (walled city) a wonderful evident testimony of history is available: it offers a varied architecture, mainly of a colonial style, but there are also republican and Italian style buildings. Most of them has been maintained and reconstructed in order to keep the 17th century aspect of the city. Cartagena is a UNESCO World Heritage site, considered by many as the most magic city in the Caribbean. Cartagena is a major tourist port, offering very comfortable hotels and convention centers, both in the historic part and in the modern area of the city.
Colombia is the northwestern most country of South America. It is the fourth largest country in South America (after Brazil, Argentina and Peru), being a territory one of physical contrasts, ranging from the towering, snow capped peaks of the Andes to the Amazon River basin and to Caribbean beaches. Colombia is the South American country with the second largest population (after Brazil), having a population of 45 million people. The country has recently signed a Free Trade Agreement with the United States of America, which is expected to increase investment in the development of products for export, such as flowers, fabrics, and of course flowers, within others. Four PMI Global Congresses are held each year, in the Asia Pacific region, Europe-Middle East-Africa (EMEA) region, in North America and in Latin America. PMI Global Congresses are often the largest project management related events in the world and include educational seminars, tracks of professional paper presentations, vendor exhibitions, networking and social events, and professional meetings. PMI also conducts regional leadership meetings in connection with each Global Congress, at which leaders of PMI components, committees and operations staff meet on PMI business. For more information about PMI Global Congresses, visit:http://congresses.pmi.org/. With 220,000+ members in over 150 countries, the Project Management Institute (PMI) is the world’s largest and best known project management professional society. PMI is actively 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. Sources: www.wikipedia.org
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