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Editors of PM Network® magazine are seeking candidate organizations to be profiled on project management excellence in their October issue. The magazine will profile a group of outstanding organizations in project management that have:

• Developed a project management career path
• Pioneered project management best practices
• Acknowledged project management at the executive level
• Attributed ROI to project management
• Placed value of project management credentialing.

Currently, they are requesting nominations. Organizations (for-profit, non-profit and governmental) of all sizes and from all regions are eligible. An entry form is available at www.pmientry.com.. The deadline for entries is June 15, 2007.

PM Network is the professional magazine of the Project Management Institute (PMI®). With 220,000+ members in over 150 countries, 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.

 

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Research and Markets, the Dublin based research reports company, has announced the addition of “Performance-Based Earned Value” to their offering. This new book is billed as a complete toolkit for implementation of Earned Value Management.

According to their press release on May 8, 2007, Performance-Based Earned Value® uniquely shows project managers how to effectively integrate technical, schedule, and cost objectives by improving earned value management (EVM) practices. Providing innovative guidelines, methods, examples, and templates consistent with capability models and standards, this book approaches EVM from a practical level with understandable techniques that are applicable to the management of any project.

The authors explain how to incorporate EVM with key systems engineering, software engineering, and project management processes such as establishing the technical or quality baseline, requirements management, using product metrics, and meeting success criteria for technical reviews. Detailed information is included on linking product requirements, project work products, the project plan, and the Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB), as well as correlating technical performance measures (TPM) with EVM.

With straightforward instructions on how to use EVM on a simple project, such as building a house, and on complex projects, such as high-risk IT and engineering development projects, it is the only book that includes excerpts from the PMIs Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®), CMMI®, the EVM System standard, systems engineering standards, federal acquisition regulations, and Department of Defense guides.

Written by Paul Solomon and Ralph Young, internationally recognized industry experts, Performance-Based Earned Value® is constructed from guidance in standards and capability models for EVM, systems engineering, software engineering, and project management. It is a complete guide to EVM, useful for helping students prepare for the PMI-PMP® exam with practical examples and templates to facilitate understanding, and in guiding project professionals in the private and public sectors to use EVM on complex projects. The book was published in the USA by Wiley in December 2006. For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c56105.

Research and Markets is a leading source of international market research and market data. Holding ‘000’s of major research publications from many leading publishers, consultants and analysts, Markets and Research provides latest data on international and regional markets, key industries, top companies, new products and latest trends. Billed as a ‘One-Stop-Shop’ for market research reports and industry newsletters from specialist research firms and niche market analysts, Research and Markets is based at Guinness Centre in Dublin, Ireland.

 

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Making Sense of Project Realities - Theory, Practice and the Pursuit of Performance, a new book by Charles Smith, offers explanations as to why project management theory and practice have become disconnected and describes the kind of complex, human skills that are required to deliver successful projects today.

The text draws heavily on the experiences of practising project and programme managers from across private and public sector organizations, many of whose stories were shared and analysed during the two-year research network “Rethinking Project Management”, which brought together thought leaders on project management from consultancy, industry and academia.

According to advertising information, the result is a highly readable, credible and imaginative exploration of the nature of projects and programmes. The book offers a realistic set of ideas for developing creative and effective project players, who understand the purpose of what they are doing, the context within which they are working, and the people with whom they need to engage.

Charles Smith runs Charles Smith Consulting Ltd and has over 30 years industry experience, holding management and consulting positions in engineering, structural dynamics, safety and risk management, project management, business improvement and organisation change. Charles was recently coordinator for the EPSRC funded network Rethinking Project Management. Originally qualifying in engineering, Charles also has a degree in psychology. He is a Chartered Engineer and a Founder Member of the Association of Business Psychologists.

Details on the book can be found at http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c54909

Information about the Rethinking Project Management research can be found at http://www.mace.manchester.ac.uk/project/research/management/rethinkpm/default.htm.

 

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