Project Management
in Australia
End of November 2007
By Brenda Treasure
Rachael Robertson, Station Leader for the 58th Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition to Davis Station, presented to PMI Melbourne Chapter on 27th November.
The Australian Antarctic Division manages Australia’s scientific research program in Antarctica. Australia claims 44% of Antarctica and is responsible for four stations: Casey, Davis and Mawson on the Antarctic continent and Macquarie Island in the sub-Antarctic. Rachael Robertson was seconded to the AAD from her position as a Senior Manager with Parks Victoria. Rachael is the Chief Ranger for the Port Phillip District.
Rachael calls herself an accidental expeditionist, answered a job advertisement in ‘The Age’, followed by a week-long intensive boot camp with 14 other people as an interview for the position. Rachael survived with flying colours and as an outcome was offered the job!
With breathtaking photographs and plenty of humour, Rachael Robertson reencountered her leadership and team building experiences from a year in the highest, driest, coldest and windiest place on earth.
After managing a highly complex operation with the added challenge of isolation and extreme risk to life, Rachael's presentation focused on the lessons she learnt from her most challenging leadership role to date.
Before her departure, Rachael Robertson underwent three months training in Hobart before setting sail for the three week voyage through the Southern Ocean to Davis Station.
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Brenda Treasure
PM World Today Correspondent
Brenda Treasure, PMP, is an International Correspondent for PMForum and PM World Today in Melbourne, Australia. Brenda is also Director & Professional Services Manager for BSE Services Pty Ltd, currently serving as a Senior Project Manager for Telstra Corporation on a National IT Transformation Project. Brendahas over 15 years of Project Management experience in private organisations, government agencies and in the IT & Telecommunications arena. She has previously served as Senior Project Manager for Ericsson Australia; Business Services Manager for Toll Logistics; Technology Implementation Manager for the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne; and IT project manager or technical lead for several other major companies. Very active within the Project Management Institute (PMI®), Brenda has been Professional Development Director & President of the PMI Melbourne Chapter and Communications Director for PMI’s Women in Project Management Specific Interest Group (WiPM SIG). She is currently Asia/Pacific Representative for PMI’s Component Services Member Advisory Group and on the Core Team of PMI’s 2nd Edition of the Program Standard. A graduate of PMI’s Leadership Institute Masters Class, Brenda also has a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management from the University of Canberra and is certified by PMI as a Project Management Professional (PMP®). Brendacan be contacted at brenda.treasure@bheservices.com.au.
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Project Management in Spain - End of November 2007
Reported by Alfonso Bucero, PMP
Life is a project: presentation in a PM Event in Valencia
By: Rafael Lostado
Life is a project; we are all involved in projects, in our private life and in our professional life. Project managers are conscious about that, but not the rest of the people. By 1999, the Project Management Institute (PMI) prepared a study about the project management future concluding that project management would be needed by all organizations in the 21st Century. The key, in any case, is project management training. During many years, in Spain, most project managers are being trained by themselves, and then they must know the keys to deal with their professional future in the project management world.
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Alfonso Bucero
PM World Today Correspondent
Mr. Alfonso Bucero, PMP, is an International Correspondent for PMForum.org in Madrid, Spain. Mr. Bucero is also founder and Managing Partner of BUCERO PM Consulting. He previously managed the office in Spain for the International Institute for Learning (IIL) for two years, and was a Senior Project Manager at Hewlett-Packard Spain (Madrid Office) for thirteen years. Alfonso is an active member of the Project Management Institute (PMI®), of the ALI (Asociación de Licenciados, Ingenieros y Doctores en Informática), and of the Spanish Project Management Association, AEIPRO (afíliate member asociación of the International Project Management Association, IPMA). Alfonso was the founder, sponsor and President of the PMI Barcelona, Spain Chapter until April 2005, and he is an IPMA Assessor. He belongs to the LIAG (Leadership Institute Advisory Group) of PMI. Alfonso has a Computer Science Engineering degree from Universidad Politécnica in Madrid, and is now studying for his Ph.D. in “Project Management”. He has 28 years of practical experience and has managed and consulted on projects in different countries throughout Europe. Mr. Bucero can be contacted at alfonso.bucero@abucero.com.
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Project Management
in Ireland Today
By Ed Naughton
FUTURE SKILLS NEEDS
What Role for Project Management Imperative?
Ireland has a population of just over 4.2 million persons. During the period 2001-2006, the average annual employment growth was 3.2% and an estimated additional 300,000 jobs were created in the economy.
Following a strong economic performance in 2006, with GNP growth of 7.4% and employment growth of 4.4%, the economy is expected to revert to a more sustainable growth path.
The Expert Group on Future Skills Needs – a government established body - conducts research, hosts conferences and publishes reports on skills and occupational trends in Ireland. Part of its remit is to:
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Identify the skills required for Ireland to make the transition to a competitive, innovation-driven, knowledge-based, participative and inclusive economy by 2020;
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Provide projections of the labour force’s skills profile required to make the transition to such an economy and compare that profile to the profile which the current projected output will yield;
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Provide training and education objectives where gaps and deficiencies are evident between the desirable situation and the likely supply; and
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Examine the underpinning arguments for investment in skills development in Ireland to achieve the stated objectives of enterprise policy.
This author, representing the Institute of Project Management of Ireland, attended a recent conference in Dublin “ Future Skills Needs - Comparing International Perspectives”
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Ed Naughton
PM World Today International Correspondent
Ed Naughton, BE, C. Eng., F.I.E.I, IPMA-a, PMP, is an International Correspondent for PMForum, Inc. in Dublin, Ireland. Mr. Naughton isalso the founder and current Director General of the Institute of Project Management of Ireland, the leading authority on the PM profession in Ireland. Ed is a former Vice President of the International Project Management Association (IPMA) and is currently the Co-chair of IPMA’s “Nation to Nation” Project Management Forum. Ed has researched, published and presented many articles and papers on project management and is the author of the Irish Project Management Competence Baseline. During his thirty year career, Ed has worked as a project manager and/or project management consultant on a large variety of high profile domestic and international assignments. Ed Naughton is a graduate of University College Dublin (BE,civil), a Fellow of the Institute of Engineers of Ireland, a Chartered Engineer (Ireland), a Professional Engineer in Canada, and holds IPMA Level A certification. He is former editor of the quarterly international publication “Project Management Practice”. Ed lives in Dublin and can be contacted at info@projectmanagement.ie. Additional information about Ed Naughton can be seen at http://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2007/03/ed-naughton-named-international.html. and at www.projectmanagement.ie
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By Renate Prantner
The Maturity Model (in the PDF of the complete report) shows Austria as a project-oriented nation in 2007 with an overall maturity of 2,88. The first seven axes of the spider web including Project Management, Programme Management etc. show the PM Practices represented by 76 analysed Austrian project-oriented companies. For visualising Austria as a project-oriented Nation the additional dimensions Project Manag-ement-related Education, Re-search and Marketing have been analysed on a national level.
The regional Austrian report follows the structure of the Maturity Model and presents information in the various dimensions of Austria as a project-oriented Nation.
The regional Austrian report follows the structure of the Maturity Model and presents information in the various dimensions of Austria as a project-oriented Nation.
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About the Author:
Renate Prantner
International Correspondent Austria
Based in Vienna
Renate Prantner is an International Correspondent for PMForum and PM World Today in Vienna, Austria. She is also a research fellow for project management at the PROJEKTMANAGEMENT GROUP at the University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna where she has worked since 2004. At the PROJEKTMANAGEMENT GROUP she has been part of the programme office in the research programme project orientation [international], of the project team in project orientation [austria II] and project orientation [sk-at]. She is coordinating the international project “PM CAT” to develop a web-based tool for competence assessment and coordinates the international network PMUni, which aims at promoting professional education and research in project and process management. She has a Masters degree in International Business Administration from the University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna, where she is currently writing her doctoral thesis on the subject of “Change Management – Project and Process Orientation”. Renate can be contacted at Renate.Prantner@wu-wien.ac.at.
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Project Management in South Africa
End of November 2007
By Jaycee Krüger
Project Management Standards: South Africa’s role in ISO’s workgroup PC 236.
Notwithstanding gallant efforts and timeous arrangements, South Africa unfortunately missed the first meeting of PC 236 in London during the last week in October, due to beaurocratic blunders by the local standards agency. Project managers expressed their disgust at the poor performance of the agency, and demanded a serious improvement of performance.
Invitations to various organizations and academia to attend a meeting to form a National Technical Committee could not be arranged in 3 months, and the meeting called eventually was on such short notice that only 4 persons attended, which was too few to form an NTC. This meeting was less than 5 days before the commencement of the London meeting – agreed as being too late to send a contingent from South Africa. It was agreed that another meeting will be arranged for late January/early February 2008 to ensure a properly constituted NTC is formed in time for the next ISO PC 236 meeting.
After numerous undertakings by the local standards agency arrangements for the next meeting is expected to improve drastically.
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Jaycee Krüger
PM World Today Correspondent
Jaycee Krüger, PMP, PrTechEng, is an International Correspondent for PMForum and PM World Today in South Africa. He is also the Managing Director of the CMSS, trading as Construction Management Support Services. He has over 29 years of experience in project environments with increasing responsibility, on power, industrial and mining projects, including shutdowns and projects in remote locations. A Civil Engineer by training, Jaycee is active in the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International (AACE), Project Management Institute (PMI), Project Management South Africa (PMSA), and the South African Institute of Civil Engineering (SAICE). Jaycee is based in Heidelberg, Gauteng, Johannesburg region, and can be reached at jckruger@greybeards.co.za. For additional information about Jaycee Krüger, visit http://www.pmforum.org/pm%20forum%20team/index.htm#5.
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The Project Manager Profession at a turning point:
PM practitioners must face the main public stakeholders
By Florin Gheorghiu, PMP
Seeing the advancement of social life in my country, I wonder myself how a professional could more easily find his or her way in this turmoil of technology, progress and struggle for a better life.
One can be confused and, approaching the hard rocky road of a career path, misled by one signal arriving from an unverified source. It would be better to use professional networking and qualified sources of information to help find the best answers and to stay on the right track within the professional framework.
As a project manager you always have to be both guarding and proactive within your team and with the project issues and problems, to work them out as soon as they come up. But isn’t this true as well with our profession problems, when facing government, academia, industry, and individual leaders (not necessarily in this order) and when we are trying to locate ourselves within these stakeholders’ panel?
This article is not about being passive, but rather suggests that we persuade these main four entities into the project management profession. It is about actively influencing all of them, advocating for the profession and giving a strong signal to those behind. I am one of those who brought to the Romania PMI Chapter’s attention the concept of marketing the profession when it became clear that these four stakeholder groups in Romania know less than they should about professional project management.
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Florin Gheorghiu
PM World Today Correspondent
Mr. Florin Gheorghiu, PMP, is an International Correspondent for PMForum and PM World Today in Bucharest, Romania. Florin is also currently a Professional Project Manager and Head of Engineering and Planning Department for a local based branch of a Bucharest utility Company in the field of power and heat. He is also experienced working for EPC contracts within the construction industry for the industrial and real estate sectors. Florin has added much to its professional accruals when working on large power plant rehabilitation program financed by the International Bank for Reconstruction & Development (IBRD) and the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD), and for Parsons Power (Gilbert Commonwealth), Lahmeyer International and Pennsylvania Power & Light (PP&L) as a project Consultant. Florin is a graduate of the Technical University of Bucharest in Power Engineering and the National School for Political Studies and Administration in Management. Mr. Gheorghiu can be contacted at fgheorghiu2001@yahoo.com. Additional information about Florin Gheorghiu can be seen at http://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2006/11/florin-gheorghiu-becomes-pmf.html
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Project Management in Ecuador Monthly Report – End of November 2007
By Irwin J. Franco, PMP
International Project Management Day in Ecuador
On October 31st an official event was organized to celebrate the International Project Management Day in Ecuador. The event was organized by the Steering Team responsible for the formation of the Ecuador Chapter for the PMI®. The ceremony was carried out in the capital of Ecuador, Quito, and was transmitted by videoconference to the most important cities such as: Guayaquil and Cuenca
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Irwin J. Franco, PMP
PM World Today Correspondent
Irwin José Franco is a Project Manager at Image Tech, a leading web and multimedia solutions company based in Guayaquil - Ecuador. José has a B.A. in Visual Communications from Universidad San Francisco de Quito - Ecuador, and a Master degree in Project Management from Universidad La Salle, Madrid - Spain. He has more than 8 years of experience managing technological projects in the private sector. At the moment, he is working in the creation of the PMI Ecuador Chapter, and his main objective is to promote Project Management profession in his country. Additional information about José can be found at his blog: www.elcafedejoe.com or can be contacted at irwinfranco@yahoo.es .
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UK Project Management Round Up
By Miles Shepherd
Project Completions!
The past month has seen the completions of some very significant projects in the UK. Perhaps the most eye catching was the opening of St Pancras Station by HM The Queen. The glittering ceremony marked the end of one major element in a series of related projects around high speed transport. This programme included the provision of a high speed link between London and the Channel Tunnel and the move of the London end of the Eurostar link from Waterloo in south London to St Pancras. The time saving is minimal (around 20 - 30 minutes between London and Paris or Brussels) but the trip from Central London compares favourably with air travel.
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Miles Shepherd
PM World Today International Correspondent
Based in London, UK
Mr. Miles Shepherd is an International Correspondent for www.pmforum.org based near London, England, UK. Miles has over 30 years experience on a variety of projects in UK, Eastern Europe and Russia. His PM experience includes defence, major IT projects, decommissioning of nuclear reactors, rail and business projects for the EU. Past Chairman of the Association for Project Management (APM), Miles is also past president and chair of the International Project Management Association (IPMA). Additional information about Mr. Shepherd can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/pm forum team. Miles Shepherd can be reached at miles.shepherd@msp-ltd.co.uk.
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Project Management in France
End of November 2007
By Thibaut Goupil
French PM associations’ activity is burning up in this end of year
Project Management professional associations delivered a huge number of PM conferences during the last weeks around France. It shows a growing interest for this discipline from the public. Let’s come back on some of these events:
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Multiculturalism in projects: break or motor of the enterprise? At Aix en Provence (PMI France Sud)
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Risk quantitative analysis in projects at Paris (PMI Paris) with Philippe Stollsteiner, Projiris, who will discuss risk management and its tools, and Lessons Learned from the oil industry with Saipem.
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Lessons Learned from an industrial project: Methan terminal at Fos at Marseille (PMI France Sud)
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Investment project at Lyon (AFAV Rhône-Alpes Auvergne). AFAV, the French value analysis association, reported on choice and optimization processes which are implemented and their evaluation criteria;
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Human Resources in PM at Grenoble (PMI France Sud)
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Progress of an industrial affair at Villiers les Nancy (AFITEP Lorraine) where the incidence of the business negotiation and the importance of adapting the methodology were highlighted by Pascal Lambert, Business Engineer, Soderel;
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How to manage successfully project virtual teams? And how to utilize well collaborative tools? At Toulouse (PMI France Sud). Fabrice Tocci, PMP, Project Manager, Wireless & Mobile Solution group, gathered useful subjects to answer to the following questions:
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What is a team?
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Why the use of virtual teams is raising?
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Benefits and problems of virtual teams,
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How to deal with communication issues in this context,
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Collaborative tools;
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Management control and Projects at Paris (SMaP) with Herbert Gourden, Solving, who disserted on management dialogue, and Frédéric Thos, Argain, who exposed difficulties of the matrice organization;
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Innovation management at Paris: what stakes for the company? What organization? At Paris (AFITEP)
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Innovation and projects at Sophia Antipolis (PMI France Sud). This session which had a great success, was led by Pascal Sire, IBM, who presented the TRIZ method to resolve invention issues. This method is also an outstanding tool to collect lessons learned during a project closure.
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The management system of an engineering, specificities of a project oriented company at Paris (AFITEP). Philippe Ialynko, Quality Manager at Systra, recalled quality management principles to the audience, and described the organization of an engineering company to deliver its projects.
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PM norms at Nancy (AFITEP Lorraine) presented by Bertrand Denis, QSE Auditor.
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Thibaut Goupil
PM World Today Correspondent
Mr. Thibaut Goupil is an International Correspondent for PMForum.org in France. Based in Evreux, one hour from Paris, he is currently also a project management consultant for KAPPA International Consulting Engineers, based in Paris, providing consulting services for a major pharmaceutical company in France. Thibaut has a degree Mechanical and Production Engineering (DUT GMP) from Toulon University in France, and is concurrently pursuing a Graduate Diploma in Business Engineering from EUROMED Toulon (formerly ESCT) and a Masters Degree in Project and Programme Management from ESC Lille, with both diplomas expected in 2007. He is a member of Paris Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI®) and the Association of Project Management (APM) in the UK. Mr. Goupil is a certified CAPM, and AFITEP/IPMA level D. Additional information about Mr. Goupil can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/pm%20forum%20team/index.htm#5. Thibaut Goupil can be contacted at tgoupil@gmail.com.
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Greek Project Management Congress 2007 was a great success!
By Theofanis Giotis
Project Management Congress 2007 in Greece: 300 delegates attended!
The PMI Greece Chapter co-organized with Boussias Communications the biggest Project Management Congress in Greece for the 2nd year. The congress “Achieving Project Management Excellence using Best Practices” was held in Athens, Greece, at 29th of November 2007. More than 300 delegates attended the congress.
The Greek Project Management Congress 2007 commenced at 09.00 by Dr. George Diakonikolaou, PMI GREECE Chapter Steering Committee member and Congress President. Welcome speeches were given by the following:
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Mr. Xenofon Chassapis, General Manager of Boussias Communications
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Mr. Theofanis Giotis PMP, President of PMI GREECE and CEO of ITEC
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Mr. Nikolaos Molfetas, Solutions Sales Professional, Microsoft Hellas
Also, Theofanis Giotis read welcome speeches from the following:
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Mrs. Linda Vella PMP, PMI Chair, 2007 Board of Directors
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Mr. Ioannis Syrros, General Manager of SEPE
The first congress was organized by the PMI GREECE Chapter last year on November 21st 2006 with 320 delegates. Last year’s congress was titled: «Project Management: the meaning, the benefits, best practices and international trends
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Theofanis Giotis
PM World Today Correspondent
Mr. Theofanis C. Giotis, MSc, MCT, PMP is an International Correspondent for PMForum.org in Greece. Mr. Giotis is also CEO of ITEC Total Solutions SA, an Information Technology Solutions company, and managing director for ITEC Training Services SA, anIT, Project Management and Management Training company. Mr. Giotis has an MS degree inOperations Research from the University of Lancaster (UK) and a BA in Economics from the University of Athens, Greece. Theofanis has 20 years’ experience in Management, Finance, IT, Security and PM. He is a co-founder & steering committee representative of the PMI® Greece Chapter and a member of the Greek Computer Society, Greek Operations Research Society, Hellenic Management Association, and several other Greek and international professional organizations. Additional information about Theofanis Giotis can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/pm%20forum%20team/index.htm#5. Theofanis lives in Athens and can be contacted at Theofanis.Giotis@ITEC.edu or Theofanis.Giotis@PMI-GREECE.org.
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Report on Projects & Project Management in Switzerland
By Alexander Matthey, PMP
Congress Time in most of the
countries in Europe
With the cold and rainy days in Central Europe came the inevitable increase of congress, symposium and exposition activities. The organisational work of countless Project Management volunteers came to fruition with the organisation of excellent level conferences in several countries, many with prominent speakers and record attendance.
Project & Portfolio Management Symposium, Vienna 19-20 Nov. 2007
The highlight of the yearly endeavours of the Austrian chapter is the organisation of this outstanding annual event. On the 19th – 20th November the Project & Portfolio Management Symposium brought together project managers not only from Austria, but also from neighbouring countries. With 740 participants once again the event was a Europe high. Topics covered were:
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Keynote Speech
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30 Experts speaking on Best Practices (both in German and English)
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PMI Excellence Award Ceremony
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"Tool-Time" software and services fair
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PM Job Fair
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PM Bookstore
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Networking Cocktail
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Alexander Matthey
PM World Today Correspondent
Alexander Matthey, PMP, is an International Correspondent for PMForum based in Vaud, Switzerland, near Geneva. Alexander Matthey is also the Managing Director of 3PM Experts Sàrl. He has over 24 years experience, has worked extensively in many countries and cultural environments worldwide, and is an expert in the areas of project management office (PMO), organizational PM maturity, and PM for software and IT projects. Alexander has written and lectured widely on Project Management in French and English, is the author and trainer of PMP certification courses, and is a frequent speaker at International PMI leadership meetings and congresses. He is a faculty member at the International University in Geneva, and a lecturer at the University of Geneva. He is currently Vice President of the PMI Switzerland Chapter. Alexander holds a Masters Degree in Computer Electronics and Software Engineering and a Masters in Business Information Systems. Fluent in the English, French, Hungarian and Bulgarian languages, Alexander also speaks some German and Russian. Additional information about Alexander Matthey can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2007/07/alexander-matthey-named-international.html
Alexander Matthey can be contacted at a.matthey@3pmexperts.com.
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Report on Projects &
Project Management
in the UAE
By Mounir Ajam
It is the Conference Season in the UAE
The last quarter of the year is a busy period in the United Arab Emirates, and mostly in Dubai. The weather is great, nice and warm with cool breazes starting to come it. It is also known as the Conference Seasons with so many conferences going on, many with global prominance.
The Dubai Air Show
A big show in town was the recent Dubai Air Show of global prominance and that takes place every other year in the Emirate of Dubai. The big news here in such a show is always who is getting more contracts, Airbus or Boeing, and who is placing the largest orders for all type of airplanes. The show was conculded with record orders and hot competition as usual.
The Big 5 Show
The Big 5 is another major show that takes place on annual basis and focus on the construction industry. This event attracts contractors and developers among many others to see the latest in the building and construction industry and equipment.
Construction Week Conference
The author has the privileage of being invited to this event and it is the first annual event for Construction Week, a weekly magazine published in English from Dubai and that focuses on the construction industry. Various major themes were presented at this 2-days event with the first morning focusing on “green buildings. A recent ruling by the government of Dubai has mandated that starting in January 2008 all new buidlings must comply with “green building standards”.
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Monir Ajam
PM World Today International Correspondent
Mounir A. Ajam, MS, PMP, is an International Correspondent for www.pmforum.org in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). He is also chief executive officer of SUKAD FZ-LLC, an Innovation Centre based in Dubai Knowledge Village and with services provided across the Middle East.Mr. Ajam is a PM expert with 20 years of experience in the engineering, construction, oil, gas, and petrochemical industries, and on both large and small projects in various locations in the Middle East, Southeast Asia, UK and USA. Mr. Ajam has an MS in Engineering & Construction Management from the University of California at Berkeley (USA) and a BS (honors) in Civil Engineering from the University of Houston (USA). He received his PMP® certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI®) in 1998 and graduated from PMI’s Leadership Institute Masters Class in 2007. He is a past director for the PMI-Arabian Gulf Chapter and lead advocate for a new PMI chapter in the UAE. Mounir lives in Dubai and can be contacted at mounir.ajam@sukad.com
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Project Management News
from Germany
By Manfred Rieck
As you became already aware in my former reports for PMForum, I like to reflect the business atmosphere in Germany in the reports – focusing on project management but looking beyond the end of the profession’s nose. In terms of project management there are still strong requests from the labor market in Germany and the profession becomes more and more accepted. I’m in discussion with large organizations in several industries, which are on the way to implement project management components (e.g. a PM curriculum or a methodology). Some of them are in the decision process for the right method, mostly PMI vs. GPM vs. Prince 2 others are already planning the appropriate change program. However, we are all aware that this organizational change takes several years, but the Project Management profession is an excellent approach preparing for a highly flexible environment, which is mandatory to survey in the globalized world!
Here are some business insights. Looking at the German economy the numbers are still good, the Ifo-index mirroring the business climate in Germany is slightly increased for 0.3 points in November towards 104.2 and the expected GDP will grow 1.8% in 2008 (source: Commerzbank, compared to 2.2% in 2007) seems to be optimistic but still realistic. However the growth is flattening, the high Euro is expected to lead to a reduction of our exports and we have a inflation of 3.1 % in November re the prices for Oil and Gas. On the other hand the number of unemployed habitants is still decreasing and the tax income is higher than expected – a very diverse picture of Germany’s economy.
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About the Author:
Manfred Rieck
PM World Today International Correspondent
Based in Frankfurt, Germany
Mr. Manfred Rieck, PMP, is an International Correspondent for www.pmforum.org in Frankfurt, Germany. Mr. Rieck is Manager at IBM Corporation for IT-Business Development and Project Delivery in the finance, automotive and public sectors and holds an IBM Senior Project Manager certification. He was previously Program Manager in IBM’s Project Management Center of Excellence (PM/CoE) responsible for EMEA. Mr. Rieck is specialized on recovering critical complex projects in international environments and on the development and implementation of change management programs.
Manfred has a Master of Science in Computer Science from University Bonn, Germany and is enrolled in the Masters in Business Administration (MBA) program at Henley Management College, UK. His research investigates change management studies. He is also a member of the 2007 PMI® Leadership Institute Master Class. After being Vice President of the Frankfurt Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI®) for several years Manfred is actively engaged in the PMI® Component Mentor Program Mentor Advisory Group (CMP MAG) advising the European Component Mentors in PMI related topics to promote professional project management across Europe. Additional information about Mr. Rieck can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/pm%20forum%20team/index.htm#5. Manfred Rieck can be contacted at Manfred.Rieck@de.ibm.com.
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