What to expect in Argentina in 2007
for the Project Management Profession?
During 2006, Argentina totally proved that the bad times of the 2001 economic crisis were in the past: the growth of its economy (8.5 annual rate according to United Nations’ Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean -ECLAC) places the country in the group of Latin American leading countries, behind Venezuela (10%) and Dominican Republic (10%). This year Argentina has registered an 11% annual growth in industry production, led by the textile, metal mechanical and construction industries. This growth has generated a 5.5% increase in job positions. The growth of Argentina during 2006 is undeniable, and it has been translated to an explosion of projects. Will this growth continue during 2007? What to expect for the Project Management Profession in Argentina during 2007?
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About the Author:
   
Ana Maria Rodriguez
PM World Today International Correspondent
Based in Rosario, Argentina
Ms. Ana Maria Rodriguez is an International Correspondent for www.pmforum.org, based in Rosario, Argentina. Ms. Rodriguez manages CDS Project, a division of NETCDS, a leading IT, project and business services company in Argentina, and is an adjunct professor of project management at the Universidad Nacional de Rosario. She is actively engaged in teaching and promoting project management best practices in Argentina. Ms. Rodriguez is also an active member of PMI in Argentina. Additional information about Ms. Rodriguez can be found at www.pmforum.org/pm forum team
Ms. Rodriguez can be contacted at
arodriguez@netcds.com.ar
More information can be found about NETCDS at
www.netcds.com.ar
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News from Germany
A Happy New Year from Germany! I have some very good news from Germany. The requests for project managers grow significant due to the increasing number of projects and the understanding of more and more organisations that educated project managers are needed to drive projects successfully. In addition the project management landscape participates on the recurring economy growth in Germany – although many Germans are not aware of this situation in opposite to investors who are already back in the country. Germany is seen as the engine for European business and listening to several organisations the pipeline grows and promises a successful year 2007. Here are some numbers for this prediction.
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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 also European Deployment Leader in IBM’s Project Management Center of Excellence (PM/CoE) based in Frankfurt. Manfred is also an IBM Program Manager for IT-Business Development and Project Delivery in the finance, automotive and public sectors and holds an IBM Senior Project Manager certification. Manfred has a Diplom-Informatik degree from University Bonn, Germany and is currently enrolled in the Masters in Business Administration (MBA) program through Henley Management College in the UK. He is also a member of the 2007 PMI® Leadership Institute Master Class. Currently Vice President of the Frankfurt Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI®), Manfred is actively engaged in promoting professional project management throughout Germany and 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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Aid to sub-Saharan Africa: Perennial Handouts
or a Regional Development Program?
In spite of years of aid to sub-Saharan African countries, there is little progress in many countries in almost every aspect of economic development. Indeed, there is hardly anything to show for the large investments over the years. It becomes logical and necessary to ask whether the perennial and ongoing monetary and physical aid to sub-Saharan Africa constitutes charitable and philanthropic handouts or whether they should be designed to achieve regional development of sub-Saharan Africa.
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O. Chima Okereke
PM World Today International Correspondent
Based in Port Harcout, Nigeria
Dr. O. Chima Okereke, Ph.D., MBA, is an International Correspondent for www.pmforum.org in Nigeria. Dr. Okereke is also Managing Director of Total Technology Consultants, Ltd., based in Port Harcourt, Nigeria and in the UK. He was previously a chief engineer for Delta Steel Company in Aladja; a project engineer/technical write for Shell Petroleum Development Company in Warri; Section Head for Instrumentation & Control for the National Electric Power Authority in Lagos; and Electrical Engineer for the Ministry of Works & Housing, Nigerian National Government. Chima is also now sponsor and president of a potential chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI®) in Port Harcourt. Dr. Okereke has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Lagos, and a Ph.D. and Masters in Business Administration (MBA) degree from the University of Bradford in the UK. With over 25 years of experience in industrial operations and PM, he has been a registered engineer in Nigeria since 1983. Total Technology is also the authorized representative in Nigeria for Primavera and PertMaster. Additional information about Dr. Okereke can be found at (to link to breaking news article that introduced Okereke as correspondent). More information about Total Technology Consultants can be found at http://www.totaltechnologyconsultants.org/. Chima can be contacted at OkerekeOC@gmail.com.
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Romanian Real Estate Projects Soaring
for the Second Year
Viewed from the upper level of the newest skyscraper, Bucharest City looks like a big construction site rather than the heart of economical, social and political life of the country. Everyone could see at a glance numerous cranes moving up and down materials, concrete trucks wandering on the city’s streets or scaffolding rising alongside the building’s wall carrying workers with colored helmets. This is a day-to-day picture one can capture while traveling through the city.
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Florin Gheorghiu
PM World Today International Correspondent
Based in Bucharest, Romania
Mr. Florin Gheorghiu, PMP, is an International Correspondent for www.pmforum.org in Bucharest, Romania. Mr. Gheorghiu is also a professional project manager for UTI Group, a holding company engaged in the field of large public buildings, rehabilitation projects and complex security systems. Florin has experience working on large power plant projects 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. Additional information about Mr. Gheorghiu can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/blogs/press/2006/11/pmforumorg-announces-addition-of.html Mr. Gheorghiu can be contacted at fgheorghiu2001@yahoo.com.
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Project Management is Moving Forward in Spain
Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish writer, said: “If you lose your wealth you lose a lot, if lose a friend you lose much more but if you loose your courage you lose everything”.
Project management courage has been applied by project managers in Spain along the year 2006. We had the great opportunity to celebrate the PMI EMEA Congress in Madrid last May and it was a very successful event, we got seven hundred and fifty professionals attending that Congress. Spanish Executives are more and more conscious about the project management need in Spanish organizations. However a long way must be still walked on this field. Many Spanish Executives do not understand well the strategic part of project management.
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Alfonso Bucero
PM World Today International Correspondent
Based in Madrid, Spain
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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News from the United Kingdom
Most of the world’s population, at least those who attended New Year’s Eve celebrations or watched on TV has seen the culmination of many time critical projects as fireworks displays and laser shows all successfully delivered on time…at the stroke of local Midnight. This demonstrates that Project Management is alive and well throughout the world and unites us all.
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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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PMI Global Congress Latin America 2008 –
Why in Colombia?
Rodriguez:The Bogota chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI®) has launched a campaign to obtain international support for its idea of hosting the 2008 Global Congress Latin America in Colombia, specifically at Cartagena de Indias. 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 Santafé de Bogota chapter is making an important effort to get attention to its proposal. Its President, Mr. Germán Bernate, wrote this article as a means to share his ideas for hosting the congress in Cartagena de Indias.
The Project Management profession has different attractions. To begin, all of whom embrace this profession have a great admiration for the systemic work. Yes, systemic, it means they learn to solve any problem by analyzing it as a whole.
Why is this fundamental sentence mentioned? Because of a simple reason: The Santafé de Bogotá Chapter of the Project Management Institute wants to show to all the international community the excellences of Colombia. Here comes again in our help the concept of systemic: “To belong to the relative or to the totally of a system”. We want to announce to the whole world that Colombia is a country full of joy, progress, and whishes to contribute to the development of our nation and to the whole world.
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Translation thanks to Ana Maria Rodriguez
About the Author:
Germán Bernate
President PMI Santafé de Bogotá Chapter
Germán Bernate is one of the founders of the PMI Santafé de Bogotá Chapter. He holds a degree in Electronic Engineering (1962), born in Bogotá, he has worked on information technology field since 1963. His passion for Project Management comes from 1974, when he first took a course in the topic. During his professional life, he has written about Project Management, Balanced Scorecard, Quality Management, and in general Management issues. In1992 Germán won the first award of the fourth edition of the literary contest “Dr. Mariano Zumel” in Madrid, Spain. He is manager at Large for South America of the SIG Metrics.
Now at his new responsibility as president of PMI Santafe de Bogota Chapter he has focused all his efforts in bringing the PMI Global Congress Latin America 2008, to Cartagena de Indias. His main dream is to show to the global community that Colombia is a country full of opportunities. That all visitors and investors could walk through the streets of Cartagena de Indias, the heroic city, as our ancestors did, with quietness, wishing to find interior peace.
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