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Vol. XI Issue IV - April 2009
Project Management eJournal
VIEWPOINTS:
Federal Project Manager Momentum
By Michael O’Brochta, PMP
For most project managers career success and project success are highly correlated. "If my project succeeds then I will succeed" has been a common career approach for decades. Russell Archibald identified this reality in 1976 in his book “Managing High-Technology Programs and Projects” and events during the past three decades have continued to demonstrate this truth. Project managers looking for success will gravitate toward organizations that provide more opportunities for project success.
This was recognized within the US Federal Government a few years ago when the Services Acquisition Reform Act of 2003 expanded the definition of acquisition to for the first time officially include project managers. More recognition occurred in 2007 when the Office of Management and Budget enacted the Federal Acquisition Certification for Program and Project Managers (FAC-P/PM) that established training and experience requirements for this field in civilian agencies. Now, larger portions of the federal civilian workforce are focused on maturing their project management skills and experience, which in turn is propelling them toward career success. However, retaining these higher skilled project managers comes with challenges.
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 About the Author
Michael (Mike) O'Brochta , who has managed hundreds of projects during the past thirty years, is also an experienced line manager, author, lecturer, trainer and consultant. He holds a master's degree in project management, a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, and is certified as a PMP®. As Zozer Inc. President, he is helping organizations raise their level of project management performance. As senior project manager at the CIA, he led the project management and systems engineering training and certification program to mature practices agency-wide. Mr. O'Brochta's other current work includes the development of standards and courseware for the new Federal Acquisition Certification for Program and Project Managers, project management office formation and management, the development of project management life cycle methodologies, project management maturity assessments, project management occupation development, and the creation and delivery of successful project management classes and workshops for participants at various knowledge levels. He serves at the PMI corporate level on the Community Development Management Advisory Group and at the chapter level where he built and led the international PMIWDC Chapter-to-Chapter program. Mr. O’Brochta has written and presented papers at every PMI North American Global Congress during the past decade as well as at many international, and regional conferences. His recent presentations at PMI conferences in Denver and Sao Paulo drew the largest audiences at those conferences. Topics that he is currently passionate about include how to get executives to act for project success and great project managers. Since his recent climb of another of the world’s seven summits, he has been exploring the relationship between project management and mountain climbing. Mike can be reached at mobrochta@zozerinc.com
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