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The PM National Conference will take place in Ireland on April 19th 2012.
Gower author Michel Thiry will be presenting in Track 1 on Re-dimensioning the Project Management Space and in Track 2 on Program Management Practice in a Business Context.
Michel Thiry is author of Program Management published by Gower part of the Fundamentals of Project Management Series Edited by Professor Darren Dalcher.
The Project Management Centre for Excellence at the University of Maryland has recently begun a partnership with PM World Today to launch a new book review program. PM graduate students have been asked to review a number of books from 11 different publishers with 8 books currently underway. In addition, doctoral candidate David Choy, has interviewed the first reviewer; Michael O’Connor, and created a podcast which has kicked off with a candid discussion about Gower author Michael Cavanagh’s new book Second Order Project Management.
The 200th episode of The Project Management Podcast is released today, celebrating 6 years of bringing project management topics to beginners and experts. The four-part episode includes interviews with twenty project management experts who all provide their unique opinions about the number-one challenge that project management is facing today. The project management gurus sharing their expertise with listeners include Mark Perry, Peter Taylor, Margaret Meloni, Andy Kaufman, Elizabeth Harrin as well as the presidents of the three leading project management associations: Mark Langley (PMI), Roberto Mori (IPMA) and Stacy Goff (ASAPM).
The show has received nearly 6 million downloads and is available for free through iTunes or The Project Management Podcast website.
Peter Taylor is author of the recently published Leading Successful PMOs and Elizabeth Harrin is author of Customer-Centric Project Management (both published by Gower).
Gower, in association with The Lazy Project Manager, APM PMOSIG, the National Centre for Project Management, BOT International and Project Magazine, announce the PMO Leader of the Year Award
The Award will be presented to the PMO Leader, nominated by their PMO team, who shows the most excellent leadership and understanding of what a PMO can deliver to a business. A panel of independent judges will review all submissions to consider how each nominee has led their PMO over at least the last 12 months and how they plan to grow the PMO under their stewardship in the coming months.
For full details, list of judges and entry criteria please go to www.gowerpublishing.com/pmoleader
APM Project Management Conference chairman and founder and director of the National Centre for Project Management, Professor Darren Dalcher, has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the Association for Project Management. Professor Dalcher is also Series Editor of Gower’s Fundamentals and Advances of Project Management Books. He has built a reputation as leader and innovator in the area of practice-based education and reflection in project management and has worked with many major industrial and commercial organisations and government bodies. He received international recognition in 2009 with appointment as a member of the PMForum’s International Academic Advisory Council, which includes leading academics in project management from some of the world’s top universities and academic institutions. The Council showcases accomplished researchers, influential educators shaping the next generation of project managers and recognised authorities on modern project management.
Professor Dalcher is a Fellow of both APM and the BCS as well as a member of PMI, the Academy of Management, the IEEE and the Association for Computing Machinery. He is a member of the PMI Advisory Board responsible for the prestigious David I Cleland project management award. In 2008 he was recognised in Project magazine top 10 for his contribution in “integrating and weaving academic work with practice”. He has been chairman of the agenda setting APM Project Management Conference since 2009. He is Professor of Software Project Management, at Middlesex University and visiting Professor of Computer Science at the University of Iceland. Professor Dalcher will receive his Honorary Fellowship at the APM Project Management Awards on 20th October 2011 at the Brewery, London.
Peter Taylor, otherwise known as ‘The Lazy Project Manager,’ has been busy this month and appears in both CIO magazine with his article ‘What is Productive Laziness’ and in Wellingtone’s PM Blog with ‘Selling Project Management’.
In CIO magazine Peter discusses ‘the keys to adopting a focused approach to project management, to exercise effort where it really matters’ and notes that:
‘Progress isn’t made by early risers. It’s made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.’ Robert Heinlein (1907-1988)
Whilst in Wellingtone’s PM Blog he lists tricky scenarios and suggests ideas on how to address some of the most common ‘pushbacks’ when selling project management.
Peter is the author of the forthcoming ‘Leading Successful PMOs’ published by Gower. More information can be found at www.thelazyprojectmanager.com – and through his free podcasts in iTunes.
‘Risk Doctor‘ David Hillson will be attending the PMI Dublin Congress on 9-11 May and presenting a paper on “Risk Energetics”, based on chapter seven of his book Managing Risk in Projects.
To give a taster – The full version of Chapter two ‘risk and projects’ can be read here.
Projects are risky undertakings, and modern approaches to managing projects recognise the central need to manage the risk as an integral part of the project management discipline. Managing Risk in Projects places risk management in its proper context in the world of project management and beyond, and emphasises the central concepts that are essential in order to understand why and how risk management should be implemented on all projects of all types and sizes, in all industries and in all countries.
”This is risk management that recognises and works with the complexity of business strategy and decision making…This is a practical book and a serious introduction to the area of risk management in projects.’ - Carol Long, MCQI CQP, Quality World
‘…this is in fact a little gem of a book, bursting with information on every page…I believe there is a wide audience for this book, ranging from those governing projects through to those managing and supporting projects. Anyone interested in implementing or improving their current approach to risk would also find this guide a useful addition to their library.’ – John Fisher, Risk Management Professional
Jean Binder, author of Global Project Management (Awarded ‘best of the best’ Project Management Book by the Project Management Institute 2008), will participate in the Congres de Management de Projet in Switzerland, and present the topic “Human Resource Management in Global Projects”.
Jean Binder, PMP, has more than 20 years of experience working in project environments, most of them living abroad and communicating in multi-cultural and multi-language environments. He has particular experience of managing global projects, having implemented collaborative tools and techniques in a number of global organisations.
The Presentation will be on Thursday 28th April 2011, 10:30 to 12:10 at The University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
The Project Management Association of Canada gave Program Management by Michel Thiry an award of merit at the 2010 Canadian Project Management Book Awards. They said it was ‘Well organized with the ending of one chapter leading into the next. Very informative on the subject matter, supported by references and tables…’
Michel’s book is part of the Fundamentals of Project Management series.
