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July Newsletter

PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE

PMI AUSTRALIA NATIONAL AWARDS 2015

LOOKING FOR CONFERENCE

PROJECT MANAGER -

PMIAC16 We are now looking for a Conference

Project Manager for the PMI Australia

Conference 2016.

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PREVIOUS EVENTS:

Bob McGannon: Increasing Your Perception as a Leader

His topic- “Increasing Your Perception as a Leader” examines

behaviors and situations that inhibit or enhance your

effectiveness as a leader, and addresses tools and techniques to

alter your approach. Page 5

This updated newsletter design is the result of a process to

improve the readability of the Chapter’s communications led by

Gus Irisa (Newsletter & Communications Editor). If you have any

comments or suggestions please let us know by sending an email

to [email protected].

PMP® EXAM IS CHANGING

IN 2015 The five domains of practice for the PMP

remain the same. However, tasks within

each domain have been modified, added,

or removed.

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NEWS

2nd Edition – July 2015

New Vice President

for the PMI

Adelaide Chapter

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Reciprocal

Membership

Rights / Page 4

INSIDE:

President’s Message 2

VP Message 2

Chapter News 3-12

Previous Events 5

Upcoming Events 6

Publications 9

Board Details 11

.

PMI Australia National Awards winners presented at the PMI Australia Conference Gala

Dinner. Page 3

TACKLING SECURITY MANAGEMENT COMPLEXITY AT

G20 MEET

/ Page 10

TIME & COST: ARE THEY

REALLY IMPORTANT? /Page 8

PMI Adelaide Chapter Newsletter

2nd Edition July 2015

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Welcome to our new look

Newsletter!

With new volunteers comes

new ideas, increased

enthusiasm and more

opportunities to share the

load in delivering value and

new benefits to our Members

and the wider business

community.

Recent additions to our

Board include:

Lyndon Zimmermann

(Treasurer) and

Kamyar Kavousi (Marketing

Director). And Scott Pearce

stepping up as VP. Welcome

and Congratulations!

President’s Message

SAVE THE DATE.

Adelaide hosts the 2016

PMI Australia Conference

on 30-31 May.

If you would be interested

in participating

(volunteering, presenting or

sponsoring), please direct

your enquiries to [email protected]

Look forward in seeing many

more of you attend our

remaining Chapter events in

2015 and save the date for the

2016 PMI Australia Conference.

Cheers

Peter Pavan

President

Dear All,

I have recently been appointed

as Vice President for the PMI

Adelaide Chapter. I

commenced as a volunteer for

the Chapter in 2011 as the

Webmaster and have

contributed many hours

supporting all the portfolios

and will be continuing to work

hard to lead the Chapter. I am

still managing the

Communications portfolio and

seek a volunteer to help

manage and develop this

portfolio. Please feel free to

contact me via e-mail to

register interest or answer any

queries.

Earlier this year 4 Board

members had the privilege of

attending the PMI Australian

National Conference 2015

held in Brisbane. I also had the

pleasure and responsibility of

managing the PMI National

Awards.

Vice President’s Message

Covered throughout this

newsletter are highlights of

the recent PMI Australia

Conference held in

Brisbane in May. In excess

of 260 people attended

this event and enjoyed

world-class presentations

and interactions with

international, national and

local speakers and fellow

practitioners. A huge

thanks is extended to the

many volunteers and

Sponsors (as shown to the

right) who supported this

event. See you back in

2016! Further details can

be accessed via

www.pmiac.org

It is my honor and privilege

to lead the PMI Adelaide

Chapter as Vice President

for 2015 and together with

the 2015 Board of

Directors, continue to

contribute and develop the

local project management

profession and community.

Brian Murphy, Yudhi Mohan-Ram, Scott Pearce, Peter Pavan

(Left to Right)

The five National Awards were

presented to the winners at the

Gala Dinner, which featured

entertainment by David De Vito

(Opera Singer) and a fun

activities aligned with the

theme of the Conference

‘Australia taking its place in the

World’. Further details will

follow in this Newsletter

regarding the awards.

I would also like to welcome

and congratulate the following

new Chapter volunteers:

• Siddhant Borade

• Grant Lauritsen

• Gus Irisa

• Kamyar Kavousi

• Aleksey Volkov

• Jolihtzahanna Mendez

• Korina Contreras

• Naomi Nwayco

• Mozhdeh Bababei

• Reema Al-Adham

I wish everyone the best

for the remainder of 2015

and exciting times ahead

for our Chapter.

Regards,

Scott Pearce

Vice President



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We are extremely delighted

to have SA Water as a key

supporter of our

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For more information

please visit the SA Water

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On the 25th May, 150 guests

and delegates were treated to

a fun night sharing travel

experiences, listening to the

booming operetta voice of

David DeVito and

congratulating the PMI

Australia National Awards

(PANA) winners for 2015.

Held at the Brisbane

Convention & Exhibition

Centre Sky Room, this event

brought together both young

and experienced Project

Professionals across a wide

range of industries.

The purpose of the awards is

to recognize and honor

individuals, projects, project

teams and sponsoring

organizations that have made

outstanding contributions to

the project management

profession and community.

For 2015 the awards had the

following categories:

PMI Australia National Awards announced for 2015

Arts West Redevelopment.

Kevin Bourke for his

distinguished contribution

to the Project

Management community

in Melbourne,Todd

Hutchison received the

inaugural PMI Australia

Fellowship Award

recognising his 30 years of

service to the industry.

Giancarlo Serafini and the

team from Broadcast

Australia for The Spectrum

Restack Program for

PMI Australia Conference Gala Dinner Welcome

1.Project of the Year

(Sponsored by Microsoft)

2.Distinguished

Contribution (Sponsored by

Aurecon)

3. Young Project Manager of

the Year (Supported by

Mindavation)

4. Contribution to Women in

Project Management

(Sponsored by Planview)

Congratulations to all

nominees, finalists and

particularly our winners:

Chris Lawler for her

contribution to Women in

Project Management. Chris

was nominated for her work

at the Mater Hospital and in

the community.

Andrew Dick won the Young

Project Manager of the Year,

for his work with the

University of Melbourne,

winning the Project of the

Year Award.

The judges had a wide

range of excellent

projects and practitioners

to choose from which

made their job

challenging.

Special thanks to the PMI

Australia Conference

Sponsors for supporting

the Awards and the

Conference.



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Important PMI Continuing Certification Requirements

(CCR) Program Update

The overall framework of the

CCR program remains the

same. Certification holders will

continue to earn PDUs in the

categories of Education and

Giving Back.

How PDUs in those categories

are classified will be different.

Education

- 60% of PDUs are now

required in this category,

providing you with additional

educational opportunities.

- Education PDUs are aligned

with the PMI Talent Triangle.

Are you a PMI Adelaide Chapter member?

PMI Adelaide Chapter members can now receive the same membership

benefits from other Australian Chapters as their members are entitled

to. When interstate, do take advantage of member-only rates and

discounts on monthly events, conferences and other activities.

Are you a member of another PMI Chapter?

Great news for PMI members around the world: You can also access

the same great PMI Adelaide member benefits for attending our

events, conferences and activities!

Click here to find your local PMI Chapter

RECIPROCAL MEMBERSHIP RIGHTS

be earned in Working as a

Professional has

decreased.

Learn how PDUs are

earned under the PMI

Talent Triangle framework.

Watch this NEW webinar

to learn more about the

CCR System Update.

Read what PMI Leaders are

saying about the CCR

changes.

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PMI Adelaide’s monthly

meeting in June featured

Bob McGannon from

Mindavation.

His presentation “Increasing

Your Perception as a Leader”

examined behaviors and

situations that inhibit or

enhance your effectiveness

as a leader, and provided

tools and techniques to alter

your approach.

He believed that appointed

leaders, whether in

corporate or government

PREVIOUS EVENTS

result-oriented and fast.

2) Project leaders always

encourage risk taking, ask

“why” questions, instill trust

within the team members

and motivate the team to

achieve the desired goal.

3) Project leaders are always

measured on managerial

qualities but to be able to

execute such tasks, they

have to conduct and view

things based on their

leadership qualities.

4) Usually, team members

forget the clear objectives

and conduct their daily

activities much like playing

“Wack-a-mole” and to be able

to lead such members it is

important for you to ask a lot of

questions to analyse the

situation.

(Based on an article posted on

the Siddhant Borade’s Blog)

organisations, must rely on

their leadership skills to

assemble and maintain

viable teams and produce

expected results. His

presentation presented

practical tools and

techniques to examine and

increase our leadership

perception.

KEY HIGHTLIGHTS

Bob McGannon illustrated

the types of work styles,

using a trip to Melbourne as

example.

Work Styles:

Action-Oriented – Leaps

before thinking (Awesome,

let’s go fuel up and drive)

Social – Wastes time (We

can book a campervan,

have DJ, etc)

Planner – Doesn’t know

when to stop (Ok, so how

far is MEL? Do we have

enough fuel? Is the car

okay?)

Questionner – Makes sure

you take care of everything.

TRIP TO

MELBOURNE

Bob McGannon: Increasing Your Perception as a Leader

1) A project leader should

always highlight problems

to the sponsors and be

ready with a “multiple-

choice” solution to address

the problem in order to

make the process efficient,

June Chapter Event with Bob McGannon

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A recently completed Role

Delineation Study (RDS)

provided an updated

description of the project

management professional

role. Research included a

large-scale survey of global

Project Management

Professional (PMP)®

certification holders to

validate updates to domains,

tasks, knowledge, and skills.

The RDS captures

perspectives of project

management practitioners

PMP® EXAM IS CHANGING IN 2015

The five domains of practice

for the PMP remain the

same. However, tasks within

each domain have been

modified, added, or

removed.

Here is an overview of the

newly added content:

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How the PMP®

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Mantra was first

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In our new twitter account

you will find articles, news

and events related to

Project Management.

Follow us and get instant

updates from our

professional network and

what's happening around

the world in our field.

FOLLOW US ON

TWITTER

@PMIadelaide

The RDS captures

perspectives of project from

all industries, work settings,

and regions. It serves as the

foundation for the PMP

exam and ensures its validity

and relevance.

For more information visit this page

http://www.pmi.org/certification/exam-changes/pmp.aspx

1 November: Last day to test under

current version of PMP exam.



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According to the PMI's Pulse

of the Profession In-Depth

Report: Requirements

Management — A Core

Competency for Project and

Program Success.

HALF OF ORGANIZATIONS WILL INTEGRATE BUSINESS

ANALYSIS AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS

Joining the PMI Adelaide South

Australia Chapter group in

Linkedin will allow you to find

and contact other people

interested in the convention,

so you can stay in touch, gain

referrals, and view other

attendees’ LinkedIn profiles.

To join our group click here

Hope to see you in the group!

We have a new question for July and prizes!

Charles is the project manager for the WAC Project. The customer and a project team

member are in conflict over the level of quality needed on a sampling. The customer

and project team decide to split the difference between the two levels of quality. They

are both satisfied with the result.

To answer this question and submit to be in the running please visit the

following webpage

TenStep Australia - Question of the Month

Within the next 5 years,

more than half of

organizations expect to

integrate their business

analysis and project

management functions.

As the largest business

analysis community

dedicated to

practitioners, the PMI

have developed Business

Analysis for Practitioners:

A Practice Guide to

provide you with useful,

research-informed

guidance. It focuses on

the how-to of business

analysis and its impact on

program and project

success.

BE PART OF OUR

LINKEDIN GROUP

TenStep Australia is one of

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This includes successfully

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please visit the TenStep

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And that means you can

focus on the task at hand.

No matter what your level

of business analysis

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to be an invaluable

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everyday.

Download

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Provider with PMI.

Mindavation, a sponsor of the

PMI Adelaide chapter,

currently has 14 PDU eligible

courses on project

management and business

analysis in the Lynda.com

online library.

Mindavation can provide PMI

Adelaide members with a free

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Time Management is an

appropriate & efficient

allocation of time

throughout various stages of

project Life Cycle by

estimating, scheduling and

controlling various activities.

Current economic

challenges have forced

companies to approach lean

methodologies and drive a

change in attitude. For

TIME & COST: ARE THEY REALLY IMPORTANT? By Siddhant Borade

Cost management is a key

to project management

planning. Costs are derived

after scheduling activities

on considering the risks

associated with them. A

baseline budget is

established to keep a track

of actual cost involved.

The most important aspect

of cost management is

determining the impact of

variances and rectifying

them if necessary. It

involves monitoring task

completion and tracking

activities. Cost management

plays a vital role in overall

project planning, tracking

and success.

Performance Measurement Analysis: This technique can help us gauge the magnitude of

variances and develop key values for any work package or scheduled activity. The cumulative

value of scheduled work in the project is compared with actual costs to determine variances

and decide for corrective action.

Cost Performance Index: If the ratio of earned value to actual value is less than 1, it indicates

cost overrun for the executed activity. To forecast the project cost at completion, cumulative

CPO is calculated by dividing the sum of earned values taken periodically to the individual

actual costs.

Cost Tracking: This tool can help measure job performance and gives an accurate picture of

necessary elements. It can help us define thresholds, allocated additional resources or

suspend work quickly for effective change management. Thus, it acts as an important tool for

cost control and management.

COST: Tools & Techniques

Hudson

Venue Partner

Resource Leveling: Using

Microsoft Projects or

Primavera, ongoing and

upcoming resource

requirements can be

efficiently managed to

meet project needs. It’s a

powerful tool for

maximizing effective

resources utilization.

Timesheet Register: This

tool can help track

involvement and actual

work done by each team

member and enable a

degree of control to

resources allocated to

various activities. The can

also assist in change

management.

Gantt Charts & Network

Diagrams: These tools

illustrate interrelated

functions, highlight

dependencies and help

visualize the project over

time. They can help identify

overruns, adapt to changes

and measure progress by

determining key

milestones.

TIME

Tools & Techniques

Across the world and

around the corner, Hudson

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their employees, all for

mutual success.

Our specialized

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productivity at every stage

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Clients large and small rely

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of human capital needs:

from attracting

and selecting one-of-a-kind

candidates, to integrating

and managing entire re-

cruitment processes,

improving employee

performance, developing

future leaders, and

managing redeployment

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programs.


please visit the Hudson

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example: In construction,

contracting opportunities

have rapidly declined due to

the rise in competing

companies. This has led to

companies adopting

timesaving systems for

faster project outputs.

Failure to constantly update

project plans, lack of

effective planning and not

applying critical path

techniques, immensely

affects project performances

and result. It may encourage

the team to adopt shortcuts,

maintaining improper

documentation and

ultimately decrease the

quality of the project. Good

time management is central

to avoiding overruns.

We look forward to

receiving your questions,

requests or suggestions.

Please send us your

comments to our email

address: [email protected]

YOUR FEEDBACK IS

IMPORTANT TO US



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Description: What different types of solutions for organizing disciplinary expertise have

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Balanced and Integrated Solutions, authors Cecilia Enberg and Karin Bredin explore the

implications of this question by:

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• undertaking case studies of three project-based tech companies with different

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Global leaders, governors

and International delegates

convened at the biggest

gathering ever held in

Queensland, the northern

state of Australia. With over

85% of the world economies

present at the event, the city

witnessed an

unprecedented security &

safety arrangements. This

global platform attracted

activists & protest groups to

voice their fears over major

political, social &

environmental issues. Over

26 protest groups had

registered with the police for

peaceful action and

demonstration during the

event. As a result, Brisbane

TACKLING SECURITY MANAGEMENT COMPLEXITY AT G20 MEET By Siddhant Borade

concerns, specific deterrents

and responses, and

emergency action plans.

To assess the complexity of

the situation we list down

few areas prone to complexity:

event. As a result, Brisbane

CBD was under complete

lockdown with heavily

fortified zones. In this

article we try to understand

and predict the complexity

that is involved while

setting up the security

infrastructure.

COMPLEXITY:

The first step towards

planning security at the

G20 is assessing the

potential risks & concerns.

This will have a profound

impact on determining

entry criteria, access

control, critical area

protection, specific security

Project management is simply an

understanding of interdependent

activities and sorting their complexity

using common sense and logic

2014 G20 Brisbane Summit

A. Legislative:

Under the G20 (Safety and

Security) Act 2013, Police

officers, non-State police

officers and appointed persons

are provided with special po-

wers to promote the safety and security of

persons attending the G20 meeting. This

Act prevails, to the extent of any

inconsistency, over the Police Powers and

Responsibilities Act 2000 (the Police Act) in

relation to a power conferred, or

responsibility imposed, under the Police

Act on a police officer.

The act imparts unprecedented powers to

security personnel, affecting civic, social

and economical aspects around the

“restricted zones”, thus causing a

complexity in governance.

B. Stakeholders:

Residents, businesses and institutions in

“restricted zones” will be gravely affected

and be forced to conduct in a manner

prescribed by the security arrangements.

Global leaders, regional heads, security

agencies and participating organizations

work cohesively during the course of the

event, in a secure environment under

certain guidelines.

C. Interdependence:

Various security agencies comprising

of Queensland Police, Out of state

police, Army and security agents of

participating nations rely on

information

information transfer, common

protocols and individual intelligence

information during the course of the

event.

Continue in the next page



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TACKLING SECURITY

MANAGEMENT COMPLEXITY

AT G20 MEET

(From the Previous Page)

D. Dynamism:

Coordination between

various security agencies

and their interdependence

for information exchange

hugely impacts on their

synergy and reactions.

The system of system

complexity approach

qualifies the following

systems as autonomous and

independent. Systems such

as Crowd control, Protective

security, Motorcade and

motorcycle escorts, Services,

Road closures, Perimeter

security, Monitoring of

alcohol, drugs and offensive

weapons, Traffic

management, etc.

B. Fractal Behavior:

We can effectively monitor

the dynamic changes and

understand their pattern, to

help us manage the entire

system. Real time threat

assessment can be

monitored and measures

can be taken immediately

as changes occur.

C. Phase Space:

Hotels providing residence

to global leaders are

identified as potential

spaces of threats.

Facilitating security

concerns becomes effective

by pre-determining such

vulnerable areas.

D. Path History:

Since 2008, eight G20 summits

have been conducted and

acquiring their data will

provide valuable insights into

their systems arrangement and

help us plan & place a better

infrastructure.

E. Sense making:

Imparting proper training and

information to stakeholders

and enabling them to interpret

common meaning of directives

and comprehending the

system in a same manner, will

lead to better management

and proper control.

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PMI´s definition of VRMS is a system that supports PMI and PMI communities in its ongoing

efforts to further establish a standardized and consistent approach to volunteer relationship

management. In other words, is a tool which helps to manage and control volunteer

opportunities posted by the coordination areas in each PMI Chapter which can be offered to all

current members.

Here is how volunteers can use the VRMS:

1. Review and maintain a profile (Contact Information, Chapters, Certifications, Areas of Interest

and Resume), and service history (PMI Volunteer Service History, Events, Awards, Scholarships).

2. Search for opportunities, see their search results.

3. Read opportunity descriptions.

4. Open, edit, and submit an application.

And, at any time during the application process, they can:

5. View the status of that application.

6. It’s also important to note that the profile and service history follows along with each

application you submit, so there is no need to repeatedly enter this information.

7. Receive application process communication through email messages, throughout the

opportunity application process.

VRMS has context-sensitive help tips embedded in the interface of the application (a little i icon,

which displays helpful text when you mouse over the icon). Additionally, you can click the VRMS

Guides link in the upper right corner navigation to view User Guides.

Also you can send feedback or suggestions to the Volunteer Programs and Services Team at the

email address [email protected] or use [email protected] for questions from customers,

requests for training and questions about using the VRMS. I hope this review would be useful to

know more of VRMS and would like to thank all our current Volunteers for their help and support

in our PMI Adelaide Chapter.

What is the Volunteer Relationship

Management System or VRMS? By Alex Garcia

TOOLS FOR COMPLEX

SYSTEM MANAGEMENT

For the success of the

system, it is important to

measure, control and

manage changes as they

occur. This can be achieved

by using certain tool like:

A. Self-Organization:

The in-state police force

can delegate the task of

area management such as

parking restrictions, access

control, etc., owning to

their familiarity and

understanding of the area.

These activities can be self-

managed and require no

overall control. Identifying

them is the key to proper

resource utilization.

President

Peter Pavan

Vice President &

Communications Director

Scott Pearce

Treasurer

Lyndon Zimmermann

Secretary

Atul Sharma

Professional Development

Richard Tormet

Events Director

Brian Murphy

Membership Director

Yudhi Mohan-Ram

Marketing Director

Kamyar Kavousi

PMI ADELAIDE

SOUTH

AUSTRALIA

CHAPTER BOARD

Newsletter Editor:

Gus Irisa



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IPMO was founded by a

team of professionals who

have deployed Project and

Portfolio Management

solutions in Australia and

New Zealand.

We are driven by our belief

that the most effective way

for organisations to achieve

iPMO Bronze Sponsor

Seeking a Conference Project Manager -

PMIAC16

We are now seeking a Conference Project

Manager for the PMI Australia Conference 2016.

VOLUNTEERING

Next scheduled PMP exam

in Adelaide will be on Dec.

5th

Session 1: Introduction

Session 2: Scope Mgmt.

Session 3: Time Mgmt.

Session 4: Cost Mgmt. &

Quality Mgmt.

Session 5: Human Resource

Mgmt. & Communications

Mgmt.

Session 6: Risk Mgmt.

Session 7: Procurement

Mgmt. & Stakeholder

Mgmt.

Session 8: Integration

PMP EXAM

ADELAIDE 5TH

DECEMBER

for organisations to achieve

strategic goals is to convert

strategy into action through

effective Project and

Portfolio Management. This

belief has been part of

IPMO’s DNA since the

beginning of the company.

To help our clients achieve

this, we combine a balanced

mix of business, professional

and technological

capabilities (Microsoft

Project Online and Project

Server) to deliver end-to-end

project and portfolio

management services. We

provide consulting, training,

professional and technical

services to help our clients

achieve better project

outcomes.

Our staff possess a

significant depth and

breadth of experience, and

we are extremely proud of

our team. Our Managing

Director is Australia’s first

Microsoft Most Valued

Professional (MVP) for

Microsoft PPM Solutions

(There are less than 50 in the

world!). Our training

programs are developed by a

recognised training and

communications expert who

is also an MVP. Members of

our Lead Team regularly

present at local and

international conferences.

Several of our specialists

have MBAs, and our

technical specialists are

certified by Microsoft to

implement Project and

Portfolio Management

Solutions, and our Business

Architect earned a Doctorate

by researching project-

based organisations.

These credentials are

important to us, because

along with our track-record

they are our way of assuring

you that IPMO will help you

to achieve better project

outcomes with Project

Online.

For more information:

http://www.ipmo.com.au

Seeking a Communication Director

Responsible for all internal & external

publications & announcements distributed by the

Chapter to members and the outside community,

including the Chapter’s Newsletter and the

Chapter’s Website

PMP STUDY

GROUP

PMI's South Australia

chapter will be hosting a

study group during October

and November to assist any

of our members in their

preparation. Sessions will

review chapters of the

PMBOK as follows:

Session 8: Integration

Mgmt.

Please register your interest

at

studygroups@pmiadelaide.

org and take part in the last

study group of the year.

More information please send an email to [email protected]

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