PMI 7 – Project Manager – Australia's online resource for project management professionals

PMI honours Risk Doctor with excellence award

Global project management association, the Project Management Institute (PMI), has named Dr David Hillson the recipient of the PMI Eric Jenett Project Management Excellence Award.

November 15, 2011

News

Happy International Project Management Day!

Without project management, would there be chaos? You might go a little crazy if you lose your work breakdown structure, but that’s because you’re a project manager and you like order and direction and orchestrated change.

November 4, 2011

Blogs

Project management researcher Lynn Crawford recognised

The International Project Management Association has presented the IPMA Research Achievement Award 2011 to Australia’s Professor Lynn Crawford.

October 14, 2011

News

Training project managers for life

We need more project managers and we need them now, but there’s a lot more to becoming a project manager than three days training and a piece of paper.

August 24, 2011

Education

When a project manager leaves the office

A serious condition is spreading like fireweed across the project management sector. The symptoms include glazed-over eyes, droopy shoulders, cramped hands, aversion to natural lighting, and a permanent butt print in your office chair. This condition is called Corporate Zombie Syndrome.

August 22, 2011

Cooking projects in a PMO

It takes more than ingredients to create a meal, and it takes more than resources to manage a project. You need to have standards (cooking temperature), documentation (recipes), guidance (cooking shows), economies of repetition (making meals every day), and metrics (your taste testers). Your kitchen is the project management office (PMO) of your meals.

July 22, 2011

Not enough project managers

Australia is booming with the sound of projects, but do we have enough project managers to run them? Michael Young contemplates a forthcoming shortage.

May 6, 2011