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PMForum Presentations
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Effective Project Management: The Third Dimension
We all know that the key to project management making a positive impact on our business lies in the adherence to two basic principles: Doing the right project (portfolio management) and doing the project right (project management).
Yet often major corporates comply with both of these tenets and still deliver a white elephant. Consider this diagram below, which represents the (hypothetical) Black Bank's Portfolio Management Structure.
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Project Management Whitepapers and Articles
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Using ITIL to Transform Your Business
Many large IT organisations have discovered that the route to a more customer -centric service organisation runs along the ITIL framework. Here's how four enterprises are re-inventing the relationship between the business and IT.
http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1104378490
Integrating Project Management into a Six Sigma System
By Daniel Zucker
Manufacturers and transactional firms share a drive to lower costs, reduce cycle time and offer a diverse product mix as they pursue higher profits and an increased market share in a growing global environment. Consumers (those paying for the end product) want products or services that are cheaper, readily available and of a quality that meets their expectations.
http://www.isixsigma.com/library/content/c070423a.asp
A Feature Article from the CompTIA Website. IT Professionals Feel Upgrading Business Skills is Important
by Kristin Clifford, CompTIA staff writer
IT professionals feel that employers want them to not only be able to do their jobs, but to be personable while they are performing their duties as well. When presented with a list of six different major skills, IT professionals believe that employers value 'interpersonal and communication' and 'technical' skills the most when considering candidates for employment or advancement. However, 'strategic thinking' and 'project management' skills are believed to be of value as well, while 'financial' and 'negotiation' skills are believed to be of least value. These results are from a survey of IT professionals which was distributed via the CompTIA IT Professional Access newsletter.
Putting People Management Back into Project Management
Written By Lisa Walker
No one will ever be able to convince me that the most challenging component of Project Management is the science behind it. The way in which we need to pull people together to be a high performance team over a relatively short period of time is the most challenging part of Project Management. This article will focus on the communication issues within the project team, in particular, the people management aspect. Given the natural pressure of projects - tight time frames, cost management and close monitoring, the need for Project Managers to be good people managers is heightened.
Links
- LearnX Talk 1 - Integrating E Learning
- LearnX Talk 2 - Project Management
- PMPartner Session Handout (PMBOK & PRINCE2) V2.0
- Quarter 3 PMP Newsletter
- Quarter 2 PMP Newsletter
- Quarter 1 PMP Newsletter
- PMPeople
- The Office of Government Commerce
- Standards Australia
- On Target Presentation Q1 April 2008
- PMPartners & ITPM Merger
