Project Management News

Tasks you fear to outsource but should try

But with traditional outsourcing opportunities all but played out, many enterprises are asking, “Is there anything left to outsource?”

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International Institute for Learning Launches Preferred Partner Program for PMI Chapters

New York, NY (PRWEB) April 29, 2009 — International Institute for Learning, Inc. (IIL), the global leader in professional training in Project, Program, and Portfolio Management, Business Analysis, Microsoft® Office Project and Project Server, PRINCE2™, and Lean Six Sigma, has officially launched the company’s Preferred Partner Program, an opportunity for Project Management Institute (PMI) Chapters worldwide to receive exclusive benefits and discounts on training while earning revenue and recognition for their chapters.

“IIL has a profound appreciation for the efforts of PMI chapters and we have worked tirelessly to build strong relationships with our clients at this grassroots level,” said E. LaVerne Johnson, Founder, President, and CEO of IIL. “It is with great excitement that we expand upon these meaningful relationships with the launch of IIL’s Preferred Partner Program. We are deeply appreciative of the trust that is placed in our products and services and we invite PMI chapters to join us in empowering their members with enhanced training and valuable programs.”

PMINYC, the New York City Chapter of PMI, recently signed on to become the inaugural member of the Preferred Partner Program. With its enrollment, PMINYC’s 2,600-plus members will receive discounted training and the opportunity to obtain valuable PDUs at no cost. The chapter itself will receive a portion of every dollar that its members spend on training with IIL to advance their project management careers. These earnings then become profits for PMINYC to use for professional development, speaker fees, or other chapter needs.

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Saudi Basic Industries Corporation Chooses Skire Unifier for Enterprise Project Management Solution

MENLO PARK, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Skire, Inc., the leading provider of capital program, facilities, real estate and project portfolio management software, today announced that Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) has selected Skire Unifier™ as its strategic enterprise project management system for supporting global project management across the company’s internal users and project partner organizations. The agreement represents one of the most significant Skire international customers to date and will provide a comprehensive implementation of the product’s capital program management capabilities.

SABIC is among the world’s top five petrochemical companies and its businesses are grouped into Chemicals, Performance Chemicals, Polymers, Innovative Plastics, Fertilizers and Metals. SABIC’s Engineering & Project Management organization oversees both mega-projects and site projects around the world.

Unifier met SABIC’s requirements for cost, schedule, quality, project gating, vendor qualification, safety oversight control and dashboard reporting functions. In addition, the system will be integrated with SABIC’s SAP system and provide interfaces for exchanging project information with partnering companies.

“We are pleased to be chosen by SABIC as their mission-critical enterprise project management system,” said Massy Mehdipour, Skire’s chief executive officer. “SABIC is an important Skire customer that furthers our position towards becoming a global industry standard. We look forward to helping SABIC maximize Unifier to provide enterprise-wide standardization, compliance and visibility.”

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