PMTips: What We’re Here For

After 372 posts, nearly 500 reader and author comments and almost a quarter of a million words written over the past 7+ months, I’d like to take a moment to step back and discuss what we’re trying to do on the PMTips site.

First, let me say that this has been an extremely interesting and challenging twist on Project Management for me. To actually put thoughts to writing on past experiences, ideas, headaches, mistakes, frustrations and of course successes has been very rewarding for me. I find myself always looking forward to the next article and working to come up with fresh ideas to share or information from favorite articles or books that others may not have run across yet.

The PMTips “About” tab states the following….

PMtips.net is a blog about project management, collaboration, knowledge management and all other work 2.0 concepts present in today’s web 2.0 world.

This is a collaborative project that has several authors each of them master in the field. The purpose of this blog is to offer practical tips, tricks how-to`s and to serve as a resource for shedding light on the tools, trends, and practices that can make the life easier for many of use dealing with different challenges on a daily basis.

Its wished-for audience are those who do not use PM tools and are not seeing themselves as PM’s, but actually they do their work; people who just started being PM’s in organizations, small, medium, or larger, and are constantly searching out answers that can help them do their work more efficiently and profitably.

At PMtips.net every day new posts are posted which will help you win in your business. We invite you to visit us often and to share your insight with this community as well, since without having you as part of the conversation our aspiration to be helpful will become harder to achieve.

Looking at paragraph #3 I think we’ve gone far beyond that. We strive to be a good, useful resource to new PMs, but the comments and challenging feedback we get from experienced PMs helps to motivate the writers here and has forced our readers and our authors to think about certain PM topics in new and innovative ways.

As always, though, were are here to help PMs who are struggling or need information and answers. I’ve personally sent out more than 50 copies each of Risk Management Plans and Project Communication Plans after writing articles about each and offering templates. We’re just PMs like everyone else out there, but if there are needs for these types of tools – whether we’ve written about them or not – or questions that need answered on topics not yet covered, always feel free to send us those thoughts either through a comment or directly to an author at their email address. The door is always open.

Thanks again for reading and I am personally looking forward to much more interaction with our reader base.

RCM Technologies, Inc. Announces Acquisition of Project Solutions Group, Inc.

As reported by Global News Wire.

PENNSAUKEN, N.J., July 14, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — RCM Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:RCMT) announced the acquisition of Project Solutions Group, Inc. (PSG), a Marlborough, MA-based specialty provider of project portfolio management and training services for a diverse client base. PSG is a Microsoft Gold-Certified Partner with multiple offices and sales locations nationwide.

PSG has an attractive range of competencies that include Enterprise Project Management, Information Worker Solutions, Portals and Collaboration, and ISV (Independent Software Vendor)/Software Solutions. PSG’s major customers include American Family Insurance, Autodesk, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Continental Airlines, Intuit, M&T Bank, Microsoft, Revlon, Toys R Us and University of Wisconsin – Madison. A newly formed Enterprise Project Management business unit, which encompasses former PSG business, will be part of RCM’s Enterprise Business Solutions group under the leadership of Dale Mansour, RCM Senior Vice President. Former PSG principals Tom Westcott, Tod Monchecourt, and Anisha Mason will manage this new unit.

The RCM Enterprise Business Solutions group’s core mission is to create value-oriented offerings that produce proprietary customized solutions and include intellectual property by bundling software, systems, tools and services into integrated and comprehensive business and technology solutions. PSG’s services fit well within RCM’s overall strategy by complementing and supplementing its existing service offerings. By acquiring PSG, RCM has strengthened the foundational technology layer of its Enterprise Business Solutions group. PSG’s solution expertise, including its Software as a Service (SaaS) offering, enhances RCM’s diversified Microsoft-focused consulting and solution services.

Leon Kopyt, Chairman and CEO of RCM, commented: “We are pleased to welcome PSG into the RCM family and believe that their established Microsoft expertise will greatly contribute toward expanding our Enterprise Business Solutions offerings.”

Read more here.

Random News Stories

20 Scenes From Project & Portfolio Management Summit

Everything Channel’s Project & Portfolio Management Summit headed to Southern California last week where the hot topics of discussion included the use of PPM technology to help bring IT costs under control. Pictured here are the much-coveted awards. Following are a look at the show highlights and the winners of this year’s Project & Portfolio Management Summit Innovation Awards.

Slides and Images here…

Project Management Institute and FICCI Sign MoU to Advance the Discipline of Project Management in India

New Delhi, India – Project Management Institute (PMI), the world’s leading not-for-profit professional association for the project management profession and FICCI, India’s apex business organization, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to advance the discipline and practice of project management in India. The MoU aims to advocate, promote and institutionalize project management across government agencies, public sector enterprises and organizations.

Project management is the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to a broad range of activities -across sectors like infrastructure, engineering, IT, defense and aerospace, pharmaceuticals among others – in order to ensure that the projects are completed and delivered on time and within budget and to meet the objectives for which they were intended.

Project management becomes critical given the Indian government’s focus on fast tracking infrastructure projects and to meet the growth objectives outlined in the Eleventh Five Year Plan. The MoU covers developing special training modules for government and public sector units on project management. Further, the MoU will enable FICCI access to PMI’s globally developed project management standards, publications and case studies. The agreement also enables the two organizations to share information, conduct joint research and promote the discipline of project management through joint seminars, conferences and through other platforms.

Read the full story here..

Document Controller SITE/ PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Location: United Arab Emirates
Salary: Excellent TAX FREE salary
Company: Stepp Recruitment
Sector: Commercial
Job role: Project manager
Job type: Permanent
Date posted: 22/06/2009 18:50

Document ControllerSITE/ PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Ref: A1022
Location: Abu Dhabi UAE
Date Posted: 19 June 2009
Salary: Excellent TAX FREE salary

Details:

Stepp Recruitment Limited has been placing candidates to the Middle East for almost TWENTY YEARS!! No other recruitment Company has more experience in placing CURTAIN WALLING/ CLADDING/ FACADES skilled applicants to this prosperous and stunning region of the world.

We are delighted to be working with one of our most prestigious client Curtain Walling companies in the Middle East, a company which can offer its clients complete expertise in Architectural Aluminum and Glazing product’s design, manufacture and installation and having a coveted portfolio of some of the most outstanding and architecturally award winning projects throughout the region.

Document Controller – part of a vital team assisting the Project Manager in a role that is highly computer orientated. The successful person will have intelligence and common sense and be able to document any changes to projects by recording the information and liaison with various departments to ensure awareness and implementation of any amendments. This will require an ability to read and understand drawings.

Experience Required:

Be computer literate with at least 2 years (ideally 5) experience in curtain walling and be familiar with all the components – extrusions, glass, brackets, silicon screws, nuts, etc. Able to speak clear and fluent English, so more suitable to an English, American, South African or Australian nationality. Methodical, highly organised

This is a highly pressurised, challenging role that will suit someone who has worked in the Middle or Far East previously, understand the culture, climate and working conditions. MUST be a ‘doer’ who will give everything to the role. Someone who will roll up their sleeves and go out and push. Practical experience is more important that qualifications.

A mature person who has worked in the same environment and has an acceptance of stress levels. In return you will a superb TAX FREE salary plus accommodation, with the opportunity to work alongside some of the most experienced and techncially competent people in the Curtain Wall industry and be involved in award winning, internationally acclaimed projects throughout the world. This is a GLOBAL company and prospects are superb for ambitious, hardworking, technically competent people.

To apply for this position please forward your CV in PDF or Word format by clicking the apply button.

Apply here..

Australian project management to go international

Source : Dynamic Export

The Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the International Project Management Association (IPMA) with view to becoming a member of the IPMA in September.

“Being linked in as a key member of this reputable international body will bring a wide range of opportunities,” said Dr Bill Young, AIPM national president. “Membership of IPMA will enhance opportunities for our colleagues in the Asia-Pacific region to participate in a large and growing global project management community.”

Young said the membership would assist the transferability of Australia project management skills internationally: “Ultimately we expect this initiative to raise project management standards and open doors for Australian project managers internationally.”

Signing of the memorandum occurred at the close of the 23rd IPMA World Congress in Helsinki yesterday. The AIPM will submit its membership application later this year and also make a submission to host the IPMA World Congress in Australia.