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Introduction and News
Staffing changes in the Support Office The Support office has recently undergone some staffing changes. I'd like to wish Tanuja Santhiapillai and Jo-Anne Locke the best of luck in their next endeavours. The office would like to welcome four new staff:
Andrew Drake, who is our Corporate Relations Manager,
Leanne Poynter, who will be working with Corporate Memberships,
Duncan Miller, who will be working with Individual Memberships and
Rodney Agha, who will be working across all areas and providing technology support.
Please contact any of us through 02 8288 8700 if we can be of any assistance.
Update of AIPM Website You may have noticed that the AIPM website has undergone an interface change. The changes went online in mid October 2007 to co-incide with the Hobart Conference. The new interface has been designed to reduce the visual clutter and improve accessibility of our services. Your questions or comments are welcome at rtucker@aipm.com.au.
Project Management Research Participation
03/12/2007 - The purpose of this news item is to request your participation in a PhD survey that is investigating the relative importance of criteria used to evaluate tenders (Quotes/Bids) for projects and services.
BOOKS 24x7 - A special Offer for AIPM members
08/11/2007 - AIPM members have the opportunity to participate in a free 7 day trial of access to Books 24x7, a suite of core, unabridged and topically organized Referenceware collections that allow subscribers to access over 16,000 books. These books are completely searchable and cover subjects in Professional and Business areas, Project Management, IT, Desktop (Dummy series), Well Being, Summaries and Executive Blueprints. If you decide that you would like to subscribe to any of the collections you will also be eligible to a 10% discount on your subscription
The October 2007 Chapter Newsletter is now available
02/11/2007 - The last couple of months has been a very busy and successful time for the NT Chapter Members.
Navy submarine docking venture saluted as national project of the year
26/10/2007 - The HMAS Waller FCD Project, an effort which included the installation of technologically advanced torpedo and combat systems, was selected as national winner of the AIPM's Project Management Achievement Awards (PMAA) last tonight in Hobart.
2007 Conference Proceedings are now available
26/10/2007 - Abstracts, full papers and presentations where available from AIPM's 2007 National Conference are now online for download.
Industry calls for leadership at Project Management conference
26/10/2007 - Speaking in Hobart this week at the annual Australian Institute of Project Management conference, keynote speakers from public and private organisations acknowledged the increasingly important role of project management throughout society, but urged project managers to develop more 'soft skills' through managing relationships and providing true leadership.
PMAA 2007 National Winners now online
26/10/2007 - Details of the 2007 PMAA National winning projects are now online
NT project wins two national accolades at 2007 PMAA
26/10/2007 - Technicians and repair crews from Regional and Northern maintenance services (RANms) were able to repair the damage to MV Provider quickly and effectively and in doing so, earned two national accolades at the 2007 Project Management Achievement Awards (PMAA) held in Hobart on Tuesday night - the Australian Small Project of the Year and the prestigious Chief Judge's Special Award.
I'm sure those that attended will agree that the AIPM 2007 Conference in Hobart was a great success.
We hope you'll set aside October 12-15 2008 and make travel plans for Canberra to attend our 2008 Conference. For more information please see www.aipm2008.com.au. Hobart attendees are entitled to a reduced advanced registration rate.
The 2007 Conference has been strongly covered in the latest issue of The Project Manager The Project Manager. We've also made available:
Proceedings, including all available papers and presentations. We'll also be making available 5 video files containing interviews with Charlton Clark, Ian McPhee, Peter Watson, Ian Irving and Keith Sutor.
Photos from the National Conference. Please be advised this page may take some time to load. If you click on the smaller images a larger version will load in a separate window. Please let the office know if you'd like to be emailed larger versions of these photos.
The Project Management Achievement Awards (PMAA) recognise excellence in all aspects of Project Management across Australia.
Our 2007 Sponsors are now online at the PMAA homepage. Congratulations to all winners and participants. We look forward to your participation next year. The National winners were:
For those who are considering entering next year, there are a few points to note:
Our Judging Working group is undertaking a serious examination of the judging critera, and as such the submission guidelines for 2008 will evolved from those used in 2007.
We have also decided to move away from the electronic submissions system in favour of collecting online Expressions of Interest and taking physical delivery of the material.
Welcome to the end of year 2007 PMSelect. Click on this link to read abstracts of the articles featured in this issue. There are 6 articles available for PDF delivery in this edition. They are sourced from International Project Management publications. All PMSelect publications are available online. As mentioned in the Conference update, the full proceedings of the conference are available online.
Click on the title to request the article. You must log into the AIPM website. A PDF will be loaded in your browser. Please be patient as some files are greater 5 mb in size. If you do not get a fast response after submitting the request form, please refresh your browser.
2007 has been a strong year for assisting project management researchers around Australia. Summary results from AIPM's 2007 Salary Survey are available from our results page. We're also encouraging people to participate in Dave Watt's research into the relative importance of criteria used to evaluate tenders (Quotes/Bids) for projects and services. Please click here to read more..
Our Corporate Members Directory has been updated: Corporate Membership Directory. Please examine this with a view to either contacting these organisations, or increasing your organisation's presence.
What is the AIPM Member Professional Indemnity Quick Quote System ?
The Quick Quote system is a Professional Indemnity quoting system that allows us to provide a large number of AIPM members with an indication only of costing for their Professional Indemnity Insurance within 24 business hourswithout the need to fill out a full proposal.
AIPM Survey participation invitation - Project Management usage in Organisations
In partnership with TAFE NSW AIPM is conducting a survey on to what extent organisations are using project management as a tool for managing operations. The survey attempts to identify the systems, processes and structures used in project management and the skills of its people with using these methods.
The resulting data will then be used to:
Prepare a publication on the reasons for the adoption of project management in organisations,
Prepare a guide to the factors that influence the decision to adopt, refine or improve project management skills
Create an anonymous dataset for use by AIPM’s research and training networks.
This survey will be availlable until the 14th. Participants have the option of entering a draw for a complimentary single registration to the AIPM 2008 Conference. See further details in the survey.
If you've recently changed roles please let us know. It's as easy as filling out our online Industry Moves form, or completing the additional information at the change of details form.
