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Welcome to the March 2008 issue of the Information Resource Centre News of the Australian Institute of Project Management.
This issue contains:
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Introduction and News
Monthly Executive Blueprint and bimonthly Analyst Perspective
| 19/03/2008 - AIPM in cooperation with Skillsoft is providing members with trial access to a range of business and project related information resources. |
The 2008 PMAA Submission Guidelines are now available
| 28/02/2008 - The submission instructions and guidelines for the 2008 PMAA are now available in PDF format for download. |
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Conference Update AIPM 2008: Keeping the Promise through people, projects and performance.
Abstracts Submission Deadline: 2 May 2008
Notification: 16 May 2008
Full Paper Submission: 20 June 2008
Author and Early Bird Registration: 10 June 2008
Program Scope and Topics
Submissions are invited in any of the following technical topic areas.
Please select your topic area in the online submission form, from the list below;
People
Managing the change projects introduce
Managing the organisational environment of projects
Staff attraction/retention/development
Competency standards
Social recognition and the development of the occupation
Projects
Managing portfolios, programmes, and multi-discipline/cross industry projects
Carbon capture and other emerging project drivers
Non-traditional project management
Performance
Governance
Value and benefits realisation
Methodologies
Learning lessons
New or alternative approaches
Promise
Managing expectations
The tendering process
Professionalism
Social utility and wider benefits
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Project Management Achievement Awards
The 2008 PMAA State and National dinners - please consult our 2008 PMAA Events Calendar for dates and contacts for events to be held near you.
Our State PMAA Contacts would be very happy to assist with any submission or sponsorship questions.
The 2008 National PMAA is proudly sponsored by
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Women in Project Managment
The Women in Project Management calendar is filling. The WIPM Special Interest Group has been established to
- Provide a forum for equity and parity of women project managers
- Be aware of gender issues related to women within PM positions
- Encourage women to enter the field of project management
- Increase the profile of women in project management
- Foster an awareness of women in project management
- Invite WIPM to speak to an audience where they have like minded people with similar issues
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PMSelect - Research Update - issue 3 - 2008
Please find below 7 recent articles from the wider PM literature. Requesting these documents require that you are logged in.
Forthcoming Project Management titles to be released in Australia
MANAGING COMPLEX TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS
Patterns of innovation in service industries
Project management education: The human skills imperative
Project management information systems: An empirical study of their impact on project managers and project success
The IT Trade off
The use of top management power to support projects: a cross-cultural, cross-industry study
Earlier PMSelect issues are available through our archive page..
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Professional Indemnity Insurance Service
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 hours without the need to fill out a full proposal.
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AIPM Survey participation invitation
Please examine the AIPM Surveys page to identify any research initiatives you may be able to contribute to.
March 2008 - Skills for Learning in Projects http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=DjfjOBJNcbvtgkqhatzpdA_3d_3d
March 2008 - Outsourcing Project Management Services - http://www.surveymethods.com/EndUser.aspx?F8DCB0AAFEBAACAB
March 2008 - Workplace Stress Study of Australian PMs - Click here for the Workplace Stress Survey Document. This should be returned to William by 25/04/2008.
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Employment Vacancies
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Available for Work Register
| Name |
Industry |
Preferred Location |
Date |
| Belinda Heath |
Any (exp: Retail / Finance - Banking, Insurance / Agriculture / Entertainment - Music, Media / Defence / Health |
Sydney, NSW |
26/03/2008 |
| Margaret Quane |
IT&T/IT |
Brisbane and surrounds |
25/03/2008 |
| Reed Dixon |
Defence |
Adelaide SA |
18/03/2008 |
| Tamara Wickham |
Financial Services / Superannuation |
Melbourne |
12/03/2008 |
| Sami Abou-Hamdan |
Civil, Mining & Environmental |
Adelaide |
11/03/2008 |
| Kym Nye |
Banking/Finance/IT/Travel |
Gold Coast / Brisbane / Tweed Area |
10/03/2008 |
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Moves in the Industry
If you've recently changed jobs please submit your change to AIPM's Moves in the Industry column.
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Events
For a full list of events around Australia, please see our Project Management Events Calendar.
ACT Events
CIOB (Alliance Partner) Events
International Events
National Events
NT Events
QLD Events
SA Events
TAS Events
VIC Events
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Contacts
Click here to link to the AIPM Contacts page. Please contact us with any questions.
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