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Welcome to the April 2008 issue of the Information Resource Centre News of the Australian Institute of Project Management.
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Introduction and News
AIPM is seeking a General Manager
| 01/05/2008 - AIPM is recruiting for a National Support Office General Manager |
Release of the April/May The Project Manager
| 17/04/2008 - April/May The Project Manager is now available online for download |
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Conference Update AIPM 2008: Keeping the Promise through people, projects and performance.
www.aipm2008.com.au is online abstract submissions close tomorrow! This is your last opportunity to submit to participate in the technical program.
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. Close of submissions is 6 June.
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 4 - 2008
Please find below 6 recent articles from the wider PM literature. Requesting these documents requires that you are logged in.
Defining project to integrate evolving team fundamentals and project management skills
Project ownership: implications on success measurement
An Empirical Assessment of IT Project Selection and Evaluation Methods in State Government
MANAGING COMPLEX TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS
The Project Assessment by Simulation Technique
Towards a complexity framework for managing projects
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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.
April 2008 - Project Charter: Filling the Communication Gap in IT Projects
Eugene Suchcicki (UNSW) is conducting work into examing the project charter: their uses, what they should include and practical experiences. To participate or learn more download the Project Charter survey document. Eugene can be contacted at e.suchcicki@student.adfa.edu.au.
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Employment Vacancies
| 01/05/2008 - Assistant Director - Canberra, ACT |
| 01/05/2008 - Chief Engineer - Darwin, NT |
| 02/05/2008 - Capital Works Co-ordinator - Leisure & Culture - Melbourne (Southern Metro) |
| 04/05/2008 - Project Engineer - Project Design - Sydney |
| 06/05/2008 - Principal's Representative, Major Capital Works - Brisbane |
| 06/05/2008 - Project Manager & Engineers - Positions available in all states |
| 09/05/2008 - Graduate Scheme - Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Hobart, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth,Darwin |
| 09/05/2008 - PROJECT OFFICERS (VARIOUS) - Newcastle & Tamworth, NSW |
| 09/05/2008 - SITE ENGINEER - Tamworth, NSW |
| 12/05/2008 - Project Manager - Finance Transformation Program - Lane Cove, Sydney, NSW |
| 12/05/2008 - Senior Project Manager - Cairns - Cairns |
| 14/05/2008 - General Manager - Sydney |
| 15/05/2008 - Consultant - Project Management, Training & Development - Melbourne |
| 23/05/2008 - Contracts Administrator - Sydney |
| 23/05/2008 - Project Manager - Sydney |
| 23/05/2008 - Site Manager - Sydney |
| 25/05/2008 - Project Manager - IT/WEB - Sydney, Leichhardt |
| 29/05/2008 - Mechanical Engineer - Perth, WA |
| 30/06/2008 - Senior Project Manager - Property - Melbourne |
| 31/10/2008 - National Fleet Manager - Melbourne |
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Available for Work Register
| Name |
Industry |
Preferred Location |
Date |
| Ted Brooks |
Information Technology |
Melbourne |
30/04/2008 |
| Deborah Jackson |
Banking and IT |
available to travel |
04/04/2008 |
| Ms Mridula Maharaj |
Civil, Mining, Infrastructure, Project controls |
Perth, WA or WA other |
02/04/2008 |
If you would like to be included on this register, please use the looking for work form.
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Moves in the Industry
02/04/2008 - Stuart Green is now General Manager at WEM Property Ventures Pty Ltd. 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.
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Contacts
Click here to link to the AIPM Contacts page. Please contact us with any questions.
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