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Welcome to the January 2006 IRC News & PM Select Research Update.
This update contains the following items:
- Introduction - 30th Birthday celebrations
- Invitation to participate in PM Survey
- PM SELECT Research Update
- Information Resource Centre and Website Updates
- Membership Updates
- Contact Details
1. Introduction
Welcome to 2006. This will be a year of big events and good service.
This year AIPM will celebrate its 30th birthday. We will be celebrating Project Management in Australia, reflecting on the achievements of Project Managers and examining the contributions PM has made to society. To assist with this, the IRC is seeking to develop its collection of items related to PM in Australia over the last 30 years. This refers to anything, but includes conference programs, early journals, newspaper clippings, lapel pins, correspondence from the AIPM or the Project Managers Forum, photos or even good yarns. I invite you to call. No contribution is too small.
On this note, I'd like to thank Byron Troy (member #407), of Melbourne, who last year donated a collection of early Australian Project Manager journals. They have bolstered our collection and provided an insight into the development of Australian PM. Thank you, Byron.
To other matters:
Work on the 2006 Project Management Achievement Awards (PMAA) is underway around the country; entering your project is highly recommended.
Our PM Courses list is regularly growing, and is an essential reference when considering further training or development. If you're an endorsed training provider, in January 06 this list was the 2nd most visited resource on the site, after the homepage.
As in last year, we've had a consistent stream of new Job Vacancies and our Events page is filling up. As AIPM members these listings are available to your organisation as part of your membership, subject to minor requirements.
I invite you to submit your employment vacancies at http://www.aipm.com.au/html/advertise_position.cfm.
Events, with as much detail as possible, should be emailed to irc@aipm.com.au.
As always, I invite you to review and use the services of the IRC.
The Website migration has progressed. A system has been completed, and is operational. We are in the process of migrating content to the new CMS and ironing out some functional issues, including user authentication and realtime data access. As always, your time and patience is appreciated.
I look forward to assisting you in 2006.
Rob Tucker
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2. An Invitation to Participate in a Value Management Survey
AIPM conducts and hosts surveys, as part of supporting the development of Project Management in Australia. Contact me, or your local chapter representatives if you are running, or plan to run a survey into a topic of interest to Project Managers.
Listed at AIPM Surveys, you are invited to participate in "An Investigation into the Use of Value Management in Australia, United Kingdom and Hong Kong". Click here to download the zip survey information pack.
Maryann Hawthorne is a Master of Project Management student at the RMIT School of Property, Construction and Project Management. Under the supervision of Dr. Carolyn Hayles, she is conducting research which aims to determine how widely value management is understood and utilized in Australia, United Kingdom and Hong Kong, and what barriers there may be to its expansion. You are invited to participate in this research project by completing a questionnaire, which should take approximately 10 minutes.
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3. PM SELECT Research Update: Issue 1, January 2006 (click here to go to the latest PM Select)
The January PM Select contains six useful articles, and one web link on project management. Articles of merit are selected from across the literature. This service focuses on useful, substantive, informative content.
These articles are fulltext and a PDF can be downloaded to your PC once requested. January's topics are:
- Evaluation of partnership development in the construction industry
- Development of experiential skills based assessment for implementation of public sector projects
- Using change management to acheive business benefits
- Project Delivery Strategy
- Building Innovative Projects through Relationship Contracting
- Moving from Corporate Strategy to Project Strategy.
181 items were requested from November 05's PMSelect.
The two most popular November items were:
1. Halling, Gavin. Risk Management - Practical examples of 'How to make it happen'
2. Mian, Daniyal. Project Diagnostics - Assessing the conditions of projects...
When accessing PM SELECT, please remember:
1. You need your username and password to access this "members only" area. Please contact me with any login questions.
2. Each article must be requested with a separate Copyright Declaration. This is a requirement of Copyright Law. Please contact me at rtucker@aipm.com.au with any questions.
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4. Information Resource Centre and Website Updates
New Pages:
The main additions to the site were mentioned in the introduction:
- 2006 Project Management Achievement Awards (PMAA)
- all available AIPM 2005 Conference papers.
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Informal Salary Survey 2005 - New
Conducted and analysed by AIPM.
123 responses were submitted between the fourth of April 2005 and the 14th of December 2005. 56 respondees identified their position title as Project Manager. 29 responses were recorded for job titles based on Project related roles, including Officers, Engineers, Management Office Managers and Project Directors. The average wage of the total sample was $89,571, with Project Managers earning $93,000 on average. RegPM certified respondees generally received higher average salary than uncertified respondees. Project Directors earnt on average $186,000, the highest average salary surveyed. Due to the sample size, data collection and data verification methods, this data should not be considered indicative of the membership or of the Project Management profession.
Tips:
Do you know your AIPM Website Login and Password?
If you have mislaid, forgotten, or don't know your password, please go to the Forgot Password Page, add your membership number, and click send. Our system will email your full login details to your most recent email address.
If you don't receive an email within 10 minutes, Update Your Contact Details, or call me on 02 8288 8751.
Other IRC Services:
Click here to see the Bibliographies list (login required)
IRC Document Supply allows you to request copies of ANY of the articles contained in any IRC bibliography. You need to provide a citation on the request form, and fill out a Copyright Declaration.
The articles will then be emailed or posted to you. Response times vary from 1 to 7 days, depending on physical or electronic delivery. Please include deadline details.
IRC Literature Search allows members to request custom research. Response time for this service is set at 7 business days. When submitting a request please include deadline details. I will contact you to clarify your request.
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5. Membership Updates
Jo-Anne Locke, AIPM Membership Manager, would like to remind all members of our online membership services, listed above.
If you wish to continue using services such as the Australian Project Manager journal, the member-only website sections, IRC services, and our many newsletters, renew immediately online.
To the thousands of members who have already renewed their AIPM membership so far, we would like to say thank you.
If you are eligible to UPGRADE your membership eg from Associate to Member, you do NOT need to apply again. Please use the new Membership Upgrade Form, also linked above. The upgrade fee is $44. You will still need to renew your membership separately. For any queries about invoices, receipts etc please contact Susmita Khisti at skhisti@aipm.com.au
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6. Contact Details
Please update your contact details with us when they change.
Using the "Update Contact Details" link at the top of every webpage, you will ensure that you continue to get all AIPM correspondence. This includes the Australian Project Manager Journal, Chapter and National Events information, and of course this newsletter.
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