1970s: PROJECT MANAGERS COME TOGETHER
Project management reaches beyond construction, IT and defence, and enters the finance, law and government sectors. The importance of the discipline grows in Australia, culminating in the birth of the Project Managers' Forum (PMF) followed by its successor, AIPM.
National Executive
The formation of the Victorian Chapter in 1978 initiates the formation of the NSW Chapter and the establishment of a national office and the National Executive.
National Presidents
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1976 – 1977 |
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Ron Woodhead |
1978 – 1979 |
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Bruce Hovey |
Chapter Presidents
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NSW
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VIC
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1978 – 1979
1979 – 1981 |
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Bruce Hovey
Marton Marassezky |
1978 – 1981
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Paul Hinkley
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Interviewee: Alan Stretton, PhD, Life Fellow
Alan Stretton, one of the founding members of the PMF (which went on to become AIPM), explains its inception and the huge contribution of founding chair Bruce Hovey.
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Notable Events
- PMF forms in New South Wales followed by a chapter in Victoria in 1978.
- In the first year (Sept 1976 – Nov 1977), PMF:
- accepted over 250 members, including 28 corporations and 90
individuals
- conducted four public forums in Sydney
- circulated five newsletters
- affiliated with PMI and Internet – this affiliation allowed Australian
project managers reciprocal visiting rights, technical papers
prepared overseas to be published by PMF, joint research projects
and joint international symposiums
- organised a two-day conference in February 1978, called 'Fast
Tracking at the Westmead Hospital – Achievements and Problems',
and
- registered as a non-profit limited liability company.
- PMF officially registers as an association.
- The first PMF conference is held in Sydney in 1978.