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News Briefs
Important news about PMP credential expiration date: Instead of expiring on 31 December 2010, your PMP credential will now expire in 2011 on the anniversary of the day and month that you earned your credential. Example: If a PMP earned his/her credential on 14 May 2007, the current expiration date is 31 December 2010. With this change, the expiration date will become 14 May 2011. When this PMP renews his/her credential, the new expiration date becomes 14 May 2014. See below for an illustration of this example.
One question you may have is:
- "Does this change in my expiration date shorten my PMP cycle?"
The answer is:
- "No. This change includes a transition period that provides all PMPs with a partial year that extends beyond their current 3-year cycle. Thereafter, all PMPs will be on a standard 3 year cycle."
Important letter from Ken Farnes, President PMI-Melbourne Chapter:
To Members of the Melbourne Chapter,
Your Board, and the Australian PMI Council (APC ) are investigating the potential to move towards creating an national Australian PMI Chapter. The options for the structure of this body are in the process of being appraised, with the most logical being the creation of a national chapter with the existing state chapters becoming branches, that is a Chapter and Branch model.
Melbourne Chapter Growth: The Chapter is pleased to congratulate
those members that have recently become PMP acredited, and also
welcome the new Chapter members that have joined in May and June.
New members should also have received by now a separate Chapter
Newsletter to welcome them and invite them to attend the Chapter's
monthly events and other activities. As it can take some time for new
member details to filter through from PMI Headquaters, we invite any
new members to contact us directly if they are yet to receive the
welcome emails.
Newsletter Archive: For past issues of the Melbourne PMI Newsletters, please use this link. You may want to bookmark this link now, for future reference.
5th Annual Project Management Australia Conference, PMOz 2008:
The Australian PMI Chapters are proud to be the conference partners to
the 5th Annual Project Management Australia Conference, PMOz2008 being held in Melbourne 18 - 20 August. PMI members are offered a discounted registration fee. For more information visit the conference web site at www.pmoz.com.au
Exclusive Opportunity to attend PMOZ - FREE!
PMGlobal, the Managing Partner of PMOZ, and PMI Australia are offering a PMOZ Complimentary Pass to those involved in project management. The pass is valid for Monday 18 August 2008 from 1.00pm - 3.00pm at Sofitel Melbourne on Collins, Sofi's and the Terrace. The PMOZ Complimentary Pass provides access to: 1.00pm - Industry Trade Afternoon This function will be open to anyone in the industry, not just PMOZ 2008 delegates. It is an excellent time to visit the trade displays in a casual relaxed environment. 2.00pm - PMI Standards Update
This complimentary pre conference session aims to highlight and share the changes to the four new standard updates that are being released later in 2008
Information for PMI Members: To start making the most of your PMI membership today, simply go to www.PMI.organd register now. After you have created your user ID and password, you will have instant access to exclusive information and services.
A wealth of information, knowledge, and resources is available to you as a member. Take advantage of these vulable benefits and more:
- Networking, learning and sharing through local PMI chapters and global virtual communities
- The new PMI PathProTM online career assessment tool to help take your career to the next level
- Free 24/7 access to top project management and business books through eReads & Reference
- PMI publications, including PM Network®, PMI Today®, Community Post, and PMI e-Links
 CELM Seminar Series - The attributes employers look for in selecting engineering managers and leaders; Presenter: Mr Michael JacksonTime: 5:30 for 6:00pm start (Light refreshment served), 7:30pm finish
Venue: Main Auditorium, Engineers Australia House, 21 Bedford Street, North Melbourne
Cost: Free
RSVP: Essential by August 22 to viccelm@materialsaustralia.com.au
Michael Jackson is a highly motivated industry leader, a management educator and a Director of Incoll Management, one of Australia's leading development and project management firms. "Our team is highly skilled, motivated and growing. We encourage the best people to join us. The attitudes and attributes of candidates are the keys to our understanding their capacity as managers and leaders"
- What does it take to be the best?
- What are employers looking for in managers and leaders?
- What can you do to prepare yourself for such opportunities?
Come along and find the answers to these and other important questions to assist in your career development.
 Call for Team Liaison volunteers for the Homeless World Cup
The Homeless World Cup (HWC) is being held in Melbourne between 30 Nov and 8 Dec this year. This international event is growing every year, with over 50 teams of homeless and marginalised people from all over the world competing for the 2008 cup in Melbourne. The Board has decided to support this event by calling for members to apply for the voluntary role of Team Liaison Officer (TLO).
The organisers want to match every one of the HWC teams arriving in Melbourne with two TLOs to accompany them to all the events on their HWC schedule. The primary TLO relationship will be with the team manager and coach, who have direct operational responsibility for the team and can speak English.
Each TLO will work in shifts to:
- meet and greet the team at the airport
- accompany the team to their accommodation and settle them in
- accompany them to the sports venue and be available during the sporting events
- accompany them to cultural and social events
- accompany them to the airport at the end of their stay
TLOs will need to be available for daily shifts (max 8 hours) from 30 Nov to 8 Dec. Volunteers need to be reliable, have good interpersonal and communication skills, handle high pressure situations, and be willing to have fun!
July Chapter Event: The July Chapter event was a presentation by Claudia Iannazzo on the subject of 'How to establish and negotiate successful SLAs' (see picture). 
There were quite a few questions at the end so the topic was clearly of interest to many members. See left side panel and below for details of our next Chapter event in August.
Monthly Event 26 August; Arthur Marinis, CEO and Director
base2Services Pty: Hindsight is a wonderful thing! This session covers lessons learned from a Project Go Live.
The Overall Project
- Why it existed
- What it was supposed to deliver
- What it actually delivered
The "Failing" concept
- The hidden truth in the messages
- The next month policy subscribed by the team
- The tough integrator
The deliverables
- What was deemed as not required; by the client; by the integrator
- What was actually delivered |
Help Wanted! - National PMI Project
Last month Todd Hutchison - Chairman of the Australian PMI Council (APC) was sent to members announced the development of a strategy to possibly move towards a single Australian PMI organisation based on single Chapter with Branches model (similar to New Zealand, Poland etc).
The APC see many benefits in this approach including:
- A National presence that will be recognised by the Australian Federal Government and major corporations;
- Members can move interstate and retain the same membership;
- The greater power and reach of a national body will increase the awareness of PMI chapters, their members and its certification leading to an advantage for PMI certified individuals when they are seeking employment.
A project manager has now been appointed by the APC to further develop this strategy and we are seeking a registration of interest from our members to volunteer and join the team on this National PMI project.
We currently need volunteers from our membership who have good finance, legal, marketing or change management skills. If you are interested in joining the team please get in touch with your local chapter president at http://www.pmichapters-australia.org.au/officers.htm
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