You can still book for the next Chapter event which will take place next Tuesday, 27 April. Peter Hill from International Software Benchmarking Standards Group will present on Software Estimation on how to look at practical ways to estimate or verify: size, effort and duration of software projects, particularly early in their life cycle. Based on industry history data, Peter will provide examples of how estimates can be established using the known attributes of a piece of software at any stage in it's life.
Also remember to check the White Papers located under Resources in our website. We publish a new one with every newsletter edition. Latest one is about Organisational Support which reviews Enterprise Environment Factors (EEF) and Organisational Process Assets (OPA) as the two forms of support the organisation provides to assist project teams in managing and delivering their projects.
Although it is a bit late, however, we have recently obtained the details on how to purchase photos taken during the PMI Global Congress-Asia Pacific. Simply click on this link and enter PMI as your user ID and password.
We would like to remind you that we welcome your feedback about our newsletters. Please inform us any articles you would like to be included by clicking here. Look forward to hearing from you.
Regards,
Communications Team
Editors: Kirrilly Shipley and Annie Sheehan
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PMI Melbourne Chapter
Professional Development Courses
 The Melbourne Chapter offers professional development opportunities regularly. We have currently updated our website to list PMI credential and short courses seperately to make it easy to search for everyone. The new menu structure is shown here. Please check out our website, and we welcome your feedback.
Here are more information about the most recent training courses that are on offer:
The next Certification Study Preparation class will take place on six consecutive Wednesdays starting from May 12. It is designed for project managers to prepare for the PMP® Certification Examination. Attending this course will qualify the training requirement of 35 hours. The sessions are:
- Initiating the Project
- Planning the PMBOK® Project
- Completing the Project Plan
- Executing the Project Plan
- Controlling and Closing the Project
- Benchmark yourself
Total cost is $1,980 for members and $2,475 for non-members. The bookings can be done via our website.
If you are performing, or intend to perform the role of business analyst, or if you are employed within business functions and asked to perform the role of project manager; then this course is for you. It is designed to develop the important project management skills required by Business and Systems analysts and facilitate seamless transition from business and systems analysis to project delivery. It will also assist if you are seeking certification as a Business Analyst through the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) (Refer www.theiiba.org).
Total cost is $660 for members and $880 for non-members. The bookings can be done via our website.
Project Performance Measurement
13 May 2010, 1 day course
The Project Performance Measurement training is designed to show Project Managers and other project stakeholders how to practically implement project performance measurement using a standards based Earned Value approach. If you need to enhance your skills on how objectively measure and report your project performance against cost and time, or assess and respond to project status; and gain 6 PDUs at the same time; this is a course to attend. It costs $330 for members and $440 for non-members.
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Do you know the best Project Manager in Australia?
Do you know a Project Management Professional that has made a significant contribution to the development of PMI in Australia and Internationally?
PMI Project Manager of the Year Awards
The Project Manager of the Year award is open to any Project Manager working in Australia who has completed (or practically completed) a project (or major section of the Project) in the 12 months preceding the award cut off date. A Project Manager of the year will be chosen for each state chapter and the state chapter winners will compete for the Australian Project of the Year.
PMI Distinguished Contribution Awards Year Award
The Distinguished Contribution Award recognizes an individual who has expanded or advanced the project management profession in Australia or made significant contributions to the aims and objectives of PMI in the year preceding the award.
The awards are open to Australian PMI Chapter members and any non-member who becomes a member of both PMI and an Australian chapter prior to the closing of nominations on June 30th 2010.
The 2010 Awards presentation will be made at the PMOz Project Management Conference in Brisbane August 2010.
Closing date for nominations is 30th June 2010.
The latest information including nomination procedures can be found on the PMI Australia web site.
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