Greetings!
Welcome to our June issue of the newsletter. Several news items are: - Special General Meeting (SGM) was held on 24th of May and the proposed Chapter Rules were approved by the members attending. They have now been submitted to the Consumer Affairs Victoria (CAV) for registration.
- Our Chapter Secretary, Kimberley Martin, has taken two months leave of absence from her duties as Secretary, over June and July. The Board has asked Ken Farnes as Public Officer to fill the important governance role. Please direct any emails or enquiries to either Lynda Bourne at president@melbourne.pmi.org.au or Lindsay Whitehead at vicepresident@melbourne.pmi.org.au.
Enjoy the newsletter and remember to inform us about articles and/or PM events you would like us to include. |
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Upcoming Courses
The PMI Melbourne Chapter offers a variety of courses based on the PMBOK to help people prepare for their PMI Credential examinations and to enhance their project management skills, knowledge and performance.
PMI Credential Courses:
Short Courses:
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Australian Professional Awards Program 
Only 1 month left to nominate for Project Manager of the Year and the Distinguished Contribution Award!
This is a fantastic opportunity to gain recognition by your peers. Nomination alone marks you out as above the average and will help in future advancement through visibility of you and the quality of your work. Encouraging and helping a colleague to nominate is a tangible way of publicly acknowledging the quality of their work. Your company will also benefit through recognition within the Project Management community of the quality of project work being undertaken by your organization.
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.
Don't wait! Get your nomination in, or nominate someone you know.
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Sad News: Rita Mulcahy 
Rita Mulcahy, Founder of RMC Project Management and the best-selling project management author of all-time, passed away on Saturday, May 15th 2010, from complications related to a five-year battle with Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC). She was 50. Rita leaves behind husband Tim Mulcahy, current Vice-President and Chief Legal Counsel for RMC, and two children, ages 7 and 5. Her products, specially the best-selling PMP Exam Prep book, are one of the most sought after in the project management profession in the world. For professionals of all continents, she simplified the task of studying for what many believe are some of the hardest exams to pass. Our condelences to her family and to the project management community. |
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Major Water Capital Projects
The large-scale projects required in the water services sector over the next five to ten years will cost billions
They will involve complex technical, environmental and financial issues, complex decision-making and approval processes, large numbers of vendors, and have high stakes in terms of performance, liability and safety. Due to their widespread impacts, these projects will come under intense scrutiny from community, regional and industry stakeholders, and the reputations and careers of the leaders and decision-makers involved will be at risk. 
These projects, like major capital infrastructure projects in other sectors of the economy, will involve risk and challenges at every stage in the project lifecycle: from strategy and planning to conceptual design, approval, contract award, detailed design, financing, construction and operation.
Broad historical data puts the average cost overrun of original budget in projects in excess of $1 billion at 34%. With substantial investment in water projects already underway across the nation, early indications
are that considerable cost overruns are already being experienced - even though many projects are not yet at construction phase.
... Interested to read the rest, the article is posted in White Papers section of our website.
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Complimentary Webinar
Maximising Return on Event: 18 June, 2:00 PM AEST
Cevent has invited our members to a complimentary webinar on Maximising Return on Event - The ratio of money gained or lost by investing in an event relative to the amount of money invested in the production of an event.
To register, you can click here. We hope you will enjoy the session. |
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The Melbourne Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI) is part of an international not-for-profit professional organisation dedicated to the advancement of project management excellence through professionalism. With more than 500,000 members in over 170 countries, PMI is the leading membership association for the project management profession. PMI is recognized for the advocacy programs conducted with governments, organizations and industries around the world as they recognize and embrace project management to achieve business results. |
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Sincerely,
Communications Team
PMI Melbourne Chapter |
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Chapter Meeting
Tuesday 29 June
Subject:
Using Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) tools to improve project quality and collaboration, governance, resource management and Project/Portfolio analysis
Speaker:
Gary Rubinstein
Practice Principal
Revolution IT Pty Ltd
Venue:
Telstra Conference Room 1, Level 1,
242 Exhibition Street
Timing:
5.30 pm to 8.00 pm
5.30 pm refreshments for a 6.30 pm start
Cost:
PMI Melbourne Chapter Members
Free!
Guests & Other PMI Members
$35.00
Register Here
Members - If you login first and then register, you can see the event under your bookings.
Please tell us if you have registered but are now not coming! It saves expense for the Chapter (and you). |
Our Sponsors
 PMI Melbourne Chapter thanks its sponsors |
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Your PMI and Melbourne Chapter fees may for many of our members be considered to be Professional Association Fees from a tax perspective and could for those who work in projects be tax deductible according to Australian Taxation Office ruling TR 95/9. If you are in doubt, consult your accountant before claiming this tax deduction.
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Assistance with Research
Two requests have been made for the members to respond to surveys:
- Valencia Dyett from Lynn University, Boca Raton, Florida, is researching on Organizational Management for her PhD with a specialisation in PM. If you are interested in contributin to research on the role of the project manager during the project lifecycle, click here.
- Steffen Haefele and Volker Wochele from University of Canterbury in Christchurch, NZ, are researching Knowledge Management and Team Building processes in PM environments. Their survey can be found here. |
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