THE BUSINESS OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT

October 2010 Newsletter

 


October 2010 Newsletter   
Information and insights for the Program & Project Management Community

Upcoming Calendar                 

MetaPM Learning offers a comprehensive training program ranging from PRINCE2, MSP to P30.  Our Australia wide Courses have only a few spots vacant so hurry and book now as our November and December courses are filling fast!  Follow the link to view our public training calendar.  Read more...      

Contents                     

Featured Articles

 -
Enabling Project Success

 - 10 Principles


  - What is P3O?

Hints and Tips 

Tell us what you think 

Recent Events   

AIPM National Conference in Darwin
Gary Yorke a MetaPM Senior Project Manager and sits on the AIPM Governance committee recently attended the AIPM National Conference in Darwin. Read more...  

Upcoming Events                         

Human Systems Project Success Workshop

What makes a project successful? Success is a multi-faceted concept that can vary enormously depending on who is determining the success criteria. Read more...

AIPM
Risky Business Event

Risk Management for Project Benefits Realisation Read more...

PMI End of Year Event


"Solid Proof - The Future Will Be Expensive" Read more...

 

Welcome to the MetaPM August Newsletter

To succeed... you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you - Tony Dorsett

What does project success mean to you and more importantly the organisation you represent?

Given that most of the articles and publications focus on “failed” projects, we thought it time to consider what makes projects successful.

We hope you enjoy this newsletter and find its contents useful with information and insights into the world of Program & Project Management.  
 

If you have any queries regarding any of the information contained in this newsletter, please do not hesitate to
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Featured Articles

Enabling Project Success – Getting the Project Balance Right     

For many organisations, project success is measured in terms of on-time and on-budget project delivery.  However it is clear that this only measures the effectiveness of the project management discipline applied.  It doesn’t measure the success of the initiative (or intended capability) that the project delivers.  Read more...     

10 Principles for Delivering Successful Projects in Government       

Project Managers spend much of their time absorbed in the minutiae of project life; dealing with issues, preparing reports, attending meetings, tracking progress.  In this world it is valuable to have an overarching set of guiding principles to help maintain focus on the bigger picture.   We need to keep an eye on the chart while we continue to row hard or we’ll never get there! Read more...  

What is P3O?        

Establishment of a new National Health based Helpline

Through our consulting and training service, MetaPM has worked with many organisations to develop long lasting capability.  The attached case study provides a recent example of how project management expertise provided by MetaPM effectively guaranteed the delivery of the service on time. Despite a standing start, MetaPM quickly grasped the dimension of the Project, garnered the support and co-operation of internal suppliers as well as contributing in a substantive way to the development and deployment of the service solution. 
Read more...     

Case Study        

MetaPM engaged to customise, train and mentor

As a specialist project management consultancy and training firm, MetaPM works closely with a number of private and public sectors to assist them in the development of their PM delivery capability.

If you’re considering improving your organisational project management capability, there are many options to consider.  It’s not just about sending your team on some training courses or implementing a PM tool. If you’re goal is to build long term capability, then you need to be clear on you business requirements and be realistic on your organisation’s ability to deliver against these.
 
Through our consulting and training service, MetaPM has worked with many organisations to assist them develop their project delivery capability and maturity over time.  The attached case study provides a recent example of how we helped design and implement a PM method, provide training and assist with ongoing mentoring to ensure that the business goals where achieved. 
Read more...

Hints and Tips   

The following hints and tips have been used by our team; we hope you find them useful.

Global Alliance for Project Performance Standards (GAPPS) –
A Framework for Performance Based Competency Standards for Project Managers.

How NASA Builds Teams - Ken Lane, Editorial Director of Project Manager Today (PMT) asks Charlie Pellerin, formerly Director of Astrophysics at NASA, how his leadership of the Hubble repair project led to 4D Systems' Team & Team Leader Performance Assessment Suite, now used extensively at NASA and available from Human Systems. To watch the Video. click here
 

Tell us what you think

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'Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious, and adding the 
						meaningful' - John Maeda

  'Simplicity is about subtracting
  the obvious, and adding the
  meaningful' - John Maeda

 

 
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