PgMP Local Interest Workgroup Meeting

 

The next meeting of the Program Management Local Interest Workgroup is being held on September 23rd at Sogeti in Diemen.

As in previous years PMI Netherlands Chapter, in co-operation with our Sponsor Dhirata organises, 4 Short Tracks related to PMI Standards.

The fourth and last Short Track this year will be organised on Friday December 10th, 2010 in Amsterdam at the office of Enabling Resources Consultancy (Barentszplein 4F).

As in previous years PMI Netherlands Chapter, in co-operation with our Sponsor Dhirata organises, 4 Short Tracks related to PMI Standards.

The third Short Track this year will be organised on Friday November 12th, 2010 in Amsterdam at the office of Enabling Resources Consultancy (Barentszplein 4F).

As in previous years PMI Netherlands Chapter, in co-operation with our Sponsor Dhirata organises, 4 Short Tracks related to PMI Standards.

The second Short Track this year will be organised on Thursday October 7th, 2010 in Amsterdam at the office of Enabling Resources Consultancy (Barentszplein 4F).

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Join the CA PPM Experience Simulation Workshop

We are proud to invite you to an innovative Project Portfolio Management (PPM) simulation workshop : THE CA PPM EXPERIENCE which will be organised by CA Technologies.  Due to the fact that only 15 people can attend the workshop at the same time, three workshops will be organised on the following dates : October 20, 26 and 28 at the office of CA Technologies office in Utrecht.

The workshop will start at 17.00 and ends at 21:30.

The registration for the 11th PMI Benelkux Day has opened.

Read more information in this document.

Register your attendance at the website of the 11th PMI Benelux Day.

Pass your CAPM or PMP Exam before the end of 2010

You decided to take PMI´s certification Exam (CAPM or PMP Credential*). Now it’s time to prepare for the Exam consisting of a huge number of multiple-choice questions you will need to answer during the Exam.

Enrol in the CAPM and PMP Exam Coaching Class.

Experienced PMP’s are coaching candidates preparing for the CAPM or PMP Exam. For almost 10 years the PMI Netherlands Chapter is supporting members who are going to sit for PMI´s Exam. Most of the attendants have passed their Exam on their first try short after the class.

 

Van Haren Publishing and PMI Netherlands Chapter are proud to announce the publication of

 A pocket companion to PMI's PMBOK® Guide.

The PMBOK® Guide as an easy digestible pocket edition.

Please note that members of PMI Netherlands Chapter are eligible for a 15% discount on items ordered at the Bookshop (see menu choice Publications)

Enter the  following statement in te comment box at the order form :

"I am a member of PMI NetherlandsChapter, my membership number = xxxx".

Replace xxxx by your PMI membership id.

Click here to go the Bookshop

The second annual Earned Value Analysis conference for continental Europe: EVA Europe 2010 (www.eva-europe.eu), to be held November 24 & 25, 2010 at Het Pand, Ghent (Belgium) will be dedicated to topical issues at the forefront of Earned Value Analysis/Management (EVA/EVM) practice and research. EVA Europe is organized by an independent team of high level experts in the domain in conjunction with Ghent University, Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN) and the Geneva School of Business Administration (HEG).
 
EVA Europe is the pivotal event propagating EVA (EVM) Best Practice throughout continental Europe. Over the years, EVA (EVM) has become a vital project management tool. This technique has been widespread in the Anglo-Saxon world for a number of decades and continental Europe is increasingly following suit. It is essential that researchers in this field of expertise have a European forum to stimulate interaction on the theme.

Project Controls for Every Body: EVA Europe 2010 will propose a balanced combination of technical presentations, training and an academic track on the project control and performance measurement theme.

Attendees

Attendees can register on the website for a single day or for the full two days. All full conference registrations include entry to all conference sessions, morning and afternoon tea breaks and lunch. An optional evening dinner can be added as an ideal network opportunity. Students, speakers and partners (members of PMI Belgium) can register at reduced rates. Early bird registration is possible until September 30, 2010.

Speakers

Speakers can submit short or extended abstracts (see conference website). All accepted abstracts will be published in the conference proceedings (USB or booklet). 
The DEADLINE for submitting your abstracts is September 4, 2010. For those papers accepted on the basis of the extended abstract, a possibility to submit a full paper will be evaluated by the organizing committee.
Abstract templates and publication guidelines are available on http://www.eva-europe.eu/2010/conf/templ/templates.html.

 

Ravi Srinivasan is a PhD student in The Eli Broad School of Business at Michigan State University in USA. He is currently working on a dissertation which examines effective methods of managing outsourcing engagements. As part of the dissertation process, he is collecting responses from project managers who are currently involved (or were recently involved) in an outsourcing engagement.

This research examines an important area to our membership and each respondent will be entered into a raffle to win one of three iPads and will be provided a detailed executive brief of the findings, if the respondent indicates that he/she would like to receive the report.

Topic of the survey: 

Governing outsourcing engagements in the presence of uncertainty and supplier opportunism

Brief Description:

Successfully managing an outsourcing engagement is a difficult endeavor. It becomes even more difficult when the supplier acts opportunistically and the project team encounters uncertainty in requirements, resources and technology. The goal of this study is to examine governance mechanisms used by buying firms/ units and recommend appropriate methods to manage an outsourcing engagement under conditions of opportunism and uncertainty. Your participation in this study will enable us to examine effective methods of managing outsourcing projects.

Contact:  Ravi Srinivasan, Michigan State University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

 

Follow this link to fill in the survey.

 

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