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Monday, December 18, 2006
Dr. Martin Barnes named PMF Global Advisor
Dr. Martin Barnes, PhD, one of the world‘s best known authorities on the subject of modern project management, has agreed to become a global advisor for PMForum.org. One of the most widely recognized figures in the project management profession in Great Britain, Dr. Barnes is currently President of the Association for Project Management (APM), the professional body for project managers in the UK. He was a founding member (no. 10) of APM in 1972 and has been a force in its growth and development throughout its life. He was APM Chair in the 1980s and has seen it grow to a respected qualifying body with 14,000 members today. He was named an APM Fellow in 1995.
Martin has a civil engineering degree from the University of London and a PhD from the University of Manchester, UK. His doctorate was awarded in 1971 for research into improved methods of financial control for engineering projects. Martin Barnes invented the classic Time/Cost/Quality triangle and has other developments of project management technique to his credit. He was a pioneer in considering the human factors in project management when others where still confining themselves to applying network analysis and numbers-based cost control.
Martin built up his own substantial project management business over 15 years until it merged with what is now PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1985. Now a consultant in project management, he was Executive Director of the Major Projects Association (MPA) for nine years until 2006. The MPA is an influential body made up of the largest organizations based in the UK which are involved in the conduct of the biggest projects of all types.
Dr Barnes has advised on the initiation and management of significant projects in many countries in Europe, Asia and Africa. His clients have included the World Bank, other funding agencies, governments, promoters and major contractors. He has worked on all types of engineering projects and also on projects in the defense, aerospace, IT, financial, business change and media sectors. Martin’s BBC television programme on project management is used as a training aid in many countries. He has acted as expert witness in a number of arbitrations concerning major projects.
Martin led the team that designed and produced the New Engineering Contract, (NEC) the first and possibly still the only system of contracts designed to facilitate and stimulate the use of modern project management practices across all the contributors contracted together to deliver a project. Using the NEC significantly improves the outcome of projects for both promoters and the supply side. It is now being used in over 20 countries and has been adopted as the preferred contract by the UK government for all publicly funded projects.
Martin Barnes has been active in the IPMA since 1972 having attended all but one of its world congresses since that year and presented papers at most of them.
In the UK, Dr Barnes is a recipient of the Chartered Institute of Management’s Special Award and of the Institution of Civil Engineers’ Watson Medal, both for his personal contributions to the development of project management. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, the UK’s highest engineering recognition, and is a Churchill Fellow. Martin lives near Oxford and can be contacted at cornbrash@aol.com.
The pmforum.org team welcomes Martin Barnes as a global advisor in support of pmforum.org, PM World Today and the world of project management.
On September 5, 2006, PMForum.org announced the formation of a Global Advisory Panel to provide advice and feedback to the editorial team at www.pmforum.org and PM World Today. The PMF Global Advisory Panel consists of current and former leaders of project management professional societies and organizations around the world. Their experience and insight will help guide Pmforum.org in matters associated with the world of professional project management. In particular, the group advises the managing editor on ways to serve the international PM community. More information about the Global Advisory Panel can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/pm%20forum%20team/index.htm#3.
Established in 1995 by the late David Curling, PMI Fellow and globally recognized professional leader based in Canada, www.pmforum.org is one of the most popular and widely known websites in the world of project management. Pmforum.org is one of the world’s leading sources of project management news and information and the home of the monthly online PM World Today e-Journal, where viewpoints, articles, case studies and papers by leading PM authorities and experts from around the world can be found. Free subscriptions are available at www.pmforum.org/subscribe.
Martin built up his own substantial project management business over 15 years until it merged with what is now PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1985. Now a consultant in project management, he was Executive Director of the Major Projects Association (MPA) for nine years until 2006. The MPA is an influential body made up of the largest organizations based in the UK which are involved in the conduct of the biggest projects of all types.
Dr Barnes has advised on the initiation and management of significant projects in many countries in Europe, Asia and Africa. His clients have included the World Bank, other funding agencies, governments, promoters and major contractors. He has worked on all types of engineering projects and also on projects in the defense, aerospace, IT, financial, business change and media sectors. Martin’s BBC television programme on project management is used as a training aid in many countries. He has acted as expert witness in a number of arbitrations concerning major projects.
Martin led the team that designed and produced the New Engineering Contract, (NEC) the first and possibly still the only system of contracts designed to facilitate and stimulate the use of modern project management practices across all the contributors contracted together to deliver a project. Using the NEC significantly improves the outcome of projects for both promoters and the supply side. It is now being used in over 20 countries and has been adopted as the preferred contract by the UK government for all publicly funded projects.
Martin Barnes has been active in the IPMA since 1972 having attended all but one of its world congresses since that year and presented papers at most of them.
The pmforum.org team welcomes Martin Barnes as a global advisor in support of pmforum.org, PM World Today and the world of project management.
On September 5, 2006, PMForum.org announced the formation of a Global Advisory Panel to provide advice and feedback to the editorial team at www.pmforum.org and PM World Today. The PMF Global Advisory Panel consists of current and former leaders of project management professional societies and organizations around the world. Their experience and insight will help guide Pmforum.org in matters associated with the world of professional project management. In particular, the group advises the managing editor on ways to serve the international PM community. More information about the Global Advisory Panel can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/pm%20forum%20team/index.htm#3.
Established in 1995 by the late David Curling, PMI Fellow and globally recognized professional leader based in Canada, www.pmforum.org is one of the most popular and widely known websites in the world of project management. Pmforum.org is one of the world’s leading sources of project management news and information and the home of the monthly online PM World Today e-Journal, where viewpoints, articles, case studies and papers by leading PM authorities and experts from around the world can be found. Free subscriptions are available at www.pmforum.org/subscribe.
