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Alan Stretton, AIPM Fellow & former Rhodes Scholar, Named Global Advisor for PMForum in Australia
Alan Stretton, PhD, Fellow of the Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM) and former chair of the PMI Standards Committee, has been named a Global Advisor for PMForum in Australia. One of the world’s most widely respected figures in the project management profession, Alan has recently retired from his second project management-related career at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) where he was an Adjunct Professor of Project Management in the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building. He joined UTS in 1988 to develop and deliver a Master of Project Management program.
Prior to joining UTS, Alan worked in the building and construction industries in Australia, New Zealand and the USA for some 38 years, which included the management of construction, R&D, introduction of information and control systems, internal management education programs, and organisational change projects.
Alan received a Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Tasmania (BE, Tasmania) and a Masters Degree in Mathematics from the University of Oxford (UK). He was the Tasmanian Rhodes Scholar for 1948. He was awarded a Honoris Causa Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, hon) in Strategy, Programme & Project Management by Ecole Superieure de Commerce de Lille, France (ESC, Lille) in 2005 for his many contributions to the field of project management.
Alan started his professional career in the construction division of the Hydro-Electric Commission of Tasmania in 1947-48. He was an engineer and construction supervisor for the Snowy Mountain Hydro-Electric Authority in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, from 1952-1957, which included one year in the USA on in-service training with the Bureau of Reclamation.
Alan was a civil engineering consultant in Dunedin, New Zealand, during 1957-1960, and then spent two years at construction contractors Thiess Bros Pty Ltd before joining Lend Lease Corporation Ltd in Sdyney where he spent the next 26 years. At Lend Lease, now one of the world’s largest construction and property development companies, Alan was Senior Office Engineer, Planning Manager at their head office, Assistant to the Managing Director, Manager of Special Projects (Civil & Civic Pty Ltd) and Manager of Special Projects for Lend Lease. In this latter position, Alan was responsible for corporate planning, “future watch” projects, corporate outreach projects, trouble-shooting, and the development of the “PREDICTE” expert system project.
After retiring from Lend Lease at the end of 1987, Alan joined UTS in the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building, first as a Visiting Professor and later as an Adjunct Professor of Project Management. He retired in 2006 after nearly 20 years in this second career of researching, writing about and teaching project management in Australia.
Alan was the Australian representative on the International Editorial Board of the International Journal of Project Management from 1992 through 1Dr. Stretton has been extensively involved in project management professional development activities for decades. With the School of Building, UTS, he was involved in part-time teaching of project planning in graduate diploma and masters courses during 1968-75, part-time teaching of company and marketing planning to masters students in 1979, and was chairman of the visiting committee to the School of Building during 1980-87, and visiting professor in 1987.
Alan was Chairman of the Standards (PMBOK) Committee of the Project Management Institute (PMI) from late 1989 to early 1992, and a member of the PMI Standards Committee through 1996. With AIPM, he was a Member of the Professional Affairs Committee during 1990-92, Intersociety Relations Committee 1989-93, Development of Study Guides for Registered Project Manager examinations in 1994, and a Member of the Core Working Group of the Industry Representative Group for the development of Competency Standards for Project Managers during 1994-95. Alan was elected a Life Fellow of AIPM in 1996.
Since 1977, Alan Stretton has published over seventy professional articles and papers related to project management, many of them significant contributions to the field of PM. He has made 34 professional paper presentations at project management conferences since 1980 in Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, and the USA.
The PMForum team welcomes Alan Stretton as a Global Advisor for www.pmforum.org, PM World Today and the world of project management.
In September 2006, PMForum 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 now consists of former leaders of project management professional societies and organizations around the world. Their experience and insight help guide PMForum 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. Information about PMForum’s Global Advisors can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/pm%20forum%20team/index.htm#3.
Established in 1995, www.pmforum.org was the world’s first website devoted to professional project management and continues to be one of the world’s most popular sources of project management news and information. PMForum is a company formed to operate and administer the pmforum.org website. PMForum also produces the monthly online PM World Today eJournal where articles, case studies, papers and viewpoints by leading PM authorities from around the world can be found; free subscriptions are available at www.pmworldtoday.net.
Alan received a Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Tasmania (BE, Tasmania) and a Masters Degree in Mathematics from the University of Oxford (UK). He was the Tasmanian Rhodes Scholar for 1948. He was awarded a Honoris Causa Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, hon) in Strategy, Programme & Project Management by Ecole Superieure de Commerce de Lille, France (ESC, Lille) in 2005 for his many contributions to the field of project management.
Alan started his professional career in the construction division of the Hydro-Electric Commission of Tasmania in 1947-48. He was an engineer and construction supervisor for the Snowy Mountain Hydro-Electric Authority in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, from 1952-1957, which included one year in the USA on in-service training with the Bureau of Reclamation.
Alan was a civil engineering consultant in Dunedin, New Zealand, during 1957-1960, and then spent two years at construction contractors Thiess Bros Pty Ltd before joining Lend Lease Corporation Ltd in Sdyney where he spent the next 26 years. At Lend Lease, now one of the world’s largest construction and property development companies, Alan was Senior Office Engineer, Planning Manager at their head office, Assistant to the Managing Director, Manager of Special Projects (Civil & Civic Pty Ltd) and Manager of Special Projects for Lend Lease. In this latter position, Alan was responsible for corporate planning, “future watch” projects, corporate outreach projects, trouble-shooting, and the development of the “PREDICTE” expert system project.
After retiring from Lend Lease at the end of 1987, Alan joined UTS in the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building, first as a Visiting Professor and later as an Adjunct Professor of Project Management. He retired in 2006 after nearly 20 years in this second career of researching, writing about and teaching project management in Australia.
Alan was Chairman of the Standards (PMBOK) Committee of the Project Management Institute (PMI) from late 1989 to early 1992, and a member of the PMI Standards Committee through 1996. With AIPM, he was a Member of the Professional Affairs Committee during 1990-92, Intersociety Relations Committee 1989-93, Development of Study Guides for Registered Project Manager examinations in 1994, and a Member of the Core Working Group of the Industry Representative Group for the development of Competency Standards for Project Managers during 1994-95. Alan was elected a Life Fellow of AIPM in 1996.
The PMForum team welcomes Alan Stretton as a Global Advisor for www.pmforum.org, PM World Today and the world of project management.
In September 2006, PMForum 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 now consists of former leaders of project management professional societies and organizations around the world. Their experience and insight help guide PMForum 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. Information about PMForum’s Global Advisors can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/pm%20forum%20team/index.htm#3.
Established in 1995, www.pmforum.org was the world’s first website devoted to professional project management and continues to be one of the world’s most popular sources of project management news and information. PMForum is a company formed to operate and administer the pmforum.org website. PMForum also produces the monthly online PM World Today eJournal where articles, case studies, papers and viewpoints by leading PM authorities from around the world can be found; free subscriptions are available at www.pmworldtoday.net.
