PMFORUM Breaking News

Reported by Rob Posener in Sydney

The PMI Global Congress Asia Pacific 2008 Project Management Conference opened in Sydney on Monday 3rd March and closed on 5th March. In no particular order, and without comment, the following quotations from the three days of proceedings are presented for your entertainment…

1. All we Australian’s know about Kentucky is Jim Beam


2. You can have it cheap, quick and dirty… pick any two


3. Losers visualise the penalties of failure, winners visualise the rewards of success


4. Its always the back row


5. We don’t re-organise every 18 months - its every 9 months


6. Having a daughter has taught me how to deal with senior management


7. Experienced Project Managers know when to duck or move to the side


8. Experienced Project Managers know when to apply a bandaid to keep the bleeding down or when to let the patient die


9. A night time lumberjack is someone who steals timber from a construction site


10. Constraints are essentially risks that have a probability of 100%


11. Expectations are met and exceeded when passion lives


12. Alignment is scope control for strategy


13. Business objectives are the WBS for strategy

The PMI Global Congress – Asia Pacific is one of four global congresses organized each year by PMI®, along with congresses in the Europe Middle East Africa (EMEA), Latin America and North America regions. The PMI Global Congresses are some of the largest project management-related events in the world and include educational seminars, professional paper presentations, vendor exhibitions, networking events, and professional meetings. PMI also conducts regional leadership meetings in connection with each Global Congress, at which leaders of PMI components, committees and operations staff meet on PMI business. For more information about Global Congresses, visit http://congresses.pmi.org/.

With more than 260,000 members in 171 countries, the Project Management Institute (PMI®) is the leading membership association for the project management profession and the largest association dedicated to project management in the world. As the leading advocate for the profession, PMI is actively engaged in setting professional standards, providing a professional career path for project managers and maintaining a family of globally-transferable professional credentials: Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM®), Project Management Professional (PMP®) and Program Management Professional (PgMPSM). Additionally, the Institute provides members with access to the knowledge, skills, educational support and networking opportunities needed to drive business results through project management. PMI is highly regarded for its extensive research capabilities. PMI was founded in 1969. Visit PMI.org for more information.

Robert Posener International Correspondent Australia Mr. Robert Posener is an International Correspondent for www.pmforum.org in Sydney, Australia. Mr. Posener is also founder and Managing Director of PMComplete Pty Ltd, a project management professional services company in Australia. For the last 30 years, Robert has managed projects for computer hardware, software and technology companies in Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Hong Kong and USA. Rob can be reached at robert.posener@pmcomplete.com.au. More information about Robert Posener can be found at www.pmforum.org/pm forum team/index.htm#Posener.