PMFORUM Breaking News

Well known project management pioneer Russell Archibald (pictured - Mexico/USA) will team up with Vladimir Liberzon (Russia) and Peter Mello (Brazil) to present a serious new paper on "Success Driven Project Management" at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 6 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The paper will be presented in the R&D Track at the PMI College of Scheduling's 2008 Conference in Chicago. The R&D Track will be chaired by Fred Plotnick.

The full title of their paper is “The Application of Success Probabilities, Success Driven Project Management/SDPM, and Some Critical Chain Concepts to the Oil & Gas Industry in Brazil.” Russell Archibald is Principal of Archibald Associates, USA; Vladimir Liberzon (left photo) is General Director of Spider Project Team, Moscow, Russia; and Peter Berndt de Souza Mello (right photo) is a Director of X25 Treinamento e Consultoria, Brazil.

In their presentation and paper, the authors will present and discuss the practical application of range estimates for activity durations and/or resource requirements to produce success probability trends, a basic advance included in Success Driven Project Management/SDPM. SDPM has been used in Russian speaking countries for the past 15 years and includes concepts equal to certain critical chain features; all concepts underlying SDPM will be briefly described.

Recent experience in applying SDPM to projects in the oil and gas industry in Brazil will also be described, and open discussion of all aspects of SDPM will be encouraged. This should break new ground for North American-based project schedulers and project management and control applications.


The PMI COS 5th Annual Conference, “Scheduling: The Winds of Change”, will be held at the historic Drake Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, USA during May 4-7, 2008. Conference highlights will include:

• Keynote by Gregory Balestrero, CEO, Project Management Institute


• Over 60 informative sessions organized in 7 tracks


• AACE International's Planning and Scheduling Professional Exam (PSP)


• Expo hall filled with industry leading vendors and products


• Presentation of the Jim O'Brien Lifetime Achievement Award to be presented to Eric Jenett, AIChE, AACEi, PE and co-founder of the Project Management Institute in 1969


• Sponsor/Exhibitor Welcome Reception


• A night on the town at the Shedd Aquarium and dazzling evening of entertainment at the exquisite Gala Dinner

Conference attendees will be eligible for 14 PDU Credits. For more information, visit www.pmicosconference.com.

The PMI College of Scheduling (PMI COS) is a component of the Project Management Institute (PMI®) and is the only worldwide organization dedicated solely to advancing the techniques, practice and profession of Project Scheduling. The College works within PMI to build upon PMI’s many years of Scheduling Proceedings, Body of Knowledge, and expertise in establishing practice standards for the Project Management profession. The College is involved in all aspects and applications of the vitally important function of Project Scheduling. The Mission of the PMI COS is to provide a forum for Professionals to promote excellence in scheduling through networking, sharing project experiences, providing and receiving training, providing support and encouragement for the ongoing development of the PMI Body of Knowledge in the areas of scheduling and time management, and supporting project managers in their PMP certification efforts. For additional information, visit http://www.pmicos.org/.