PMFORUM Breaking News

Reported by Peter Mello in Brazil

For a couple of years, a web listing community has being managed by LAPIS (Luiz Augusto P. Silva) and it is getting close to 5,000 subscribers gathered around Project Management, with over 30 daily posts regarding planning, scheduling, job opportunities and networking.

While building a democratic space for discussing all aspects of project management, Luiz developed the skills and experience transmitted to this book as a Project Coordinator at Petrobras. The book also includes experiences from Marcus Possi and it is seen as a PM book, not a tool guide.

The recognition from the community to his work was shown in the event that happened yesterday (June 18th, 2008) at Saraiva Books Store where he had his book signing. In the picture, we see Possi on the right and LÁPIS on the left. Even a movie was soon posted in the internet for the other members of the community that could not be present at the signing.

The publishing market in Brazil is not very strong and the book struggled its way to the shelves while new versions of the Primavera Software were being launched.

Anyone that would think that this book would not become a big hit simply doesn’t know anything about the planners’ community in Brazil, which was extremely happy with this long awaited book!

More information at http://www.ecthos.com/anuncios/P3Movie

Peter Mello, SpS, PMP International Correspondent - Brazil Based in São Paulo State Peter Mello, SpS, PMP is an International Correspondent for PMForum in Brasil. He is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and a Senior Consultant for X25 Treinamento e Consultoria (X25), based in Brasilia, Brazil. He provides project management training and consulting services to governmental and industrial organizations in Brazil. Peter presently works with a portfolio of projects in the Petroleum & Gas industry. His professional experience also includes project and risk management for large projects in the IT Industry and Government, and scheduling optimization using critical chain and Success Driven Project Management concepts. More information about Peter can be seen at http://www.pmforum.org/pm%20forum%20team/index.htm. He can be contacted at peter.mello@x25.com.br.