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Friday, November 21, 2008
PM Days Symposium in Finland Concludes with Promotion for next year's 23rd IPMA Worlde Congrss in Helsinki
The 2008 PM Days Project Management Symposium in Espoo, Finland concluded on Wednesday afternoon,19 November with a promotion and drawing for two free admissions for next year's IPMA congress in Helsinki. The 2008 PM Days symposium, held during 18-19 November 2008 is the annual conference of the Project Management Association of Finland - Projektiyhdistys.
The second day of the symposium began with a keynote address by Dr. Harold Kerzner, widely recognized as one of the world’s foremost authorities on modern project management, who spoke in the topic of "Increased Corporate Performance through Best Practices." Dr. Kerzner addressed a crowd of approximately 400 participants standing in the open exhibition area, where all keynote speeches and announcements were made from a main stage.
According to Dr. Kerzner, "We have been practicing project management all wrong for decades. Instead of worrying so about the triple constraints of cost, schedule and quality, the focus should be on value. Project Management must deliver value when the job is done." He added, "I’ve seen a draft of the 4th edition of the PMBOK Guide, and it is much better."
(Photo: Dr. Harold Kerzner speaking in Finland)
Day two of the two-day conference, held at Teknillinen korkeakoulu Koulutuskeskus (TKK) Dipoli university, also included 29 professional presentations over four tracks, 12 short presentations by project management companies; a continuation of the exhibition of sponsors and partners, a networking lunch in the exhibition area, and a closing plenary at the end of the day during which drawings were held for two free admissions to next year’s IPMA congress.
Some noted presentations during the day included "The Power of Personal Character" by Helen Cooke (USA); "Managing mission-critical national program in Russia’s energy sector: success story and lessons learned,” by Alexander Kutuzov (Russia); "Perspectives to Complex Project Management challenges in the Systems-of-Systems Engineering Context" by Professor Brian Sauser (USA); "Requirements Development and Architectural Trades using Scenarios and Multiple Lines of Development in System of System Procurement" by Professor Paul Davis (UK); and many others.
(Photos: Helen Cooke presentationl; Alexander Kutuzov presentation; Jyry Louhisto during closing session drawing winners of free IPMA 2009 world congress tickets)
The local host of the 2008 PM Days symposium in Helsinki was Projektiyhdistys, Project Management Association Finland, based in Espoo. Projektiyhdistys is the national membership body for Finland in the International Project Management Association (IPMA) and is the oldest and largest national PM Association in Northern Europe. The general manager of Projekiyhdistys is Jyry Louhisto, who is also the project director for the 23rd IPMA World Congress in Finland. For further information, visit www.pry.fi.
The second day of the symposium began with a keynote address by Dr. Harold Kerzner, widely recognized as one of the world’s foremost authorities on modern project management, who spoke in the topic of "Increased Corporate Performance through Best Practices." Dr. Kerzner addressed a crowd of approximately 400 participants standing in the open exhibition area, where all keynote speeches and announcements were made from a main stage.
(Photo: Dr. Harold Kerzner speaking in Finland)
Day two of the two-day conference, held at Teknillinen korkeakoulu Koulutuskeskus (TKK) Dipoli university, also included 29 professional presentations over four tracks, 12 short presentations by project management companies; a continuation of the exhibition of sponsors and partners, a networking lunch in the exhibition area, and a closing plenary at the end of the day during which drawings were held for two free admissions to next year’s IPMA congress.
Some noted presentations during the day included "The Power of Personal Character" by Helen Cooke (USA); "Managing mission-critical national program in Russia’s energy sector: success story and lessons learned,” by Alexander Kutuzov (Russia); "Perspectives to Complex Project Management challenges in the Systems-of-Systems Engineering Context" by Professor Brian Sauser (USA); "Requirements Development and Architectural Trades using Scenarios and Multiple Lines of Development in System of System Procurement" by Professor Paul Davis (UK); and many others.
The local host of the 2008 PM Days symposium in Helsinki was Projektiyhdistys, Project Management Association Finland, based in Espoo. Projektiyhdistys is the national membership body for Finland in the International Project Management Association (IPMA) and is the oldest and largest national PM Association in Northern Europe. The general manager of Projekiyhdistys is Jyry Louhisto, who is also the project director for the 23rd IPMA World Congress in Finland. For further information, visit www.pry.fi.
