News From Authors & Publishers - November 2006
- Alfonso Bucero Autographs New PM Book in Seattle
- Well-known Authors Autograph New PM Books at Seattle Congress
- NASCIO Releases Brief on Challenges of Government IT Project Management Offices
- Wideman PM Website Updates Announced for November
Alfonso Bucero Autographs New PM Book in Seattle
Mr. Alfonso Bucero, PMP, and Mr. Randall L. Englund, NPDP, CBM, have produced an important new book on project management (PM) that addresses one of the most serious problems confronted by those trying to introduce or advance modern PM in organizations, project sponsorship. Entitled "Project Sponsorship: Achieving Management Commitment for Project Success", the book was introduced at the Global Congress 2006 - North America sponsored by the Project Management Institute (PMI®). The Congress was held at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center in Seattle, Washington, USA during 21-24 October.
On Monday, 23 October, Mr. Bucero appeared at the PMI Bookstore in the Vendor Exhibition area of the congress in Seattle to sign copies of his new book for congress attendees. According to Alfonso, "this subject has affected my practice a lot. I felt that it had not been fully addressed in other PM books, so I decided to do it. Maybe it will help implement PM faster in some organizations."
Alfonso Bucero is a Contributing editor for PMI's PM Network magazine (Crossing Borders) and has published several articles in national and international PM magazines. Since 1994, he has been a frequent speaker at International PM Congresses and Symposiums. He previously authored the book "Dirección de Proyectos, una nueva vision" published by "LITO GRAPO Editors in Mexico in June 2003, and was the contributor of Chapter 7 of the book "Creating the Project Office", published on February 2003 by Jossey-Bass Editors (San Francisco/California), authored by Robert J. Gram., Paul Dinsmore and Randall L. Englund. This newest book, "Project Sponsorship - Achieving Commitment for Project Success" is co-authored by Randall L. Englund and was published by Jossey-Bass Editors in April 2006.
Alfonso Bucero, PMP (Project Management Profesional), is the founder and Managing Partner of BUCERO PM Consulting. He managed IIL Spain for almost two years, and was a Senior Project Manager at Hewlett-Packard Spain (Madrid Office) for thirteen years. Alfonso is a PMI member, a member of ALI (Asociación de Licenciados, Ingenieros y Doctores en Informática), AEIPRO (IPMA member) and DINTEL's advisor. Alfonso was the founder, Sponsor and President of PMI Barcelona, Spain Chapter until April 2005, and he is an IPMA Asessor. He was a member of the CoPAT (Congress Project Action Team) of PMI EMEA 2005 Congress in Edinburgh and for the PMI EMEA 2006 World Congress held in Madrid earlier this year.
Alfonso has a Computer Science Engineering degree by "Universidad Politécnica (Madrid)" and is now studying for his Ph.D. in "Project Management". He has 27 years of practical experience, with twenty-two of them in PM worldwide. He has managed and consulted projects in different countries in Europe, and has delivered PM training and consulting services in Spain, Mexico, UK, Belgium, Germany, France, USA, and Asia.
PMI's Global Congress - North America is one of four regional global congresses that are held each year at various locations around
the world and which have replaced PMI's annual Seminars/Symposium. Well known authors of PM textbooks are often invited to attend
and to autograph copies of their books purchased by congress attendees. More information about PMI can be found at www.pmi.org. More information about Alfonso's new PM books can be found at www.amazon.com or
www.englundpmc.com.
A resident of Madrid, Spain, Mr. Bucero can be contacted at www.abucero.com or calling to the number +34-916308156 or +34-653673328.
Well-known Authors Autograph New PM Books at Seattle Congress
Several well-known authors of project management textbooks and reports were on hand to sign their books on Monday, 23 October, and Tuesday, 24 October, 2006 at the Global Congress 2006 - North America sponsored by the Project Management Institute (PMI®). The Congress was held at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center in Seattle, Washington, USA during 21-24 October.
On Monday, David Cleland, PhD, signed copies of three books that he has either authored or co-authored in recent years: Project Management, Fifth Edition; Global Project Management Handbook, Second Edition; and Project Manager's Portable Handbook, Second Edition.
Quentin Fleming and Joel Koppleman were on hand to sign copies of their popular book: Earned Value Project Management, Third Edition. Quentin also signed copies of his new book: Project Procurement Management: Contracting, Subcontracting, Teaming.
Other authors signing copies of their new books on Monday in Seattle included David Hillson (Understanding & Managing Risk Attitude; Effective Opportunity Management for Projects: Exploiting Positive Risk); Alfonso Bucero (PMP Project Sponsorship: Achieving Management Commitment for Project Success); and Janice Thomas, PhD. (Professionalization of Project Management: Exploring the Past to Map the Future).
On Tuesday, 24 October, the following authors also participated in an autographing session near PMI's bookstore in the vendor exhibition
area in the Washington State Exposition Center in Seattle, These included:
- Jeanette Cabanis-Brewin (Optimizing Human Capital with a Strategic Project Office; and The AMA Handbook of Project Management, Second Edition)
- J. Kent Crawford (Optimizing Human Capital with a Strategic project Office)
- Steven W. Flannes, Ph.D. (Essential People Skills for Project Managers)
- Ginger Levin, DPA (Essential People Skills for Project Managers; Metrics for Project Management: Formalized Approaches)
- Kenneth H. Rose, PMP (Project Quality Management: Why, What and How)
- Neal Whitten, PMP (The EnterPrize Organization: Organizing Software Projects for Accountability and Success; Neal Whitten's No Nonsense Advice for Successful Projects)
PMI's Global Congress - North America is one of four regional global congresses that are held each year at various locations around the world and which have replaced PMI's annual Seminars/Symposium. Well known authors of PM textbooks are often invited to attend and to autograph copies of their books purchased by congress attendees. More information about the books mentioned above can be found in the PMI Bookstore, which can be found at www.pmi.org/bookstore.
With nearly 220,000 members in over 150 countries, PMI is the world's largest and best-known project management professional society. PMI is engaged in advocacy for the PM profession, setting standards, conducting research and providing access to a wide variety of information and resources. PMI also promotes career and professional development and offers certification, networking and community involvement opportunities. PMI was founded in the USA in 1969, but is now a global organization with members, chapters and offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.pmi.org
NASCIO Releases Brief on Challenges of Government IT Project Management Offices
The National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) has released a report entitled "Looking to the Future: Challenges & Opportunities for Government IT Project Management Offices." The brief, developed by NASCIO's State IT Project Management (PM) Forum, addresses several of the top state government challenges including portfolio management and strategic planning, project management (PM) skill maturity, political risks, structures/organizations, procurement processes/rules, as well as funding models and spending cultures particular to government.
"The role of project and portfolio management offices (PMOs) in steering the delivery of services and cost savings for government is increasing, as it is in the private sector," said NASCIO President and Wisconsin state CIO Matt Miszewski. "When we position resources to address business problems from cross-functional and cross-agency perspectives, we can most effectively execute the vision and strategies of leadership and deliver on taxpayer investments."
This brief addresses both the challenges and opportunities found in this emerging discipline and further outlines strategies and best practices proven to be successful in several states. States at varying levels of PM development can find help in the calls to action throughout the report.
"PMOs are rapidly evolving institutions in state government," said Beverly Cummings, NASCIO's PM Forum Advisory Group Chair and a lead project manager for the State of South Carolina. "When positioned correctly and effectively supported, PMOs provide unique, over-arching views of organizations and the factors that affect the successful implementation of projects in support of any organization's strategic plan. NASCIO's PM Forum is the only of its kind in the nation that focuses on the challenges unique to state government IT."
More information and a downloadable copy of the brief can be found at http://www.nascio.org/publications/.
Wideman PM Website Updates Announced for November
Max Wideman has announced the November updates to his popular project management website, as follows:
This month in "Papers" Max reviews Paul Dinsmore and Terence Cooke-Davies' latest book: The Right Projects Done Right. Although from opposite sides of the Atlantic, these authors share common ground on what it takes to manage portfolios of projects.
In Part 2 of his Guest paper, Managing Project Scope, Walter Wawruck describes Project Scope Management in the Project Management Literature. He finds a dearth of information on this subject area even though failure to manage scope probably has the most impact on project outcome compared to other project management topic areas.
In Max's Musings, he take's a humorous look at Projects to Green Vancouver by discouraging cars in his home
town and why cars beat it over bicycles.
Max has added content to a number of Issacons this month, as follows:
- 1002b Special Features of Projects;
- 1003 Project Management Office;
- 1004b Program Office - Part B;
- 1004c1 Project Portfolio Management;
- 1112c Probability Distributions;
- 1127 Work Plan;
- 1128 Scope Baseline & Scope Creep;
- 1133 Scope Change;
- 1200 Introduction to Standard Forms;
- 1287 Project Manager;
- 1308 Preparing a Reliable Schedule - Part B;
- 1312 Scheduling Techniques;
- 1339a Cost Control: Budget Monitoring
Max Wideman is one of the world's best-known project management authorities. An engineer and professional project manager, his experience includes systems, social and environmental projects, as well as design and engineering projects. He is a Fellow of the Project Management Institute, of which he is past president and chairman, and for which he led the development of the 1987 version of the Project Management Body of Knowledge. He is also a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (UK), the Engineering Institute of Canada, and the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering. His personal web site at http://www.maxwideman.com is a source of superior project management knowledge and information. It is free to the public.
*"Issacons" stands for "Issues and Considerations" that are presented
in bullet form for quick and easy reference by project managers.