R. Max Wideman, P.Eng

PM Experience

Mr. Wideman is a registered professional engineer specializing in project management consulting. He is an internationally recognized speaker and has presented seminars or papers in eleven countries on a broad range of project management topics. During his career he has had hands-on experience in the capacity of corporate executive, project director and project manager. In these roles, he has seen the project management process from the point of view of owner, developer, engineer, contractor and government agent.

Areas of PM Application

His projects have included heavy engineering works such as hydro electric works and construction of major building complexes, as well as systems, social and environmental projects. As a result of this work he has been honored with Fellow, Canadian Society of Civil Engineering; Fellow, Engineering Institute of Canada; Fellow, Institution of Civil Engineers (UK). Prior to private practice, he was manager of project services, Acres International Limited, one of Canada's largest engineering consulting practices.

Professional Work

Mr. Wideman has been active in the US-based Project Management Institute ("PMI"). In the mid-1980s, he led a team of 80 PMI volunteers across North America to document the institute's project management body of knowledge, known as "The PMBoK". It was approved and published by PMI in 1987. This document has since been twice upgraded by the distribution of "A Guide to the PMBoK". Subsequent to this original PMBoK work, he was elected President and then Chairman of the PMI Board. He is also a Fellow, Project Management Institute.

Author/Publisher

He is author of books on project management. These include "Cost Control of Capital Projects", Second Edition 1995, and PMI's handbooks "Project and Program Risk Management, A Guide to Managing Project Risks and Opportunities" (1992) and "A Framework for Project and Program Management Integration" (1991).

In the last two years he has dedicated his spare time to researching "best" and even better practices in project management across the entire PMBoK spectrum. More importantly, he has made this entire information freely available to the public on his web site at http://www.maxwideman.com