EVA 15: Project Controls for Every Body

The dates for EVA 15 - the premier UK Earned Value Analysis event – have
been announced. It is being held at the Armourers’ Hall, Moorgate, London over 16-17 June
2010. This two day conference – including a conference dinner – is the centrepiece
of a range of events relating to Project Management that are being arranged
for that week. Anyone wishing to develop their interest in Earned Value & Project Controls
should attend for professional development and networking.

The London Olympics will be providing an update on progress. And Mike
Brearley - former England cricket captain and expert psychologist - will
provide this year's special lecture in conjunction with the Endellion String
Quartet.

A special early bird offer of £500 + VAT for the two-day conference and
conference dinner is available (a 55% discount on the full price) but this
is only available only until March 31 2010.

To qualify for the early bird offer you must register your details on the
Project Manager Today website: www.pmtoday.co.uk

This will also ensure you receive further information on the event as it
becomes available. Project Manager Today is a Media Partner to the EVA15 event.

Impression of the yearly conference of IPMA NL with some 450 participants



A one day conference on how to get grip on complexity in projects. In 2009 IPMA NL  celebrated its 30th  birthday and this conference showed IPMA NL is alive and growing
(some 2500 members now). On that day we had several interesting presentations about:

• How to have fun in complex projects
• A successful project starts at the end
• Mindsets of champions
• Complexity in large scale harbor projects

And of course the networking lunch and drinks in between and afterwards.

Every year IPMA NL has such a conference organized in close cooperation with one of the sponsors and this year the organizer was Getronics Consulting. This conference is one of the two country wise organized  events. There is also the Project Management Parade: a parade of workshops where some 650 participants can make a choice out of some 30-40 workshops given without payment by a lot of IPMA members

Moreover we have regional events on specific items organized by some leading members.

Ruud G Bolsius
President of IPMA NL
Vice president marketing IPMA

Press release: asapm wins IBM grant
Colorado Springs, CO –November 18, 2009.
American Society for the Advancement of Project Management (asapm) announces today that it has won one of IBM Center for The Business of Government’s highly sought after, internationally solicited, 2009-2010 Research Report awards. asapm’s proposal development team, Timothy Jaques, Reed Ulrich, Morgan Henrie and Brent Hansen, successfully presented that a need exists to better understand the relationship between project success and project management competency. Read more (pdf).

IPMA and APM group sign agreement to support each other
The International Project Management Association (IPMA) and The APM Group are pleased to announce they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding which will enable the two organisations to support and recognise each other. Read more here.

PE Awards winners 2009
IPMA Award Gala dinner was a complete success once again. More than 800 people from all over the world enjoyed wonderful evening in the beautiful Finlandia Hall in Helsinki.