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Information Technology Project Management Special Interest Group (IT PM SIG)
Summary:
The IT Project Management Special Interest Group (IT PM SIG) was launched in April 2000 as a forum for project managers to participate in professional development and to share ideas with their peers. It is a joint initiative of the Australian Computer Society and the Project Management Institute. The IT PM SIG meets on the first Monday of each month with occasional exceptions due to public holidays. Sessions are held at Microsoft Innovation Centre, Level 2 Westpac House, 91 King William Street, Adelaide Sessions are open to members of either association, or to non-members with an interest in IT Project Management. Sessions are free, thanks to the support of our sponsors – see below for more information. The target participants are project managers in IT environments, and people of all levels of experience and interest are welcome. This is a forum where students of project management can meet practitioners with 20 years of experience.
The objectives of the IT PM SIG are: • Education and Professional Development • Peer Support • Professional Networking • Encouragement of Professional Project Management Practices
The group was announced at the IT Project Management presentation provided by Rob Thomsett in April 2000. Since then the group has consistently managed to attract 15 to 45 people to its monthly sessions. Each evening normally commences with informal drinks and nibbles, followed by a presentation from a practitioner or industry member, accompanied by audience discussions. Meetings commence with refreshments at 5:15pm and the presentation starts at 5:45pm. Talks usually last approx 45 minutes and are followed by questions, so the session is normally over by 7pm.
Suggestions for topics of interest or offers to present are always welcome. Be warned that there is usually a lead time of over a year (as at September 2011, I am taking bookings for presenters in 2013), however earlier opportunities can arise through cancellations.
Further information on the IT Project Management Special Interest Group is available through Ian Goldfinch 0401 121 020 or goldfinch.ian@gmail.com
IT PM SIG Sponsorship The IT PM SIG is provided jointly by the Australian Computer Society (ACS) http://www.acs.org.au and the Project Management Institute Adelaide Chapter (PMI) http://www.pmichapters-australia.org.au/home.asp.
Thanks also to our sponsors for providing catering for the sessions since the SIG has grown over the years and we need external help to cater. • SMS Management & Technology (www.smsmt.com) • Tanner James (http://www.tannerjames.com.au/) • FPMS (www.fpms.com.au) sponsor a related professional development group, Business Continuity Management Information Exchange (BCMIE), which permits ACS and PMI members to attend BCMIE sessions at no cost.
Bookings for The IT PM SIG meetings can be made via ACS Events: [1]
Recent and future IT PM SIG sessions are:
Mon 04/04/2011 Do's and Don'ts in PM Software Implementation, Andrew Hoyle
Mon 02/05/2011 Design Uncertainty Theory, Trevor Harrison
Mon 06/06/2011 Adversity Management, David Parsons
Mon 04/07/2011 Using Log Frame, Kym Davis
Mon 01/08/2011 Business Improvement with 6 Sigma, Vincent Baldacchino
Mon 05/09/2011 Conversational Leadership, Jürgen Oschadleus
Mon 10/10/2011 Getting a Derailed Project Back on Track, Kenn Dolan
Mon 07/11/2011 TBA, Matt Williams
Mon 06/02/2012 Front-End Loading, Karen Gardon
Mon 05/03/2012 Tips & Tricks for MS Project, Marc Soester
Mon 02/04/2012 Managing Software Development Projects, Aled Jones
Mon 07/05/2012 How the military invented PM (in 3000BC), Phil Kalogeras
2009 Program
Mon 02/02/2009 Code Reviews - What do they mean to Project Managers Daniel Brown
Mon 02/03/2009 Project Management in Real Life – Your Experiences David Mitchell, DFEEST
Mon 06/04/2009 How to use Master Projects effectively within MS Project Marc Soester, SDM
Mon 04/05/2009 IT Disaster Recovery Case Study Sim Goh
Mon 01/06/2009 PRINCE2 Overview Jo Adams
Mon 06/07/2009 A Radical Over-arching Business Model Jo Stewart-Rattray
Mon 03/08/2009 Recovering Runaway Projects Jim McLean
Mon 07/09/2009 TBA Kenn Dolan
Mon 12/10/2009 PM meets IT in the Pub - PM SIG & IT In The Pub Joint Event - "Does Project management add value to an organisation?"
Mon 02/11/2009 How to Run a Risk Identification Workshop Bob Bradley
2008 Program
2008 IT PM SIG Sessions are listed below - Details will be updated as they become available
Mon 4th February - The Right Indicators – Seeing the Trees in the Forest - Bob Welldon
Mon 3rd March - Facilitation Techniques - Brian Nielsen
Mon 7th April - IT Governance - The Nuts and Bolts - Jo Stewart-Rattray
Mon 5th May - IT issues and challenges surrounding Merger and Acquisition, specifically IT due diligence and IT Integration - John Woodward
Mon 2nd June - Recovering Runaway Projects - Jim McLean
Mon 7th July - TBA - Ken Saman Note: first Monday in School holidays
Mon 4th August - What Has To Be Done - How to prepare an interim schedule - Bob Bradley
Mon 1st September - Reflections on a Career in Project Management (It’s the people that make the difference)- Andrew Hoyle
Mon 29th September - Projects in a Complex Business World - Stakeholders & Organisational Change - Paul Edgar, Fujitsu *This is instead of a session on the October long weekend) Note: first Monday in School holidays
Mon 3rd November -'Things they don't teach you at PM school' - Kenn Dolan Fergusson Project Management Services (FPMS)
2007 Program
2007 IT PM SIG Sessions are listed below - More details will be listed as they become available
5th February 2007 - Value Analysis - The Creation or Distruction of Value.
5th February 2007 - Value Analysis - Anthony Cavallaro
5th March 2007 - Earned Value Analysis - Hein Aucamp
2nd April 2007 - Project Initiation - Dominic Cook
7th May 2007 - Information Security - Data Leakage and its Consequences - Jo Stewart-Rattray
4th June 2007 - Constraint Management - Matthias Graf
Mon 02/07/2007 Constraint Management, Ken Saman
Mon 06/08/2007 Six Sigma Suzanne Leonard, CQR
Mon 03/09/2007 IT Governance - Critical Success Factors Andrew Hoyle
Mon 08/10/2007 Soft Systems Methodology Tom Moore, Fujitsu
Mon 05/11/2007 TBA Kenn Dolan, Fergusson Project Management Systems (FPMS)
2006 Program
- Mon 01/05/2006 Skills for Project Managers: Educating technologists, Su Spencer
- Mon 05/06/2006 The Professionalism of the Project Manager, Andrew Hoyle
- Mon 03/07/2006 R&D Project & Program Management, Dennis Medlow, SAAB Systems
- Mon 07/08/2006 Jumping Hoops - Ethics, Probity and Reality in Government Procurement, Mark Hall
- Mon 04/09/2006 Risk Management, David Boschma, Tenix
- Mon 09/10/2006 Constraint Management, Matthias Graf, ParadigmIcon (note 2/10 is a public holiday)
- Mon 06/11/2006 Lessons Learned from Several Case Studies, Kenn Dolan, FPMS
