Dr_Paul

Project Management Trainer and Consultant serving South and Eastern Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Europe. Dr. Paul D. Giammalvo, CDT, CCE, MScPM Senior Technical Advisor, PT Mitratata Citragraha, Jakarta/Singapore/Anchorage/Amsterdam www.getpmcertified.com Adjunct Professor, Project/Program Management, Lille Graduate School of Management, Paris, FRANCE www.esc-lille.com Curriculum Development Consultant/Adjunct Professor, Asset and Project Management, University of Western Australia, Perth, www.blendedlearning.ecm.uwa.edu.au Board of Directors, Global Alliance for Project Performance Standards (GAPPS) Sydney, AUSTRALIA www.globalpmstandards.org

Project Management Certifications Compared- A Preliminary Comparison

Guest post from Dr. Paul Giammalvo

Have you ever wondered what professional level credentials are available for project/program managers to choose from, and how these various project management certifications compare against one another?

This was the subject that evolved from a lengthy and sometimes heated debate… Read more »

“Open Source” Program Manager Competency Standards Workshop- Bali, Indonesia, 5, 6 & 7 Feb, 2010.

Guest post by Dr. Paul Giammalvo

Dear Colleagues,
PTMC is pleased to announce that Bali, Indonesia has been selected as the site of the next Global Alliance for Project Performance Standards (GAPPS) workshop, http://www.globalpmstandards.org/ where we will be FINALIZING the development of PROGRAM MANAGER competency standards for release as an exposure draft. http://www.globalpmstandards.org/index.php/program-manager-standards/current-status.html .
This 3 day event [...] Read more »

Lessons Learned- What (if anything) can or should project managers learn from the IEEE approving the 802.11n WiFi Standard

At Last: IEEE Approves 802.11n Wi-Fi Standard After 7 Years; and Institutions vs Collaboration video Read more »

Project/Program Manager Competency Development Workshop

The Global Alliance for Project Performance Standards (GAPPS) has announced that it will be conducting its next workshop in the Washington, DC area in the USA. The US workshop has been scheduled to allow for more participation by US Government Agencies. The workshop will be held during 23 to 25 October, 2009 in the Glenn L. Martin Engineering Building at the University of Maryland, Washington DC, USA. Read more »

Behavioral Profiles of SUCCESSFUL Project Managers- Results

Predictors of Project Management Success
The results were:

Illustration 1- Behavioral Attributes or Traits that are reliable PREDICTORS of success (when combined with the other traits)

Illustration 1 shows those attributes or Essential Traits that were reliable predictors of success within the Project Management Template. (other templates or profiles would have different attributes) That is, ALL of the [...] Read more »

Behavioral Profiles of SUCCESSFUL Project Managers- A pilot research study

I am a lifelong project manager with some 40 years of project management experience under my belt, most coming from construction project management.
Over the years, I had noticed that some people are just naturally better project managers than others. Looking back over the years, it didn’t seem to matter whether they were engineers, nor did [...] Read more »

Activity Based Costing in Construction

Dear Travis, Glen et al,
Here is how we in construction use ABC.

Step 1- We either purchase or develop a cost estimating database which is DELIVERABLE or SYSTEM based. In the example below, I have used Cubic Yards of Concrete, (Unit Pricing) from RS Means Facilities Cost book, but I could have also used an assemblies [...] Read more »