Business strategy is determined at the corporate level in a “deliberate” (i.e. planned) or “emergent” (i.e. reactive) response to the external business environment. The success of strategy is purely determined on how well it is executed. Projects serve as the vehicle to implement and execute the corporate strategy.

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You may or may not know about the PMI which is the largest project management professional body in the world.

(If you don’t know about it, take a few hours and go visit their website at PMI.org and in particular get your hands on their document “A guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge.”)

The PMI is a very large and wide ranging organisation. Among the many things it does is host or convene SIGs, which are specific interest groups. One of the PMI’s SIGs is the “Students of Project Management” SIG (which has a really really bad website.)

It’s less than a decade old and last year passed a 700 member milestone.

As a PM student you are eligible for discounted membership of the PMI, and can also become a member of the SIG which gets you access to a bunch of neat features like;

• Access to PMI’s publications (Including the PMBOK)
• Access to PMI’s Library, The Jim Snyder Knowledge & Wisdom Center
• Sharing ideas, “best practices” and asking advice from “seasoned” PM practitioners to a peer group.
• It’s a Competitive Edge for the Student seeking employment in the PM discipline.
• It’s an advantage to belong to the premier project management organization in the world.
• Students are exposed to “best practices” through the PMI publications and the SIG.

So, have a think about joining. And maybe you could be the one to sort out their awful website!

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