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highly successful in terms of discussing directly with our members what is going on in the SIG and receiving suggestions, ideas, and lots of input on where the SIG should be going and what we could offer our members. We had over 40 people attending in person as well as those who attended by conference call. View the presentation.
Just before the Annual Business Meeting we had our quarterly board meeting. Usually, the board meetings last a full day and we discuss how we can best provide services and offerings to our members. This meeting had to be cut short since Mohammad Iqbal, VP Programs, delivered a well-attended presentation on the SIG's mentoring program at the Leadership Showcase. Since
this is a truly international group, we have officers from overseas
who cannot always take three days off to attend a one-day meeting.
Normally we know about this ahead of time and the officers can
call-in to the meeting. This time, however, one of the officers
that we expected, Albert Matha from Cameroon, simply did not show
up. We found out two weeks later that Albert had been seriously
injured while working at Of all the SIGs within PMI, the Consulting SIG is one of the most interesting. Our membership is comprised of professionals from all over the world, from all different industries, and from all sizes of consulting groups. The only thing we have in common is that we all take project management, and our own abilities as consultants, seriously. We've been building a lot on what Jeanne Carey, Past Chair, initiated last year. We now have a usable web site (and Drew Marshall is working on making it more interesting), a new quarterly publication, thanks to the efforts of Drew and of Julie Stone. We are developing relationships with other organizations to bring benefits to our members thanks to Alex Nacimento. We have started a mentoring program thanks to Mohammad Iqbal. All this is possible due to the behind the scenes work of Paula Anderson, our Administrator. What
happens next? That depends on our volunteer force. The more people
who can support building the SIG, the more we can offer. We all
grow when people get involved. We would like to be able to post
consulting job offerings on our web site as well as create a site
where the members can advertise their own consulting practices
and specialties. We're already working on building a best practices
area. Do you have a tool, a template, or an approach you think
our other members would be interested in? Send
it to us. Not only does it gives something to our members
it also establishes you as an expert. Members Invited to Participate in Washington DC Networking Event We are delighted to announce the first Consulting SIG networking event in the Washington DC. Wednesday, 6 December 2006 - 6-8 PM Bailey's CSIG Chair Co-Authors New IT Project Management Guide  Frank
Parth, CSIG Chair, and Cynthia Snyder, our most recent CSIG Sage
(see oure-newsletter, "Road Map," for her response to our initial Project from Hell), have co-authored a new addition to the world of essential project management reference materials with Introduction to IT Project Management. This is an easy-to-understand guide for everyone in the IT project management environment! Introduction to IT Project Management provides IT project managers the practical tools needed to maintain daily operations while managing multiple projects. This valuable reference helps IT project managers, CIOs, and project sponsors understand the IT project environment so that projects can be managed much more efficiently and successfully. Project Management Centers of Excellence: A Guide to Setting Them Up by Dennis Bolles, PMP In today's global market companies, regardless of industry and size, are looking to improve their systems and processes to become more competitive. One way they are attempting to do this is by establishing project management as a core competency throughout the organization. By setting up standardized procedures within the company, they hope to learn from past mistakes, make processes more efficient, and develop people's skills and talent to work more effectively. The list of organizations attempting to integrate project management disciplines and best practices into the way they manage their businesses is expanding daily; however, those who have succeeded in doing so is significantly smaller. View the complete article.
Performance Institute to Host 2006 PMO Summit The Performance Institute is hosting the 2006 Project Management Office Summit in Arlington, VA on 29 November - 1 December 2006. Consulting SIG members can receive a 20% discount by registering with priority code T246-SIG-MH. Register Today! If you experience problems logging into the Consulting SIG web site, please contact the Consulting SIG Administrator at administrator@consultingsig.org. |
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