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The course is based upon Lisa DiTullio\'s popular workshops and her landmark book, Simple Solutions: How "Enterprise Project Management" Supported Harvard Pilgrim Health Care\'s Journey from Near Collapse to #1.course on PMO (Project Management Office) Design and Implementation for the global project management community. 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In addition to being the primary operations center for the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM), the Space Operations Institute and its students now serve as the Backup Mission Operations Center (BMOC) for NASA\'s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) satellite mission.'), new sa('Finding the right solution', '', 'February 3, 2010 Wednesday', 'l:1120723752', ' Aberdeen Press and Journal', '3045', 'Project, Program and Portfolio Management', '', '100050541', 'After leaving school, Tony Marks started off on the ground floor of business as a clerical assistant at Post Office Telecommunications in 1980.However, he quickly saw openings after BT was formed.Mr Marks, who is now 45, said: "I was a typical Southend teenager, looking ahead and trying to figure out what I wanted to do."There were opportunities to be had at BT as the company prepared for the massive expansion which everyone witnessed in the mid-1980s.'), new sa('AON CORPORATION; Help Wanted: Federal Agencies Look to Hire Nearly a Quarter of a Million Workers From Now Through Fall of 2012', '', 'February 2, 2010', 'l:1120723754', ' Life Science Weekly', '3045', 'Project, Program and Portfolio Management', '', '100050541', ''), new sa('Big plans for Bahrain International Airport', '', 'February 1, 2010', 'l:1120723755', ' Travel & Tourism News', '3045', 'Project, Program and Portfolio Management', '', '100050541', 'An expansion that will see a three-fold increase in passenger capacity is on the cards for Bahrain International Airport.Bahrain Airport Company (BAC), which took over management and operation of the facility at the beginning of 2008, used the inaugural Bahrain International Airshow to announcement signing of a project management consultancy agreement with global firm Hill International to get the expansion underway.announcement signing of a project management consultancy agreement with global'), new sa('Patent Application No. 2010200158 Published on Jan. 28, Assigned to Accenture Global Services for Project Management Offices Assessment Method, System', '', 'January 29, 2010 Friday 12:17 PM EST', 'l:1120723757', ' US Fed News', '3045', 'Project, Program and Portfolio Management', '', '100050541', 'CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 29 -- Andre L. Rocha, Guilherme B. Rocha and Marcus V.A. Verol have developed methods and systems for assessing project management offices.The patent has been assigned to Accenture Global Services GmbH, Schaffhausen, Switzerland.The original patent was filed under application No. 2010200158 on Jan. 15 and published on Jan. 28.The original document is available at: http://pericles.ipaustralia.gov.au/ols/auspat/applicationDetails.do?applicationNo=2010200158 For more information about US Fed News contract awards please contact: Sarabjit Jagirdar, US Fed News, Email:- htsyndication@hindustantimes.comsystems for assessing project management offices. The patent has been assigned to'), new sa('Network Rail bids to recruit talented women', '', 'January 29, 2010 Friday', 'l:1120723756', ' Kidderminster Shuttle', '3045', 'Project, Program and Portfolio Management', '', '100050541', 'SEXIST and outdated public perceptions about job opportunities for women in the rail industry are a damaging barrier to building a bigger and better railway Britain needs, according to Network Rail chief executive, Iain Coucher.'), new sa('Yamunanagar power plant bags CEA award', '', 'January 27, 2010 Wednesday', 'l:1120723758', ' UNI (United News of India)', '3045', 'Project, Program and Portfolio Management', '', '100050541', 'Hisar, Jan. 27 -- The Union Power Ministry has acknowledged the efficient project management practices adopted by the Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited (HPGCL) by awarding the \'\'Meritorious Performance Award\'\' to the prestigious 600 MW Deen Bandhu Chhotu Ram Power Project (DCRTPP) at Yamunangar in Haryana for 2008-09.Ministry has acknowledged the efficient project management practices adopted by the'), new sa('EPM Live Introduces Agile Software Development for SharePoint', '', 'January 25, 2010 Monday', 'l:1115151229', ' Wireless News', '3045', 'Project, Program and Portfolio Management', '', '100050541', 'EPM Live, a company specializing in SharePoint-based Project and Work Management Applications, announced its release of Agile Software Development for SharePoint.EPM Live has extended its SharePoint Project and Work management application portfolio by adding Agile Software Development to its offerings.'), new sa('Atkins tower tops out', '', 'January 22, 2010 Friday', 'l:1115151230', ' New Civil Engineer', '3045', 'Project, Program and Portfolio Management', '', '100050541', 'Atkins has celebrated the topping out of the 32-storey Iris Bay office and retail tower at Business Bay in Dubai.'), new sa('ALM tools evolve in face of agile processes', '', 'January 21, 2010 Thursday', 'l:1113327363', ' ENP Newswire', '3045', 'Project, Program and Portfolio Management', '', '100050541', 'Agile development is spreading like wildfire through the ranks of development teams, and application life-cycle management software providers are taking notice.With the industry\'s focus on faster product releases, organizations are adopting the just-in-time mentality and greater collaboration that agile brings. As a result, many ALM companies are tweaking their software with features such as agile templates and user story management to meet these demands.ALM is moving more toward one universal interface for project management, and moving away from individual pieces of management software that were the norm in traditional development environments, where projects could last anywhere from 18 to 24 months.To track these long projects, there would usually be three different repositories for storing requirements, tests and defects. Singular pieces of software were created to manage each different life-cycle task. 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The contract, valued at more than $12 million, was designed specifically for the department and will install a network of more than 3,200 high-definition video cameras in 335 buildings across the state.The project is to be completed by August 2011, as required by the DADS contract, but Knight Security Systems believes it could finish 6 months ahead of schedule. The installation, which includes nearly 35 miles of fiber cabling within the video surveillance network, will be installed and completed in three phases, requiring an average of four to five months for each phase of four campuses in Abilene, Austin, Brenham, Denton, El Paso, Lubbock, Lufkin, Mexia, Richmond, Harlingen (Rio Grande campus), San Angelo and San Antonio.'), new sa('SHEC Energy Selects Emerson To Help It Deliver Commercial-Scale Renewable Solar Power', '', 'January 19, 2010 Tuesday 3:00 PM GMT', 'l:1115151231', ' Business Wire', '3045', 'Project, Program and Portfolio Management', '', '100050541', 'SHEC Energy has entered into a global agreement with Emerson Process Management, a business of Emerson (NYSE:EMR), to help bring online new solar thermal facilities for power generation. A leader among Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) producers, SHEC\'s solar thermal plants have the advantage of using proven steam turbine technology that has been used in the power industry for decades.SHEC Energy selected Emerson\'s advanced automation services to maximize the efficiency and reliability of its planned renewable energy projects globally and to help SHEC bring the cost of solar power in line with conventional sources of electricity.'), new sa('Moscow eyes 2010 start for South Stream', '', 'January 18, 2010 Monday 11:39 AM EST', 'l:1113327367', ' UPI Energy', '3045', 'Project, Program and Portfolio Management', '', '100050541', 'Exploratory work on the South Stream gas pipeline through the Balkans should be finished so construction can move forward in late 2010, Russian officials said.'), new sa('Asia powers up on nuclear technology', '', 'January 18, 2010 Monday', 'l:1113327366', ' The Straits Times (Singapore)', '3045', 'Project, Program and Portfolio Management', '', '100050541', 'RECENT start-ups hardly provide much evidence of the vaunted \'renaissance\' in civilian nuclear power that promised reliable supplies of electricity without the greenhouse gas emissions associated with fossil fuels, especially coal.Only two new nuclear plants began operation last year, one in Japan and the other in India. Since two reactors were shut down last year, that left the same number, 436, generating about 15 per cent of the world\'s electricity in 31 economies.However, the pace of reactor construction is rising, particularly in Asia. While problems related to public acceptance, safety, disposal of radioactive waste and high capital costs have slowed the growth of nuclear power in Europe and North America, Asia has become the standard bearer for future expansion.'), new sa('Demand for skilled workers to pick up', '', 'January 18, 2010 Monday', 'l:1113327365', ' New Straits Times (Malaysia)', '3045', 'Project, Program and Portfolio Management', '', '100050541', 'WONDERING about job prospects in the ICT sector? Well, don\'t be discouraged by last year\'s gloom. The ICT sector survived and forged on. And this year looks set to see more positive news for the sector, and more jobs as well.Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC)\'s Supply & Demand Study, done in collaboration with research firm Frost & Sullivan last year, indicated that the compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) for overall ICT jobs will be about eight to nine per cent for the next three years.'), new sa('INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; Research from T.F. Liang and co-researchers in the area of industrial engineering published', '', 'January 17, 2010', 'l:1113327368', ' Journal of Technology & Science', '3045', 'Project, Program and Portfolio Management', '', '100050541', ' "In practical project management (PM) decision problems, environmental coefficients and related parameters are frequently fuzzy in nature, and a decision maker (DM) must simultaneously consider various conflicting objectives in a framework of imprecise aspiration levels. This work focuses on developing a two-phase fuzzy mathematical programming (TPFGP) approach for solving the multi-objective PM decision problems in a fuzzy environment," scientists writing in the journal Computers & Industrial Engineering report. 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The new department is also in charge of constructing the offshore section of the gas pipeline, and upgrading the existing gas transmission infrastructure facilities and building the new ones in the countries participating in the South Stream project execution. The project management department will report directly to the management committee chairman of Gazprom. Leonid Chugunov has been appointed head of the department.Stream project execution. The project management department will report'), new sa('TEMPING CAN BE SO TEMPTING', '', 'January 14, 2010 Thursday', 'l:1110750120', ' DAILY MAIL (London)', '3045', 'Project, Program and Portfolio Management', '', '100050541', 'WHAT are your career prospects for 2010? There are signs that the job market is finally beginning to pick up, but only in certain sectors.\'The tables could well turn in favour of jobseekers, and there are indications this is already happening,\' says Neil Wilson, of recruiter Badenoch & Clark, which has issued a report on workplace trends.The first signs of recovery will show in increased numbers of temporary jobs and interim management positions, as employers take tentative steps to rebuilding their workforces. So how can you make the most of it? 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