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Project, Program and Portfolio Management

Vijay Prasad Appointed to PMI Board
Professional Services Close-Up, November 16, 2009 Monday
Project Management Institute (PMI), a project management professional membership organization, has elected Vijay Prasad, M.Tech, PMP, and four others, to its Board of Directors. The volunteer leadership group governs PMI and carries out the purposes and objectives of the organization and is compris...

Alcatel-Lucent wins China Eastern Airlines contract
Datamonitor NewsWire, November 16, 2009 Monday 9:38 AM GMT
Under the contract, the company will provide its e-business IP-based solution that will improve CE's work efficiency and internal process management. It will provide OmniGenesys Contact Center to help CE upgrade its existing contact center system to an IP e-Business platform.

Germany : Siemens wins security awards for Network Rail and Lincolnshire Police
TendersInfo, November 14, 2009 Saturday
Siemens has triumphed at the prestigious Security Excellence Awards, clinching Large Installer of the Year in recognition of complex work for two contrasting projects for Network Rail and Lincolnshire Police.

Project Report
Oil & Gas News, November 15, 2009

Larsen & Toubro Ltd receives PMI distinguished project award
M2 EquityBites, November 13, 2009 Friday
distinguished project award Engineering company Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T) (Bombay:500510) declared on Friday the receipt of the Project Management Institute (PMI) Distinguished Project Award at the Project Management Conference in Hyderabad, India.

Myth of ‘Babu Sassi’ Remains After Burj Cranes Come Down
Khaleej Times (United Arab Emirates), November 12, 2009 Thursday
DUBAI – He got paid Dh30,000 a month and lived for a year in the cab of a crane, 818 metres above ground. These are just two of the rumours surrounding the mysterious figure who was said to operate the crane on the top of the world's tallest building.

FLUOR CORPORATION; Fluor Awarded Gas Storage Contract in the Netherlands
Resource Week, November 22, 2009
Fluor Corporation (NYSE:FLR) announced that it was awarded a contract by TAQA Energy B.V., a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC, for engineering, procurement and construction management services (EPCM) for its Bergermeer Gas Storage project in the North Holland province of Th...

CIVIL ENGINEERING; Studies from University of Illinois describe new findings in civil engineering
Journal of Engineering, November 18, 2009
According to recent research published in the Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, "The ability to effectively communicate progress information and represent as-built and as-planned progress discrepancies are identified as key components for successful project management that allow correctiv...

CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING; New data from D. Arditi et al illuminate research in construction engineering
Journal of Engineering, November 18, 2009
"Women hold relatively few project management positions in the construction industry. Most studies conclude that women's exclusion from the industry is mostly due to the industry's male-dominated culture, but no study ever attempted to find out whether women are excluded from project management po...

ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC.; Snowy Hydro Provides Peak Demand Power Using $12 Million Control Systems Solution from Rockwell Automation
Engineering Business Journal, November 18, 2009
As part of a $12 million order from an electric power company, Rockwell Automation has supplied 15 of 33 new control systems planned for Snowy Hydro Limited, owner and operator of the Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Scheme in Australia. The new control systems, to be located at seven different sites...

LEARNING TREE INTERNATIONAL; Learning Tree Named One of Top 20 IT Training Companies by TrainingIndustry.com
Computers, Networks & Communications, November 19, 2009
Learning Tree International (NASDAQ NGM:LTRE) has been included in the 2009 "Top 20 IT Training Companies" list published by TrainingIndustry.com. Consideration for selection for the Top 20 list includes commitment to the IT training industry, industry recognition and innovation, strength of clie...

PROJECT MANAGEMENT COLLEGE PM COLLEGE; PM College Introduces Interpersonal Skills Training Series to Help Project Managers with the Soft Skills
Education Letter, November 18, 2009
While even seasoned professionals struggle with the fundamental interpersonal skills that make a project successful, the bulk of project management training available focuses on improving technical skills and execution. PM College recognizes this need and has launched a series of customizable corp...

New power for Pakistan
UPI Energy, November 9, 2009 Monday 1:42 PM EST
Pakistan inaugurated a 200 MW power station in Punjab province that utilizes a flexible fuel source to overcome regional shortfalls, executives said.

Libya : Alcatel-Lucent signed today 2 multi million Euro contracts in Libya with LPTIC telecom
TendersInfo, November 7, 2009 Saturday
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) announced today that it has further strengthened its working relationship with LPTIC (Libyan Post Telecommunications & Information Technology Company) by signing a multi million Euro contract to deploy the second phase of Eastern Libya's optical fiber n...

Provinces united by ICTA
Daily News (Sri Lanka), November 7, 2009 Saturday
Sri Lanka, Nov. 7 -- Another 150 government organizations including those in the North Central and Eastern Provinces will be linked through Lanka Government Network (LGN) to facilitate better public service, Information and Communication Technology ( ICTA) Project Director Suranga Jayasuriya told t...

Careers - Tapping the youth market
Retail Week, November 6, 2009
With an estimated 946,000 young people out of work in the UK and many industries contracting, it is no surprise that graduates are doing internships to break into the field of their choice.

IT SHOULD NOT BEND TO THE PREVAILING WINDS OF FASHION
Computing, November 5, 2009
Technologies should be assessed on their business merits, not their trendiness, says Chris Barling In IT we may sneer at the fashion industry where experts pontificate about whatís in and whatís out. But should we be so smug?

Femmes fatales: Watch out, boys! <|> All-girl team hopes to slice through competition at robot battle royal
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Wisconsin), November 6, 2009 Friday
By STANLEY A. MILLER II When battling robots collide, it's usually a bunch of boys with toys. When metal meets metal, sparks fly and shrapnel explodes, it's usually guys building them, sending the machines to their doom and cheering their destruction. Usually.

Norway/Sweden: Merger in project management
Dagens Næringsliv, November 5, 2009 Thursday
ABSTRACT Norwegian PTL and Swedish Swepro have announced their merger. They will form the largest project management company in the Nordic region with some 320 employees and a turnover of about NOK 400mn (EUR 47.40mn USD 70.52mn). The new company aims to raise the turnover to NOK 600mn in a couple o...

Taking a look at the work of electricity firm; The region's electricity network is undergoing a major overhaul and the work is being carried out by a group of highly-skilled individuals. In the first of three case studies, we speak to project manager Carl Davies.
Cornish Guardian, November 4, 2009

MAINSTREAM GS, LLC; MainStream GS Awarded 2nd Option Year on $90 Million USAF CPI Contract
Defense & Aerospace Business, November 11, 2009
MainStream GS, LLC, a leading management consulting firm that specializes in strategy development, strategy alignment and deployment, continuous process improvement, and program and project management, recently announced that the U.S. Air Force has chosen to exercise option year two of their five ...

Researchers, Collaborators Receive Award from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for Occupational Safety, Health in Construction
Targeted News Service, November 3, 2009 Tuesday 6:54 AM EST
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release: Virginia Tech researchers and their collaborators from five other institutions will soon engage in research on new construction safety and health made possible by a recent award of more than $7 million over a fiv...

ABU DHABI'S GASCO SIGNS 4 LANDMARK CONTRACTS FOR GAS PROJECT
Asia Pulse, November 3, 2009 Tuesday 1:00 PM EST
Abu Dhabi Gas Industries Ltd. (GASCO) has signed four landmark contracts for its Integrated Gas Development (IGD) Project that links offshore and onshore gas fields owned by ADNOC within the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.

Putting their skills to work; Professionals focus on networking, support in job search
Buffalo News (New York), November 1, 2009 Sunday
Jerome Wszalek was head of Tata Consultancy Services' training center when the company closed the Buffalo operation earlier this year. But Wszalek is not the type to sit around and wait for another opportunity to pop up. He is actively networking, making contacts and chasing down job leads, aiming ...

Students Use Virtual Teams to Prepare for a Global Business Career October 29, 2009
Targeted News Service, October 29, 2009 Thursday 9:38 PM EST
The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater issued the following news release: The ability to work with others from around the world has become an important skill for students to learn as the business world becomes increasingly global. A new information technology course at the University of Wisconsin-W...

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