Papers, Links and Project Management Resources
I
love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
Douglas
Adams
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Section Index |
Published Papers | Books and Standards | Techniques | Tools | Useful Links | News & Updates |
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Useful Links |
| Project Management Associations | ||
| Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering | - International association for cost engineers, PMs and planners - http://www.aacei.org | |
| Association for Project Management (UK) | - UK National Association - http://www.apm.org.uk | |
| Australian Institute of Project Management | - Australian National Association - http://www.aipm.com.au | |
| Australian Performance Management Association | - Earned Value & performance management practitioners | |
| GAPPS | - Global Alliance for Project Performance Standards - http://www.globalpmstandards.org | |
| International Project Management Association | - Council of National PM Associations - http://www.ipma.ch | |
| IRNOP | - International Research Network on Organizing by Projects - http://www.irnop.org | |
| Major Projects Association | - The UK based Association exists to improve the initiation and successful implementation of major projects in all industries. - http://www.majorprojects.org | |
| PMOZ Conference | - Australia’s leading PM Conference supported by Mosaic - http://www.pmoz.com.au | |
| Project Management Institute (PMI) | - The worlds leading 'not for profit' project management organisation - http://www.pmi.org | |
| PMI Australian Chapters | - Home of PMOTY, links to all Australian Chapters - http://www.pmi.org.au | |
| PMI College of Performance Management | -
http://www.pmi-cpm.org - CPM document library - http://www.pmi-cpm.org/members/pages/search.asp |
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| PMI College of Scheduling | - http://www.pmicos.org - Download the [ College Brochure ] | |
| World Project Management Week Conference | - http://www.wpmweek.com | |
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| Project Management Bookshops | ||
| Mosaic's Book Page | - Selected Standards, Books and Manuals - http://www.mosaicprojects.com.au/Books.html | |
| PMI Book Shop | - Worlds largest collection of PM Titles - http://www.pmi.org/Marketplace | |
| SIA Book Shop | - Project Management Standards from Standards Australia - http://www.saiglobal.com | |
| Amazon | - http://www.amazon.com | |
| Burke Publishing | - A range of Project Management and Business Entrepreneur titles - http://www.burkepublishing.com | |
| Eastwood Harris Publications | - Primavera and Microsoft Project training manuals - http://www.eh.com.au | |
| PMI Melbourne Chapter | - Buy
PMBOK Guide (printed in Australia) and a range of PMI Standards
- sales managed
by Mosaic: See our [Books Page] or Email PMBOK@mosaicprojects.com.au |
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| Free
E-Books and Book content searches |
- Project Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org - Google Book Search: http://books.google.com - Microsoft's Live Search Books: http://books.live.com |
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| Project, Program & Portfolio Management Resources and References | ||
| Governance & Organisational Maturity | ||
| APM GoPM Publication (UK) | - Directing Change, a guide to governance of project management - Association for Project Management - http://www.apm.org.uk/page.asp?categoryID=5&subCategoryID=168&pageID=0 | |
| GoPM SIG (UK) | - Governance of Project Management SIG (Association for Project Management UK) - http://www.mylara.com/gopm/ | |
| National Institute for Governance (Australia) | - University of Canberra, aims to improve governance practices in Australia and in its region - http://governance.canberra.edu.au/ | |
| OECD Principles of Corporate Governance | - The new OECD Principles of Corporate Governance - http://www.oecd.org/daf/corporate/principles | |
| OGC
Best Management Practice OGC (UK) Successful Delivery Toolkit |
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Office for Government Commerce Successful Delivery
Toolkit is a freely available electronic reference tool of best
practice and guidance for use by those responsible for organisational
standards - http://www.ogc.gov.uk - Best Management Practice is the OGC official umbrella site dedicated to making access to the guidance quick and easy, and provides support for all levels of adoption of the OGC Best Practice guidance - http://www.best-management-practice.com |
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| OPM3 & OPM3 ProductSuite | -
PMI's
Organisational Project Management Maturity Model See also [ Mosaic's Books Page ] |
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| P3M3 | - OGC (UK) Portfolio, Programme & Project Management Maturity Model (P3M3) - http://www.ogc.gov.uk/documents/p3m3.pdf | |
| Project-Sponsor.Com | - Equipping Sponsors with the skills and knowledge they need to be truly successful - http://www.beingaprojectsponsor.com | |
| SOX Institute | - The global leader in Sarbanes-Oxley Training and Certifications - http://www.soxinstitute.org | |
| Governance Papers | - Mosaic Published Papers - Governance | |
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| Managing Projects, Programs and Portfolios | ||
| Comprehensive Project Management Glossary (From APM) | - http://www.apm.org.uk/page.asp?categoryID=4&subCategoryID=29&pageID=0 | |
| OGC
- UK Office for Government Commerce |
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Office for Government Commerce, Home Page - http://www.ogc.gov.uk
for - The Official ITIL Web pages - PRINCE2 Project Management Methodology - Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) - OGC Gateway Process - OGC Best-Management-Practice website; the umbrella site dedicated to making access to information quick and easy - http://www.best-management-practice.com |
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| PMI's Program and Portfolio Stds. | - See [ Mosaic's Books Page ] | |
| The Tasmanian Government project management guidelines | - Information, resources and tools - http://www.egovernment.tas.gov.au/themes/project_management | |
| Product Development Institute Inc | - Portfolio Management for new products, the Stage-Gate® process and white papers - www.prod-dev.com | |
| Project Management Papers | - Mosaic's Published Papers - Project Management | |
| Competency, Stakeholders (people) & PMOs | ||
| GAPPS | - Project Manager Competency Standards (free download) - http://www.globalpmstandards.org | |
| PMI's PM Competency Framework | - Project Manager Competency Development Framework (Book) - http://www.pmi.org/Marketplace | |
| IPMA Competency Framework | - IPMA Competence Baseline (ICB v3.0 - Free download) - http://www.ipma.ch/certification/standards/Pages/default.aspx | |
| AIPM Competency Framework | - New Standard under development (Draft v2 released March 2008) see http://www.aipm.com.au | |
| Complex Project Management | - College of Complex Project
Managers - http://www.defence.gov.au/dmo/proj_man/Complex_PM_v2.0.pdf - See AIPM SIG - http://www.aipm.com.au/html/complex_project_management.cfm |
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| The Organizational Zoo | - Humorous observations of the characteristics in your organizational Zoo (book) - http://www.organizationalzoo.com | |
| Stakeholder Management | - Home of the Stakeholder Circle® system - http://www.stakeholder-management.com | |
| Stakeholder Mapping | - An international resource focusing on Stakeholder Mapping - http://www.stakeholdermapping.com | |
| Stakeholder Mapping Australia | - An Australian resource focusing on Stakeholder Mapping - http://www.stakeholdermapping.com.au | |
| PMO Papers | - Mosaic's Published Papers - PMOs | |
| Stakeholder Management Papers | - Mosaic's Published Papers - Stakeholders | |
| Stakeholder Management Books | - Construction Stakeholder
Management - http://www.mosaicprojects.com.au/Books.html#book_Chinyo - Procurement Systems – A Cross Industry Project Management Perspective - http://www.mosaicprojects.com.au/Books.html#Book_DW - More books to come..... |
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| Planning & Scheduling | ||
| Critical Chain | - Critical Chain and Theory of Constraints (TOC) - http://www.focusedperformance.com/projects.html | |
| Delay and Disruption Protocol | - The Society of Construction Law (UK) - http://www.eotprotocol.com | |
| International Center for Scheduling Inc. (ICS or ICS-Global) | - Your one-stop shop for all facets of construction project planning and scheduling - http://www.ics-global.com | |
| Location
Based Scheduling or Line-of-Balance |
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Practical site planning and management of workflow using 'location
based scheduling'. (paper by Russell Kenley) - http://www.iglc2004.dk/_root/media/13071_057-kenley-final.pdf |
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| Planning Engineers Organisation | - PEO - the professional body dedicated to serving planners and schedulers from across the world - http://www.planningengineers.org | |
| Planning Planet | - For Planning, Programming & Controls Professionals Around The World - http://www.planningplanet.com | |
| PMI
College of Scheduling [ Download Brochure ] |
- Promoting the expectation and implementation of accurate, ethical schedules throughout the World - http://www.pmicos.org | |
| PMI's Scheduling Practice Std. | - See [ Mosaic's Books Page ] | |
| Scheduling Excellence Initiative (SEI) | - SEI is focused on developing the Scheduling Enhancement Series – a multi-volume reference centre for scheduling concepts, methodologies and best practices. - www.pmicos.org/sei/COS_Website/mainpages/seiindex.html | |
| 5-STEPS | - Mosaic's 5-STEPS methodology for effective schedule control, see 5-STEPS | |
| Scheduling Software | - See the 'Tools' section of this web site or the 'Software' links below. | |
| Scheduling Papers | - Mosaic's Published Papers - Scheduling | |
| Scheduling Information | - See Mosaic's Scheduling Home Page - http://www.mosaicprojects.com.au/Planning.html | |
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| Earned Value & Earned Schedule | ||
| Earned Schedule Site | - The official site for Earned Schedule (including ES calculators) - www.earnedschedule.com | |
| Earned Schedule Papers | -
Earned Schedule (papers and presentations hosted by PMI
Sydney Chapter) - http://sydney.pmichapters-australia.org.au/programs/share/index.asp?P=31&L=2&SNID=1&ICID=105& |
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| PMI College of Performance Management | -
The Premiere Organization for Earned Value Management
and Project Planning and Control - http://www.pmi-cpm.org - CPM document library - http://www.pmi-cpm.org/members/pages/search.asp |
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| Aust PMA | - Australian Performance Management Association: Earned Value & performance management practitioners | |
| USA DoD Earned Value | - USA DoD Information on earned value project management for government, industry and academic users - http://www.acq.osd.mil/pm | |
| Australian Department of Defence | - Information on the use of Earned Value Performance Management on Major Capital Equipment Projects - http://www.defence.gov.au/dmo/esd/evm/index.cfm | |
| Earned Value Information | - See the 'Techniques' section of this web site or our EV Training options. | |
| EV Papers | - Mosaic's Published Papers - Earned Value | |
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| Cost Management and Value Engineering | ||
| APM VM SIG (UK) | - APM Value Management SIG - http://www.apm.org.uk/valuemanagement | |
| Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering | - International association for cost engineers, PMs and planners - http://www.aacei.org | |
| Project-Sponsor.Com | - Home of Value Delivery Management™. Focusing on Value Management and the delivery of value - http://www.valuedeliverymanagement.com | |
| USA Government Accountability Office | - Cost Assessment Guide, Best Practices for Estimating and Managing Program Costs. Free download (Exposure Draft as at Sept. 2007, search on 'Cost Assessment') from - http://www.gao.gov | |
| Society of Cost Estimating and Analysis | - Dedicated to improving cost estimating and analysis in USA government and industry - http://www.sceaonline.net | |
| SAVE International | - SAVE is the premier international society devoted to the advancement and promotion of value engineering, value analysis and value management (the value methodology) - http://www.value-eng.org | |
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| Risk | ||
| About Risk | - Pertmaster’s White Papers give an insight into what risk is all about and how it can be used to manage your projects more effectively - http://www.primavera.com/products/pertmaster/index.asp | |
| APM Risk Management SIG | - APM Risk Management SIG Publications - http://www.eurolog.co.uk/apmrisksig | |
| ATOM Risk Management | - Active Threat & Opportunity Management, a practical method for managing risk on projects - http://www.atom-risk.com | |
| Lucidus Consulting | - Risk Management papers and publications, free downloads - http://www.lucidusconsulting.com/publications_01.html | |
| OGC M_o_R | - Management of Risk from OGC - http://www.best-management-practice.com | |
| PRAM Guide (APM Risk SIG) | - Project Risk Analysis and Management (PDF download free) - http://www.eurolog.co.uk/apmrisksig/publications/minipram.pdf | |
| £500m Project Failure | - Riding A Tiger: some lessons of Taurus - [ view PDF ] | |
| RAMP | - Risk Analysis and Management for Projects - http://www.ramprisk.com/homepage | |
| Risk Attitude | - This site focuses on understanding and managing risk attitude - http://www.risk-attitude.com | |
| Risk Decisions | - Best practice risk management services and solutions - http://www.riskdecisions.com | |
| Risk Doctor | - Papers, books and advice on project risks by Dr David Hillson - http://www.risk-doctor.com | |
| RiskTools | - Australian Consultancy focusing on risk management services and software solutions - http://www.RiskTools.com.au | |
| ROMS | - The world’s only multimedia enterprise Risk and Opportunity Management System, based on 20 years of research by Prof. Martin Loosemore - http://www.risk-opportunity.com | |
| Risk Papers | - Mosaic's Published Papers - Risk | |
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| Software & ICT Project Management | ||
| Australian Computer Society (ACS) | - Computer industry professionals - http://www.acs.org.au | |
| International Software Benchmarking Standards Group | - The mission of the ISBSG is to improve the management of IT projects through the use of public repositories of software engineering knowledge and metrics - http://www.isbsg.org | |
| ITtoolbox | - A community of Project Management peers - http://projectmanagement.ittoolbox.com | |
| ITtoolkit | - A practical "how-to" resource for IT projects - http://www.ittoolkit.com | |
| southernSCOPE | - An effective software delivery methodology - http://www.egov.vic.gov.au | |
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| Construction & Engineering | ||
| Aconex – Online Document Management | - Aconex is an online document management service providing web collaboration for construction, engineering and facilities management organisations - http://www.aconex.com | |
| Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering | - International association for cost engineers, PMs and planners - http://www.aacei.org | |
| BIW Information Channel | - Enabling people involved with every phase of the life of a built asset to share information securely via the Internet - http://www.biwtech.com | |
| CIOBA | -
Chartered Institute of Building Australia's website - http://www.ciob.org.au - See also P. Weaver's role - From CV CIOB Publications: - Contact Australasia: http://www.ciob.org.au/newsletter - iCON Review: http://www.iconreview.org/home - Construction Manager: http://www.constructionmanager.co.uk |
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| Constructing Excellence | - CE (UK) aims to achieve a step change in construction productivity by tackling the market failures and promoting continuous improvement. - http://www.constructingexcellence.org.uk | |
| Construction Library | - A range of planning, project management and other resources for the construction industry - http://www.theconstructionlibrary.com | |
| Delay and Disruption Protocol | - The Society of Construction Law (UK) - http://www.eotprotocol.com | |
| Doyles Construction Lawyers | - Australia’s largest specialist construction law firm - http://www.doylesconstructionlawyers.com | |
| IAMA | - The Institute of Arbitrators & Mediators is Australia's largest, independent and most experienced arbitration and mediation service - http://www.iama.org.au | |
| ICPMA | - The International Construction Project Management Association (ICPMA) is an international umbrella association focusing on international Knowledge Management, the General Annual Meeting, working groups and publications. - http://www.icpma.net | |
| International Center for Scheduling Inc. (ICS or ICS-Global) | - Your one-stop shop for all facets of construction project planning and scheduling - http://www.ics-global.com | |
| Legal and Contractual Papers | - Published papers (main paper index) | |
| NEC
Contract (New Engineering Contract - UK) |
- The NEC Contract is a legal framework of project management procedures designed to handle all aspects of the management of engineering and construction projects - http://www.newengineeringcontract.com | |
| Office of ABCC & Federal Safety Commissioner | -
Office of the Australian Building and construction
Commissioner (ABCC) - http://www.abcc.gov.au - Federal Safety Commissioner - http://www.fsc.gov.au |
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| Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors – RICS | -
A global organisations for professionals involved in
land, property, construction and environmental issues - http://www.rics.org.au RICS Project Management Faculty - http://www.rics.org/Management/Projectmanagement |
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| Rethinking Construction | -
Eagan Report 1998, [ view
PDF ] See also 'Procurement Systems – A Cross Industry Project Management Perspective' [ Mosaic's Books Page ] |
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| Scope for improvement | - Report on the Australian Construction Industry (2006) by BDW Lawyers [ view PDF ] | |
| Strategic Forum for Construction | - (SFfC) UK - http://www.strategicforum.org.uk/index.shtml | |
| Society of Cost Estimating and Analysis | - Dedicated to improving cost estimating and analysis in USA government and industry - http://www.sceaonline.net | |
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| Project Management Software | ||
| Grouped links - Scheduling - Decision Support - Integrated PM Tools | ||
| Stakeholder Circle | - Stakeholder management - http://www.stakeholder-management.com | |
| Mosaic's Preferred Tools Section | - Additional information on selected Software Tools & Techniques | |
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| Scheduling Tools | ||
| ACOS +1 | - Contact Fallon Project Management at fpm@fpmviper.com - http://www.acos.com | |
| AMS Realtime | - Scalable solution-set for controlling work, time and resources in real time at project, programme and portfolio level - http://www.amsrealtime.com | |
| Graphisoft Control | -
A Line-of-Balance, or Flowline-based system designed for
construction projects - http://www.graphisoft.com/products/construction/products_and_services/gscontrol/ |
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| LinearPlus | - Time chainage diagrams for linear projects (eg railways & pipelines) - http://www.pcfltd.co.uk/lphome.html | |
| Micro Planner X-Pert and Manager | - Micro Planning International - http://www.microplanning.com or http://www.microplanning.com.au or http://www.microplanning.co.uk | |
| Open Plan | - Deltek (Open Plan & COBRA) - http://www.wstpacific.com.au | |
| Pertmaster | - Risk management for cost and schedule - http://www.primavera.com/products/pertmaster/index.asp | |
| Primavera | - Primavera Australia - http://www.primavera-aus.com | |
| - ANZPUG | - Australian & New Zealand Primavera Users Groups exist to assist users of Primavera project management software - http://www.anzpug.org | |
| Spider | - Integrated schedule, cost and resource management - http://www.spiderproject.ru | |
| Mosaic's Scheduling Page | - More links to interesting scheduling software tools and information for planners and schedulers | |
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| Decision Support Tools | ||
| iDecide | - Decision and Risk Analysis software from Decisive Tools - http://www.definitivesoftware.com | |
| iThink | - Decision and system modelling tool - http://www.iseesystems.com/Softwares/Business/ithinkSoftware.aspx | |
| MACBETH | - Measuring Attractiveness by a Categorical Based Evaluation Technique, management of complex problems involving qualitative value scores and weights - http://www.m-macbeth.com Note: you may need to type this URL directly into your browser to link to the Macbeth site. | |
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| Integrated Project Management Tools | ||
| b-smart from Bijingo Pty Ltd | - b-smart is a comprehensive software as a service Project Management solution via the web - http://www.bijingo.com (Australia) | |
| Eurobios | - Project Portfolio Management, modelling and simulation - http://www.eurobios.com (Europe & Melbourne) | |
| Method123 | - Project Management Templates, Tools, Forms and Processes, including free papers and a free e-book - http://www.method123.com (New Zealand) | |
| MPMM | - Software to help you build, customize and share project management methodologies and Life Cycle toolsets - http://www.mpmm.com (New Zealand) | |
| Project Perfect | - Project Administration software that integrates with MS Project. Free Information & papers - http://www.projectperfect.com.au (Australia) | |
| Wrike | - On-demand Online Project Management system; Wrike helps to save time by integrating emails, tasks and web based project management tools - http://www.wrike.com | |
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| Project Management Chat & General Information Sites | ||
| allPM | - Free PM reference site, white papers, newsletter, forum topics, and more - http://www.allpm.com | |
| Focused Performance | - A web resource dedicated to enhancing your ability to achieve more of your goals - http://www.focusedperformance.com | |
| Gantt Head | - IT project management news and chat - http://www.gantthead.com | |
| HyperHot | - Principle Based Project Management - http://www.hyperthot.com/project.htm | |
| Lessons from History | - This series uses relevant historical case studies to examine how great historical projects solved complex problems and then draws comparisons to the challenges encountered in today’s projects, and project failures - http://www.lessons-from-history.com | |
| Max Wideman | - Max Wideman’s project management wisdom: any fool can make things complicated, Max’s goal is to keep it simple! - http://www.maxwideman.com | |
| PM Connection | - Their mission is to advance the Project Management profession (period) - http://www.pmconnection.com | |
| PM World Today | - The world's leading online global project management (PM) eJournal - http://www.pmworldtoday.net | |
| PMFORUM® | - PMFORUM provides instant access to world-wide project management information - http://www.pmforum.org | |
| Project Manager Today | - The monthly magazine for project people - http://www.pmtoday.co.uk | |
| PROJECTmagazine | - PROJECTmagazine is a free on-line magazine for Project Managers - http://www.projectmagazine.com | |
| projectmanagement.com | - Free content for construction, finance and IT Project Managers - http://www.projectmanagement.com | |
| Projects@Work | - Project management resources, tools and training for professional project managers. - http://www.projectsatwork.com | |
| (The) Project Management Podcast | - Free audio podcasts on a range of project management topics - http://www.thepmpodcast.com | |
| WST Pacific White Papers | - WST Pacific (Open Plan & COBRA) Project management white papers - http://www.wstpacific.com.au/resources.htm | |
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| People we know - friends, colleagues and consultancies from around the world | ||
| Arthur Shelley | - Author, The Organizational Zoo - http://www.organizationalzoo.com | |
| Dartnell Grant & Associates | - Victoria, Consultancy and training - http://www.dga.net.au | |
| Derek Walker | - RMIT University, Editor: Procurement Systems – A Cross Industry Project Management Perspective, (Taylor & Francis, London - 2008) Lynda Bourne is co-author of Ch. 3 'Stakeholders and the Supply Chain'. Preview the book at: http://dhtw.tce.rmit.edu.au/NewProcBookWebPage.htm | |
| Eastwood Harris | - Victoria, Primavera and Microsoft training books - http://www.eh.com.au - See Mosaic's Books Page for selected EH titles | |
| G. G. Betros & Associates | - South Australia, Consultancy and training - http://www.betros.com.au | |
| Jon Whitty | - University of Queensland, controversial new ideas on the development of project management based on memes and memeplex (ideology) - http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~jonw/ Papers discussing the evolution of PM see http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/list.php?collection_pid=UQ:13603 | |
| Measure Twice llc | - USA, Training and communications (developer of our PM Final tool) - http://www.measuretwice.net | |
| MTC AustralAsia | -
Victoria, Performance Management &
training - http://www.mtc.aust.com (former home of the Australian Performance Management Symposiums) |
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| PM Global | - Queensland, project management conferences including PMOZ and WPM Week - http://www.pmglobal.com.au | |
| Praxis Learning Networks | - USA, Training and consultancy (including Stakeholder Circle) - http://www.praxisln.com | |
| Project Aid | - Project Aid is a not for profit venture who's vision is to provide professional Project Management assistance to Australian based relief organisations in delivering their outcomes, including voluntary project management experience and expertise in a professional and neutral manner utilizing resources of the Project Management community - http://www.projectaid.org | |
| Project Plus | - New Zealand, Consultancy and training - http://www.projectplus.co.nz | |
| Protegic | - Australia, Strategic project management - http://www.protegic.com.au | |
| Rory Burke | - Project management author and traveller - http://www.knowledgezone.net | |
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