IPM Day 2010 Competition

The PMI UK Chapter held its fifth International Project Management (IPM) Day Conference on Thursday, 4th November 2010. The theme was: 

"COMPLEX PROJECTS - ELEGANT SOLUTIONS"

The conference looked at the main types and causes of project complexity, and project management theories and practice aimed at addressing them. It sought to answer the question "is project complexity increasing?" by looking at case studies of complex projects, as well as highlighting tools and techniques for project managers.

For further details, including speaker powerpoints, please see: IPM Day 2010 webpage

COMPETITION

Linked to this event, we sought to provide PMI Members with the opportunity to contribute to the debate. We therefore asked Members to contribute a short article (600 word max.) relating their experience working on complex projects.

We are now pleased to announce the three winners of this competition (in alphabetical order):

1) What is the Primary Impact of Complexity on Project Delivery?

By John Ashbery, PMP, Senior Project Manager, CLFIS Group Insurance, Bristol.

"Where does the complexity in projects come from? Is it to do with what you are actually trying to deliver, the process you are trying to use to deliver it, managing communication around the project, or the management of the stakeholders involved in the project? Whilst there is an element of all of these related to project complexity, it seems to me that the primary reason for complexity comes from our attempts to satisfy stakeholder needs."   FULL ARTICLE    Ashbery articleAshbery article

2) What Makes a Project Complex?

By Neil Robinson, PMP.

"There are a myriad of factors that may contribute to project complexity. The five factors (not in order) that have contributed most complexity to the projects I have encountered are as follows: technical complexity, business complexity, globalisation, virtual teams and organisational structure."  FULL ARTICLE.  Robinson articleRobinson article

3) Case study: Project for a Pan-European Mobile Telephone Company

By Norman Wallace

"I have used a case study to illustrate the main elements linked to project complexity, focusing in particular on the following aspects: communication issues, team structures and quality. The project was to replace the legacy core switching network for a pan-European Mobile telephone company with the new and latest switching technology. The project covered four separate countries, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic and Croatia. Its scope was full turnkey." FULL ARTICLE. Wallace articleWallace article

 

COMPETITION SPONSOR

Each of the three competition winners have received, as a prize, a signed copy of the new book, "Complex Projects" by Carl Belack and Dr Kerzner. These were kindly donated by the competition sponsor, IIL:

IIL - International Institute for Learning, Inc.

CORPORATE SPONSORS

The IPM Day 2010 event was sponsored by the following organisations:

Microsoft

ESI

IIL (International Institute for Learning Inc.)

NetCom Software

Turning Point

Thinking Visually

QUESTIONS?

If you would like to contact the competition winners, you can do so via: Sandra Newman at Service@pmi.org.uk
Tel: 0208 751 5626