2011

Project Management Graduate of the Year Awards Winners 2011

The 9th annual graduate of the year (2011) awards took place in Dublin on December 6th. These awards are designed to recognise and honour excellence in project management.

Professionals Value IPMA Certification

Three recently accredited IPMA Level B professionals – each from radically different sectors - explain the rationale for pursuing this qualification.

Project Management Offices (PMOs) growing in Maturity and Influence.

A benchmark study by PM Solutions, “State of the PMO 2010,” indicates that PMOs have entered a remarkable breakout phase in terms of maturity and influence. More than half of these organizations now report to the highest levels of management; and, even more gratifying, their value to the organization is unquestioned

(November)

Growth oF PM Education, Certification & Training

The field of project management is being embraced by organizations everywhere as both “strategic” and operationally “necessary”. This emerged both before and during the recent global economic contraction of 2008-2010.
This growing demand for project management has spawned a great increase in the need for project management education, certification and training..

(October)

Dublin Project Management Summit

60 delegates from countries as far afield as Brazil and China convened in Dublin last weekend to commence work on the latest version (4.0) of the IPMA Competence Baseline known throughout the world as ICB. This is the standard used by the IPMA certification system to accredit project management professionals in over 50 countries around the world.

(September)

Irish Weather Suits Data Centres

IRELAND’S BRICKS and mortar building boom might be a distant memory but a virtual building boom is taking place in Dublin, which was confirmed when internet giant Google said it would build a €75 million home for its computers in the capital.

(August)

The Cost-Effective Delivery of Essential Infrastructure

Having expanded at an unsustainable rate in the years up to 2007, output and employment in the construction industry has collapsed leading to a loss of many essential skills.
The health and viability of the construction industry is of key importance in the provision of a sustainable infrastructure at economic cost.

(July)

Interview with Mark Langley

During the PMI EMEA congress in Dublin in May 2011, former Vice President of IPMA and Director General of the Institute of Project Management Ireland, Ed Naughton, met with PMI’s CEO Mark Langley.  Beth Partleton, current Chair of the PMI Board of Directors, also attended the meeting.

(June)

Survey of Project Management Practitioners 2011

This is the Institute’s seventh annual report on the Irish Project Management community and is jointly undertaken by the Institute of Project Management and UCC Dept. of Management and Marketing. The survey took place in five geographic regions – Cork, Dublin, Galway, Limerick and Waterford and encompassed in excess of two hundred participants from a wide variety of sectors.

(May 2011)

Cloud Computing and Project Management

Although surrounded by much hype, most analysts agree that cloud computing – software applications and data accessed through and stored within the internet – has the potential to be a paradigm-shifting advance as significant as the advent of the internet.

(April 2011)

Social Media Megastars Drawn to Dublin

Social Media Megastars Drawn to Dublin for PMI EMEA Congress and Dublin Web Summit

(March 2011)

Ireland top spot for inward investment jobs

Ireland has been ranked as the number one destination globally for jobs created by inward
investment, a new report shows. 

(February  2011)

Dublin Convention Centre to host PMI 2011 European Global Congress

The Convention Centre Dublin is the first state-owned, public-access building to be
constructed and will provide Ireland with an opportunity to compete for a share of the
estimated €40 billion global conference market.

(January 2011)