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project management links from the lazy project manager peter
 

'Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn't mean you are wiser than when it it reached only to the end of the bar'

Edward R Murrow (1908-1965)

Web links from some friendly people, associations and communities in the big wide project world; check them out and say 'hi' from The Lazy Project Manager

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IPMA Links:

IPMA: Who are we and what do we do?

www.ipma.ch

IPMA is a world leading non-profit making project management organisation. IPMA represents national project management associations (more than 40) on the international level.

IPMA actively promotes project management to businesses and organisations around the world. In order to increase the recognition of the profession, we certify project managers, award successful project teams and individuals, and provide a number of project management publications.   

IPMA has spread from Europe to North and South America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East, and the number of member associations is steadily growing. Through IPMA project managers from all cultures and all parts of the world can network, share ideas and bring project management forward in good co-operation.

PMI Links:

Project Management Institute: Who We Are and What We Do

www.pmi.org


Not-for-Profit Professional Association

At PMI, our primary goal is to advance the practice, science and profession of project management throughout the world in a conscientious and proactive manner so that organizations everywhere will embrace, value and utilize project management and then attribute their successes to it.

  •    Founded in 1969 by working project managers
  •    420,000 members and credential holders

Membership

PMI Membership supports and encourages all project professionals to pursue a new balance of global and local best practices, relationship building and sharing resources. 

  •    250 chapters in over 70 countries 

Global Standards

Global standards are crucial to the project management profession. Standards ensure a basic project management framework is applied consistently worldwide. 

  •    11 global standards (including Program and Portfolio Management)
  •    2 million A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge  (PMBOK® Guide) Circulation

Credentials

PMI's credentials and professional development opportunities can help business professionals start, build or advance their careers in project, program and portfolio management.

    

BCS Links:

BCS: Who are we and what do we do?

http://www.bcs.org/

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, promotes wider social and economic progress through the advancement of information technology science and practice.


We serve over 70,000 members including practitioners, businesses, academics and students, in the UK and internationally.

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