Uncategorized Project Management News From The Past Month: January 21st Peter Carr @itworldca Published: January 21st, 2011Hi Everyone:Here is my summary of project management items that haveappeared on the internet in the past month. News has picked up again after theholiday break. Project ManagementJobs in Saudi ArabiaInvestment is leading to a high demand for project managersin Saudi Arabia: http://www.tradearabia.com/news/CONS_191906.html The Seven Most CommonProject Management Mistakes That CIOs MakeFrom Computerweekly, advice for CIOs and those who work forthem: http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2011/01/05/244692/The-seven-most-common-project-management-mistakes-CIOs-make.htm PMI To Fund ProjectManagement ResearchPMI announces solicitation of bids from researchers inproject management http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110111007161/en/Project-Management-Institute-Fund-2012-Research-Projects Addressing SkillsGaps in Project ManagementAdvice from the UK from HR professional: http://www.hrzone.co.uk/topic/strategies/addressing-skills-gaps-project-management/108942 Top 10 ProjectManagement Trends For 2011-01-21 From the American Society for Training and Development: http://www1.astd.org/Blog/post/Top-10-Project-Management-Trends-for-2011.aspx Five Open SourceProject Management Apps To WatchFrom Computerworld UK: http://www.computerworlduk.com/in-depth/open-source/3256644/five-open-source-project-management-apps-to-watch/#Scene_1 US CIO Council ToSurvey Government IT Skills – Including Project ManagementThis podcast describes an initiative that will run Jan18thto Feb 25th: http://www.federalnewsradio.com/index.php?nid=35&sid=2234536 Abu Dhabi’s UnionRailway Dumps ContractorsThought that poor project management to blame in $11 billionproject: http://www.arabiansupplychain.com/article-5488-abu-dhabis-union-railway-dumps-contractors/ Kenyan MPs Suspectedof Graft in Project ManagementMillions alleged to be missing: http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/MPs%20warned%20over%20graft%20in%20CDF%20%20/-/1064/1084500/-/qacbpbz/-/Peter@import url(http://admin.itworldcanada.com/CuteSoft_Client/CuteEditor/Load.ashx?type=style&file=SyntaxHighlighter.css);@import url(/cutesoft_client/cuteeditor/communityservercommon.css);Would you recommend this article?00 Thanks for taking the time to let us know what you think of this article! We'd love to hear your opinion about this or any other story you read in our publication. Click this link to send me a note →Jim Love, Chief Content Officer, IT World Canada Related Download Sponsor: Carbon60 Moving to the Cloud: Beyond the Myths Get on the road to cloud success by moving past the myths around it. Register Now Uncategorized