Uncategorized Project Management News From The Past Three Weeks: April 18th 2011 Peter Carr @itworldca Published: April 18th, 2011Hi Everyone:Here is my selection of items on project management thathave appeared on the internet from thepast three weeks: Project Manager Forthe Tall Ships Race – Lerwick, ScotlandFiona Dally: My working week: http://www.business7.co.uk/features/working-week/2011/04/07/fiona-dally-my-working-week-106408-23044879/ US State CIOs Interestedin Federal IT Project management ToolsCIOs from 38 state and territorial governments haveexpressed an interest in evaluating the federal government’s IT dashboard andproject management tool sets for use intheir state governments. http://www.govtech.com/policy-management/Federal-IT-Project-Management-Tools.html Five Traits ofTransformational PMOsPMOs would be better served by taking a leaner approach: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/041211-project-management-five-traits-of.html Project ManagementJobs ‘Key for Olympic IT Legacy’The 2012 Olympics will be one of the most technologicallyenabled games ever: http://www.womenintechnology.co.uk/news/project-management-jobs-key-for-olympic-it-legacy–news-800489039 Project ManagementLeadership Finally Grows UpAfter a decade of struggling for resources, authority andrecognition the project management office appears to have finally earned therespect it deserves: http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/IT-Management/Project-Management-Leadership-Grows-Up-718089/ Call For LowerTurnover Among Government Project Managers (UK)Average period in the role just 18 months: http://www.womenintechnology.co.uk/news/call-for-lower-turnover-among-government-project-managers-news-800487335 Transitioning IntoThe Tech IndustryFor non IT people with project management skills: http://www.washingtonpost.com/jobs/transitioning-into-the-tech-industry/2011/04/11/AF4fFSKD_story.html US Govt Needs To Shut800 Data Centres Down By 2015Says US CIO Vivek Kundra: http://m.zdnet.com/blog/btl/fed-cio-kundra-we-need-to-shut-800-data-centers-down-by-2015/47213 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