Misc

Great news for those who have been watching this space for the big announcement...

As of today, the Certified Agile Project Manager (Cert.APM) Exam is now available online. There is an Online Cert.APM Exam Application that can be completed, PLUS the exam itself will be delivered via our online examination service.

Exam pre-requisites still have to be met; however, past students of accredited Cert.APM exam preparation courses are now able to sign up online to complete their agile PM certification at their convenience.

Those interested in PMAC membership at both the regular member ($100) and student member ($25) rates can now sign up and pay online using our online membership application form. The same form can be used for membership renewals. This speeds up membership application processing and provides for instant access to the Members Forum section of our web site. Note that those renewing a membership may find additional fields of information that need to be provided.

PMAC's new Canadian National Project Awards follow a rigorous assessment model promoted by the IPMA. To conduct these assessments, we'll need a number of trained assessors. (Assessors will receive a fee for their assessment work.)

CNP Award Assessor training will take place in Toronto from Friday, September 10, 2010 to Sunday, September 12, 2010. Please contact Alex Jalalian, our Director of Awards (awards@pmac-agpc.ca) if you are interested in becoming an assessor.

Detailed information and a CNP Assessor Application Form are available on our CNP Assessor Training page.

To recognize those who stand out among all of our volunteers, the Board of Directors of the association will award the annual Volunteer of the Year Awards. There are two awards available for the Board of Directors to give:

• PMAC-AGPC Volunteer of the Year Award - available to all regular members in good standing
• PMAC-AGPC Young Volunteer of the Year Award - available to PMAC Young Crew members in good standing.

  Award and nomination details are available on our PMAC-AGPC Volunteer Awards page.

PMAC-AGPC is proud to announce that it is now accepting applications for the 2010 Canadian Project Management Book Awards. Books must be written by a Canadian author or issued by a Canadian publisher, be released in 2010, and primarily cover content in one or more of the competence areas in the Canadian Project Management National Competence Baseline (CPMNCB). Prizes are awarded to winning entries. Details are available on the Canadian PM Book Awards page.

A new article has been posted in our Publications->Articles section called "The Change Control Myth" by our Vice-President and Director of Professional Development, Kevin Aguanno.

After months of review, the PMAC has just accredited a second course that meets the prerequisite for writing the Certified Agile Project Manager (Cert.APM) exam.

The Project Management Association of Canada – Association de gestion de projet du Canada (PMAC-AGPC) has completed its third year since inception and its first year as the official Canadian member of the International Project Management Association (IPMA). Excitement continues to brew within Canada’s newest Project Management association. PMAC-AGPC has held true to its commitment to not only explore a broader model of Project Management, and apply a broader definition of project success, but to serve the needs and demands of the growing Canadian project management community, experiencing growth in a bilingual country, while continuing to support the ideals of IPMA.

The latest webinar in our series of educational offerings is now available for registration.

The Pyramid of Giza, the Colosseum, and the Transcontinental Railroad are all great historical projects from the past four millennia. When we look back we tend to look at these as great architectural or engineering works. Project management tends to be overlooked, and yet the core principles were used extensively in these projects.

This webinar takes a hard look at the history of project management, how it evolved, and presents some quite remarkable results. Namely, that project management did not just appear in the last 100 years but has been in steady evolution over at least the past 4,500 years.

New insights emerge when dissecting historical projects through a project management lens, and Mark Kozak-Holland brings this to life in his analysis. You will walk away with new insights and an interest to look at these projects more closely for lessons that are just as applicable today as when the projects were initiated.

Mark Kozak-Holland, principal author of the best-selling "Lessons from History" series of books has a new textbook coming out on the history of project management. In this webinar, he is offering our members an exclusive sneak preview in advance of the book's publication.

There is a $9.95 fee for registering for this event. It is open to both PMAC members and non-members alike, and 100% of all registration fees go to the association.

The webinar is on April 22nd, 2010 from Noon to 1:30pm Eastern time.

Register today at:
www.mmpubs.com/catalog/the-history-of-project-management-webinar-p-376.html