Last Chance to Review "Starting Building Projects" Exposure Draft

DPC SIG members are encouraged to review the Starting Building Projects Exposure Draft and to provide comments directly to buildingprojects@apeg.bc.ca.

Be sure to indicate that you are a DPC SIG member.

Have a Project Management Question?

We Just May Have the Answer!

The DPC SIG has enlisted the support of Subject Matter Experts from around the world to address your project management-related questions. Questions and answers will appear in upcoming issues of the DPC SIG newsletter and monthly bulletin.

Submit Your Question to VCMarketing@dpcsig.org.
Be sure to include your name and contact information in the email.

Here's a Recently Posed Question
How do you measure client satisfaction for the engineering services offered? What are the factors that should be considered for evaluating the satisfaction index? View the answer provided by our SMEs.

DPC SIG Lapel Pins Available for Members

As a token of the DPC SIG's appreciation for your participation in the SIG, we would like to send you a lapel pin. We encourage all members to wear the pin at PMI® chapter and international events and to look for, and network with, other DPC SIG members wearing their pins. Show your pride in the DPC SIG!

Request a DPC SIG pin - Be sure to include your mailing address.

PMI® Region 5 to Hold Annual Symposium

PMI Region 5 is holding it's annual symposium on 2-5 April, 2008 at the Marriott Conference Center at the University of Maryland in College Park Maryland. Region 5 represents project management professionals in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky and North Carolina. In addition, the PMI chapters in the Delaware valley (Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey) are also participating in this event.

This year's symposium, "Realizing the Value of Project Management Both Locally and Globally," is scheduled to include a two-day pre-symposium of
workshops and seminars, a career night for companies interested in hiring certified project
management professionals, and two days of symposium presentations (40 presentations in 5 tracks).
Learn more about the symposium>

Exposure Drafts of New Standards Now Available for Comment

The exposure drafts of The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) - Fourth Edition, The Standard for Program Management - Second Edition, The Standard for Portfolio Management - Second Edition, and OPM3® - Second Edition have been posted on PMI.org and are available for comment.

We encourage all members, volunteers and the greater project management community to take this opportunity to get involved.

This year, we are inviting components in the North America region to offer their best projects to be considered for Areas of Focus presentations at the PMI Global Congress 2008—North America in Denver, Colorado. The presentations you submit are not being nominated for an award at the North America Global Congress.

Interested in submitting a project for consideration? Please contact Jacqueline.kardon@pmi.org no later than 1 April.

Presenters, whose projects are accepted for the congress, will be notified about 30 days from the submission date.

• Expose you to proven CII Project Execution Best Practices.
• Give you the opportunity to network with peers who can show you how to implement these practices.
• Enable you to interact with top academics who are on hand to answer your questions.

Register online - Early registration ends 29 February.

COAA to Offer Owners Leadership Conferences

The Construction Owner's Association of America (COAA) is offering the following Owners Leadership Conferences:

COAA Spring Owners Leadership Conference
Before a Shovel Hits the Ground: Owner Strategies for Planning, Design, and Pre-Construction
7-9 May 2008
St. Louis, Missouri, USA

COAA Fall Owners Leadership Conference
Topic to be announced
19-21 November 2008
Tampa, Florida, USA