By Dr. William Ibbs

Dr. William Ibbs was selected by PMI seven years ago to research the issue of Project Management’s True Value.  He has proceeded to benchmark dozens of Fortune 500 companies and government agencies.  That work has allowed him to collect a vast amount of quantitative data and experiential information on an array of Project Management issues, such as:

●   How much do companies spend on Project Management?

●   How do they measure those Returns on Investment?

●   What Return on Investment do they achieve from Project Management investments?

●   What innovative practices are world-class organizations using to connect PM to Business Goals?

In this PMI dinner presentation, Dr. Ibbs will report on results he has achieved from continued benchmarking of companies.  Special emphasis will be placed on the critical issue of how companies can tie Project Management to overall business goals and increase business value, an issue that every project manager is either already confronting or soon will be.

About Dr. William Ibbs

Dr. William Ibbs has been the leader in measuring and improving Project Management Maturity, both as a professor of project management at U C Berkeley and through his firm, The Ibbs Consulting Group, Inc.  He has benchmarked more companies than anyone else using his proven PM/ROISM assessment methodology, which helps companies improve their Project Management Maturity.

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Mass Bay Meeting Details

Register by June 11th to receive the Early Bird Registration discount!

Thursday, May 17th, 2004

Agenda:  5:30 Networking Reception – Cash Bar

              6:15 Dinner

              7:15 Chapter Announcements

              7:30 Evening Presentation

              9:00 Adjourn

Location: Burlington Marriott, One Mall Road, Burlington, MA, (781) 229-6565 (Rte. 128/I95 to Rte. 3A North to Mall Road in Burlington)

Cost: If registered by the Early Bird Registration deadline (see above), PMI Members = $27 and Non-Members = $32. Registrations received after this date -OR- at the door is an additional $5 for all registrants.

Registration:  Please make sure you register for the meeting so that enough tables and chairs are available for the dinner and speaker-only parts of the evening’s program.  You may register via the web (www.pmimassbay.org) or via email (registration.pmimassbay@mailhost.org).  Please include your Name, Company, and indicate if you are a PMI Member (Yes/No) in the body of your email message.

Menu:  In order to maintain low dinner costs the Mass Bay Chapter allows the hotel to select a single menu item for each chapter meeting based on availability and the best prices in the marketplace. This arrangement allows the Chapter to keep dinner costs as low and provides meeting participants an excellent value as compared to standard meeting prices.

Note: It is important that you register in advance for the meeting to ensure that enough tables and chairs are available for both the dinner and speaker-only portions of the evening’s program.  You may register via the web or via email.

Late Arrival Dinner Policy: The PMI Mass Bay Chapter offers a flexible dinner reservation policy to accommodate the variable schedules of our members, but we cannot guarantee that those who arrive after the start of the dinner program (6:15 pm) will be served the same meal received by others.

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Meeting Schedule Looking Ahead – There are no Chapter meetings in July and August.  Enjoy your summer and see you again on September 16th, 2004.