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The 25th IPMA Congress recently brought together nearly 1200 national and international project management delegates together for the annual international congress this year held in Brisbane. This was a unique opportunity to better understand  project management issues and challenges and was the impetus behind the inaugural PM Insights Survey.

The scope of survey included the link between strategy and delivery, the future of Project Management and the value of PMOs as well as exploring some of the less tangible aspects of successful project delivery including change management, dealing with conflict and the significance of wellbeing.

The survey raced off to an exciting start, garnering almost 300 respondents in just five days. This momentum continued throughout the conference, spurred on by publicity efforts which included another first, in the IPMA conference app, and also via unrelenting promotion at our exhibitor stand, and prominent place on the AIPM social media sites.

Every survey respondent will receive a copy of the detailed results with and the findings will be widely circulated throughout the project management community. 

Our Institute of Management trainers continue to outperform and excite clients with another perfect 5 out of 5 recently awarded by a Federal Government Client.  Outstanding feedback for the Diploma of Project Management Course included “most engaging facilitator I have experienced on any training course” and “Excellent facilitator…..inspirational and contributed to a 10/10 experience”. 

For more information on blueVisions training and courses including testimonials from our many satisfied clients go to www.im.edu.com.au

blueVisions  has been awarded additional funded Diploma of Project Management places for WA residents through the Productivity Places Program (PPP). This program is jointly funded by the Commonwealth Government and the Government of Western Australia and to be eligible for the fully funded places, students must enrol by 3 August 2011.

Students will have access to our unique and highly successful innovative training model which enables them to fully qualify for a Diploma (provided they meet the assessment criteria) by the end of 8 workshop days, spread equally over four months from August. The government funding model means that the costs of the course are met by jointly by the participating government agencies, students are only required to pay a nominal administration fee. 

For further information on blueVisions Learning & Development Division, Institute of Management courses go to www.im.edu.au for eligibility for funded training, go to http://www.im.edu.au/Others/FreeCourse.aspx 

Ergon Energy maintains a panel of preferred providers for the delivery, assessment, facilitation, and development of accredited and non accredited training services across the organisation. 

blueVisions has been selected to provide the full suite of our training offerings including Project Management certification, Frontline Management, Sustainability, Primavera and a  large range of soft skills courses which aim to build strong team performance and leadership.   

blueVisions Learning and Development division, Institute of Management,  has been appointed to the Defence Material Organisation (DMO) panel of project management training providers as the exclusive provider of Diploma of Project Management for 2011/12. 

Our selection to this panel from a highly competitive field, confirms the value of our highly interactive and practical based training, based on real project management experience as a professional project consultancy involved in the delivery of some of Australia’s largest and most demanding projects.

 Further, the appointment to the DMO panel further consolidates blueVisions' position as a preferred project capability improvement provider to local, state and federal government  agencies.