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PMC Wins Supply Arrangement with the City of Ottawa

Date Posted: 05.31.11


PMC has been awarded a 2 year supply arrangement (plus a 2 year optional extension period) with the City of Ottawa to provide IT professional services. We have won a total of 16 streams covering 6 major categories:

  1. Information Security and Project Services
  2. Business Solutions Branch Development and Integration
  3. Enterprise Integration and Application Development / Information Management
  4. Technology Infrastructure Server and Operations
  5. Client Services
  6. IT Architecture

These streams include various positions within the Project Management world. PMC is now accepting applications for the above positions. Please visit our career section to apply.

Prince2® Training

Start Date: 04.19.11

End Date: 04.23.11

Description:

Prince2® Training

Tuesday April 19th - Saturday April 23rd, 2011

9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

ONLY $1950!
Receive a $50 discount for each reference registered.

Tuesday – Full Day (F)
Wednesday – Full Day (F)
Thursday – ½ Day & Foundation Exam (F) from 2-4 p.m.
Friday – Full Day (P)
Saturday – ½ Day & Practitioner Exam (P) from 2-4 p.m.

1 Antares Drive, Suite 550
Ottawa, Ontario
K2E 8C4

PRINCE2® training is delivered in association with Raj Khanna Associates Limited,
who are an Accredited Training Organisation for APMG UK

PRINCE2® is a Registered Trade Mark of the Office of Government
Commerce in the United Kingdom and other countries.

Managing Complexity in Large Development Programmes– a requirements-driven approach

Date Posted: 05.27.10

Last month Steve Rivkin described a requirements-driven approach in which the DOORS Database was used to manage the requirements, providing full traceability and verification. This final article in the series considers some of the additional issues related to large, complex development programmes, such as: conformance to standards, multiple concurrent lifecycles, the management of legal and non-technical requirements, and whole lifecycle management. Author(s): STEVE RIVKIN Additional Categories: PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT | PROJECT CONTROL | PROJECT FAILURE/SUCCESS Article_3_(May_2010)_Managing_Complexity_in_Large_Development_Programmes.pdf

2010 Summer Offers

Date Posted: 04.13.10

Special Offer: Lean - Six Sigma

PMC will provide one hour of free consultation to the first four people to register for this course (certain conditions apply)

  • Limit one session per company
  • No travelling fee inside the Montreal Island, Laval, and the South Shore
  • Consultation session must be used in the 4 months following the training

Special Offer: OneNote

  • Participants will receive an electronic copy of the Microsoft OneNote notebook used in training.

Click this link to view PMC's schedule for upcoming training classes.

Virtual Primavera 102 - Project Management in P6 Course

Start Date: 06.07.10

End Date: 06.14.10

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2010 Spring Offers

Date Posted: 03.18.10

Special Offer: Lean - Six Sigma

PMC will provide one hour of free consultation to the first four people to register for this course (certain conditions apply)

  • Limit one session per company
  • No travelling fee inside the Montreal Island, Laval, and the South Shore
  • Consultation session must be used in the 4 months following the training

Special Offer: OneNote

  • Participants will receive an electronic copy of the Microsoft OneNote notebook used in training.

Click this link to view PMC's schedule for upcoming training classes.

Effective Project Risk Management

Start Date: 04.15.10

End Date: 04.16.10

Description:This 2 day course allows the attendee to learn how to effectively manage risk that is inherent to projects. Using proven processes, tools and techniques based on project best practices and the 4th edition of the PMI® PMBOK® the attendee receives a thorough understanding of risk in a program and project environment.

OBJECTIVES: Participants will learn how to effectively manage risk that is inherent to projects, with proven processes, tools and techniques based on project best practices and aligned with the latest 4th edition of the PMI Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge.

METHODOLOGY: Interactive class discussions, individual and group exercises combined with relevant case studies guide participants through an integrated risk management methodology.

LEVEL: Beginner/Intermediate

Topics Covered:
• Risk Management Fundamentals
• Risk Management Planning and Strategy
• Risk Sources and Identification
• Risk Analysis and Prioritization
• Risk Responses
• Risk Tracking and Adapting

Start Time: 08:30 AM
End Time: 04:30 PM
Location: Sheraton Ottawa Hotel
150 Albert Street
Ottawa, Ontario
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce, Project Management Institute and Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation Members: CAD 795.00
Non-Members: CAD 1060.00
Presenter: Michael Delis B. Eng, PMP

To register Call: 613-235-8075 ext 221
Course outline

Intensive PMP Exam Preparation

Start Date: 02.17.10

End Date: 02.19.10

Description:Due to the strong demand for the sold out PMP Study Group and the long wait list, PMI Nova Scotia and Project Management Center have partnered to bring to you a new opportunity/format to prepare you to write your PMP exam

This 3 day course allows the attendee to have the essential preparation in attaining the PMP® (Project Management Professional) credential from the PMI® (Project Management Institute). Emphasis is placed on the latest 4th edition of the PMI® PMBOK® (Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge) as well as other project management (PM) best-practices and sources.

Topics Covered:
- Introduction to PMI
- PM Overview and Project Integration
- Project Scope and Time Management
- Project Cost Management
- Project Quality, HR and Communication Management
- Project Risk and Procurement Management
- Professional Responsibility, Ethics and Exam Simulation

Start Time: 8:30 AM
End Time: 04:30 PM
Location: Project Management Center
1700-1959 Upper Water Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Members: CAD 1250.00
Non-Members: CAD 1375.00
PDUs: 21.00
Presenter: Michael Delis B

To register Call: 902-476-8929 or register online at http://www.onepmi.org/PMIWeb/EventRegister.aspx?EventID=1668
Registration/Cancellation Deadline is February 8th

Primavera Risk and Portfolio Management Seminar

Date Posted: 05.29.09

In a globally integrated world almost everything we do in today's business world involves a risk of some kind: customer habits change, new competitors appear, and events outside your control can delay or cause your project to fail. Come learn how Oracle’s Primavera Risk Analysis and Portfolio Management skills and software can keep you covered.

Register Now to Attend our FREE Seminar
& Earn 2 PDUs

Friday June 19th, 2009
Hotel Indigo
123 Metcalfe Street
 Ottawa, ON
Registration at 8:00AM 
Seminar from 8:30-11:30AM

To Register Contact:
Sarah Atchison
Project Management Centre
1 Antares Drive, Suite 550
Ottawa, Ontario K2E 8C4
613-235-8075 ext. 228


 

Portfolio Management Seminar

Start Date: 02.05.09

End Date: 02.06.09

Description:

Enterprise Portfolio/Project Investment Management

Primavera Portfolio Management is the leading portfolio management software solution, providing unmatched flexibility and infrastructure for enterprise portfolio management. Primavera Portfolio Management’s unique functionality helps establish the planning and control, making it ideal for managing all types of portfolios from start to finish.

Click here to view seminar postingKey Benefits Include

  • Increased stakeholder communication and active participation
  • Shared practices for proposing and approving investments
  • A transparent process resulting in organizational buy-in
  • Savings of 10-20% on portfolio value

Register Now to Attend a FREE Seminar. Complimentary Breakfast will be served:

Conference Schedule and location

Ottawa

  • Thursday, February 05
    8:30 a.m. Registration / Networking Breakfast
    9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Seminar
  • Location : Delta Ottawa Hotel,  Confederation Room, 361 Queen Street.

Montreal

  • Friday, February 06 
    7:30 a.m. Registration / Networking Breakfast
    8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Seminar
  • Location : Delta Centre Ville Hotel, St Charles Room, 777 University Street.

PMC is delighted to announce the launch of our new website.

Date Posted: 01.13.09

Our new website comes with an improved re-design, corporate identity and many new features and updates.

GENERAL INFORMATION –

Accesses contact info, news and upcoming events and products.

FEATURED PRODUCTS –

PMConnex Integrations, Primavera, Microsoft Office, Telelogic DOORS, and much more…

SOLUTIONS –

Capability and maturity assessments, project management office support, competency development, as well as our own custom methodologies.

DOWNLOADS –

Industry specific white papers, training schedules, tutorial presentations and inserts on our solutions and services.

Keep visiting us for news and information, and in the meantime, we hope that you will find our content useful and informative and we look forward to your comments and suggestions.

PMC - Enabling Project Management Excellence

PMC at GTEC 2008

Start Date: 10.28.08

End Date: 10.30.08

Description:

GTEC is an annual meeting of federal, provincial, regional and municipal government representatives from around the world. These leaders come together to share knowledge on to how best serve citizens through information and communication technologies.

GTEC 2008 will be held at the Westin Hotel in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The theme will encompass the emergence of Web 2.0 technologies, and will also address citizen-centred service delivery and government service transformation.

PMC is proud to be a part of one of the most substantive learning events of the year!

Conference Schedule

  • Tuesday, October 28
    7:00 a.m. Registration / Networking Breakfast
    8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Welcome / Keynote Address / Concurrent Sessions / Focused Sessions
  • Wednesday, October 29
    7:00 a.m. Registration / Networking Breakfast
    8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Keynote Panel / Concurrent Sessions / Focused Sessions
  • Thursday, October 30
    7:00 a.m. Registration / Networking Breakfast
    8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Exclusive Keynote Program / Conference Wrap-up Session

PMC Announces the New PMConnex Integration Services Program

Date Posted: 11.07.06

Ottawa, ON – November 7, 2006 – PMC Project Management Centre Inc., a leading provider in portfolio and project management systems, announced today that it is introducing the new PMConnex, which is now their Integration Services Program.

The brand name PMConnex was associated with the proprietary software that integrated Primavera Project Management and Telelogic DOORS Requirements Management, however the name will now be used as the program that consists of all integration services offered by the company. PMConnex for Primavera and DOORS is the name currently used for the proprietary software.

Common areas of integration developed by PMC includes risk management, resource management, requirements management, finance, work order systems, personnel management and timesheet monitoring, however their integration team can provide a customizable tool, enabling seamless connectivity between many project management and relevant business applications. The program offers a powerful integration approach that saves businesses time and money, while improving their decision-making. PMC has a proven track record of successful integrations delivered to a number of large and small companies.

PMC has also launched print advertisements of the PMConnex Integration Services Program that will be presented in the next several issues of Primavera Magazine.

About PMC

Founded in 1992, PMC is a Canadian company with offices located in Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto. With its vast project management experience, PMC is a leader in portfolio and project management systems providing solutions for clients in various industries such as defense, high technology, health and the government. PMC helps companies accomplish their project and business goals through the use of world-class project management solutions delivered by objective, experienced and competent professionals.

PMC Talks Risk - Managing your Threats and Opportunities

Date Posted: 08.21.06

Ottawa, ON - August 21, 2006 - PMC Project Management Centre Inc., a leading provider in portfolio and project management systems, announced today that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Strategic Thought, Inc. to establish a framework for cooperative efforts between the two organizations to increase the promotion of enterprise risk management software.

"With the increasing concern of enterprise risk management at the executive level, this is a growing market within the portfolio management field. We are very pleased and excited to have partnered with Strategic Thought", said Scott Hunter, president of PMC. Strategic Thought’s product, Active Risk Manager (ARM) is an excellent fit for PMC’s portfolio of offerings to their customers. The success of ARM has been its ability to enable management to effectively deal with uncertainty and risk, from a corporate, operational and project level. It has proven its value in helping to deliver consistent risk management processes to all types of users.

Execution of this contract enhances PMC’s proven track record of providing the best of breed solutions to the market. PMC continually builds strong relationships to provide value to their customers.

About PMC

Founded in 1992, PMC is a Canadian company with offices located in Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto. With its vast project management experience, PMC is a leader in portfolio and project management systems providing solutions for clients in various industries such as defense, high technology, health and the government. PMC helps companies accomplish their project and business goals through the use of world-class project management solutions delivered by objective, experienced and competent professionals.

About Strategic Thought, Inc.

Strategic Thought, Inc. is a technology and services company, specializing in risk management that is committed to achieving customer success and leadership in each of their business divisions.

PMC Signs Reseller Agreement with DecisionEdge, Inc.

Date Posted: 07.20.06

Ottawa, ON - July 20, 2006 - PMC Project Management Centre Inc., a leading provider in portfolio and project management systems, announced today that it has signed an agreement with DecisionEdge, Inc. to resell their suite of add-on tools for Microsoft Project and Primavera products and provide related consulting services.

"We are extremely pleased and excited to have partnered with DecisionEdge", said Scott Hunter, president of PMC. DecisionEdge’s products are a comfortable fit for PMC’s portfolio of offerings to their customers. Their enhanced graphics and reporting tools provide management and project teams to better understand and communicate key project information and help make informed decisions.

Execution of this agreement enhances PMC’s proven track record of providing the best of breed solutions to the market. Coupled with their systems and support service expertise, PMC continually builds strong relationships to provide value to their customers.

About PMC

Founded in 1992, PMC is a Canadian company with offices located in Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto. With over 40 years of accumulated project management experience, PMC is a leader in portfolio and project management systems providing solutions for clients in various industries such as defense, high technology, health and the government. PMC helps companies accomplish their project and business goals through the use of world-class project management solutions delivered by objective, experienced and competent professionals.

About DecisionEdge, Inc.

DecisionEdge, Inc. is a leading provider of business intelligence and analysis software designed specifically for the project management market. The company also licenses its advanced reporting and graphics components to software vendors who want to help their customers better understand the data in their applications.

DecisionEdge is based near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) and has development offices in Ohio and Southern California.

PMC Supports the Local Rautins-House - Celebrity Charity Classic

Date Posted: 05.06.06

Ottawa, ON — June 5, 2007 — PMC Project Management Centre Inc.has announced today it’s sponsorship of this year’s Annual Rautins-House Golf Classic on July 12th, at the Camelot Golf and Country Club. The golf event features international, national and local celebrities entertaining a select group of participants from the Ottawa-Outaouais region. Rautins-House charity has proudly raised over $130,000 since 2001 to support local kid’s charities.

The Rautins-House Celebrity Charity Classic is in its 6th year, focusing on making a difference in the lives of children and their family in the community. Leo Rautins and Tony House have been operating their charity organization for 15 years and have held many successful community projects. PMC is delighted to be involved this year.

"We are proud to support this wonderful event and view our contribution as a way of giving back to our community and directly making a difference in a child’s life," said Scott Hunter, president of PMC.

 

About PMC

Founded in 1992, PMC is a Canadian company with offices located in Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto. With its vast project management experience, PMC is a leader in portfolio and project management systems providing solutions for clients in various industries such as defense, high technology, health and the government. PMC helps companies accomplish their project and business goals through the use of world-class project management solutions delivered by objective, experienced and competent professionals.

PMC receives PrimaClub 2005 award

Date Posted: 02.24.06

Ottawa, ON, February 24, 2006 - Project Management Centre Inc. (PMC), a leader in project, risk and requirements management systems, is delighted to announce that it has been presented the ‘PrimaClub 2005’ award.

The award was designed to recognize Primavera Authorized Resellers (PARs) that have exceeded their software sales objectives for 2005 within their district. This is the fourth time PMC has been recognized for this award in addition to most improved sales. PMC was showcased at this year’s sales conference for their work with three major clients.

The award was presented by Joel M. Koppelman, CEO, at the Primavera Sales and Marketing Kick off meeting in Key West, Florida.

PMC has been a PAR for over 8 years and has confidently demonstrated their strong business relationship with Primavara Systems. PMC has been presented with many other overachievement Primavera awards in those years. This recognizes PMC as a strong player in the enterprise management systems industry with dedicated and valuable experts within the field.

About PMC Project Management Centre Inc.

Founded in 1992, PMC is a Canadian company with offices located in Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto. With over 40 years of accumulated project management experience, PMC is a leader in project, risk and requirements management systems providing solutions for clients in various industries such as defense, high technology, health and the government. PMC helps companies accomplish their project and business goals through the use of world-class project management solutions delivered by objective, experienced and competent professionals.

About Primavera

Primavera is the largest independent provider of collaborative resource, project and portfolio management solutions. Primavera's world-class software and services are used by Global 2000 companies to choose the set of projects that best enable their strategy to plan, control and govern the chosen projects, and to accelerate the delivery of high-quality results for themselves and their clients. Primavera provides in-depth solutions for construction and engineering; financial services; government; power, energy and process; and professional service engagements. Analysts have recognized Primavera as an IT Project Portfolio Management leader.

PMC Project Management Centre Inc.celebrates 10 years in business!

Date Posted: 11.25.05

Ottawa, Canada (November 28, 2005): This year Project Management Centre Inc. is celebrating 10 successful years in business. To commemorate the occasion, PMC has held an open house at its headquarters in Ottawa.

PMC is a locally owned company, which commenced its operations in (March) of 1995, with offices now in Montreal and Toronto. The firm offers products and services specializing in the definition of Project Management Frameworks and the implementation of Project Management Information Systems. It has recently expanded its scope of services to include requirements and risk management and bridging with project management tools and methodologies.

PMC instructors are well recognized for their ability to provide top quality training services and adapt to their clients. specific environment and project management styles. Some major customers include the Department of National Defence, Department of Justice, Caterpillar, and Hydro-Québec.

Recent accomplishments include acquisition of the new office in Ottawa, landing and support of Caterpillar International, acquisition of IFGP, a project management training firm based in Montreal, establishment of an OEM agreement with Telelogic for its world wide distribution and hiring of marketing and financial resources to solidify and grow PMC's business and administration service capabilities.