Welcome to the 17 th Meeting of the Project Management Interest Group (PMIG) 9 March 2009

…relationships matter… By making connections with one another, and keeping them going over time, people are able to work together to achieve things that they either could not achieve by themselves, or could only achieve with great difficulty. People connect through a series of networks and they tend to share common values with other members of these networks,; to the extent that these networks constitute a resource, they can be seen as forming a kind of capital. (John Field, 2003:1)

Background and Purpose of the PMIG Joint venture by TAU, DPSA and GCIS Forum for exchange of ides and issues relating to project management in project implementation in government - best practices and lessons learnt Learning network across project management community of government for their mutual benefit

The PMIG 2001 to 2010  1 st PMIG on 21 August 2001  16 PMIG sessions up to date: 2001 – – – – – – –

Topics Project Management Standards, School Nutrition, 10 Year review - Working for Water, Monitoring and Evaluation, Knowledge Management, Inter-departmental and inter- government programme implementation, Infrastructure Delivery Model, Change Management in government, Results-Based Management, Realities of Project Implementation, SCM, Logistics and Disposal management, Cluster programmes and projects, Mega-projects - Gautrain, 2010 FIFA World Cup, PPM Local government, Spatial Development, Municipal Support and Intervention Framework Gautrain Communication Dukuduku

Feedback from the last PMIG (National Spatial Development Perspective) 57 people attended 30 feedback forms 11F, 12 M, 7 No response Attendance & gender disaggregation Objectives met 70% Subject matter interesting 87% Value added to business practices 67% Relevance of Theme (agree & totally agree) Good communication skills 40% Involved attendees 53% Presenter (agree & totally agree)

Suggestions for improvement Focused commentary, alternative views, synthesis Focused discussion on PM rather than technical questions Stakeholders in the room to be identified at the start of the session Reference documentation to be provided

Themes for future sessions 25 May 2010 Launch of TAU Programme and Project Management (PPM)Toolkit 19 October 2010 Results-Based Management, and Auditing of Performance Information