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 The International Institute of Project Management (IIPM), one of the
globally registered education providers of the Project Management Institute, PMI, USA, celebrated
its first
alumni meet October 23 in Chennai. It was a time to congratulate and
recognise the
successful completion of Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
of its patrons
and to thank family members and kids for their contribution in making the
candidates pass
the exam, considered to be one of the most difficult management certifications
in the world.
Today, PMP certification is the hottest certificate for project managers in
any industry,
in general, and IT industry, in particular.
 Panelists from various domains discussed the relevance of 'Just in Time (JIT)
in Software
Industry'. They also had an interactive session with the participants. The
panelists included O Arivazhagan, CEO, IIPM, who started off the panel discussion with
an introduction to JIT in the software industry. He explained the inventory, considered a
liability in JIT
methodology, with the help of a water tank analogy. The other experts were
Sridharan, World
Bank, Dr Thirugnanam, VP, IAG, Polaris Software, Sudha, sernior consultant,
Hexaware Ltd,
and Jawahar, assistant project director, American Insurance General.
Later, the kids and spouses of PMPs took part in the PM-Word coining game in
which they had
to coin a word relevant to project management with the help of PMPs. Three
winners were
awarded prizes.
IIPM also announced three best paper awards for papers on project management
from
IT/software, construction, entertainment and manufacturing industry
professionals. Siva,
administrative executive, explained the criteria for submitting papers and
requested
professionals.
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Mr. Jawahar, PMP,
Mr. Sridharan, Manager,
Ms. Sudha, PMP,
Asst. Proj. Director, AIG.
World Bank.
Sr. Consultant, Hexaware.
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