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The PMI Greece Chapter Congress was successfully completed on the 5th of November 2015. By hearkening to current necessity, the congress theme was focused the Public Administration and the issue of Restructuring Greece: Project Managing the Challenge.

The congress was divided into two thematic areas

• The value of the project management worldwide and in the EU
• Project management in the Public Sector in Greece

The majority of participants were directors and managers of Greek public organizations and private sector companies.

Presentation briefs follow:

Dr. Panos Chatzipanos, president of the PMI Greece Chapter, referred to the benefits of Organizational Project Management [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent="yes" overflow="visible"][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" background_position="left top" background_color="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" spacing="yes" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" padding="" margin_top="0px" margin_bottom="0px" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_speed="0.3" animation_direction="left" hide_on_mobile="no" center_content="no" min_height="none"][OPM] when adopted by Organizations and explained that any required change for any organization, can be achieved only through projects and their proper management. A relevant study that was presented, was recent research, conducted by the PMI, in strategic alignment and business results focusing on “mature” and “immature companies” in the Project Management discipline. This research demonstrated the waste resulting from OPM inadequacy – about 11% worldwide, almost 15% on average within Europe, for projects funded by the European Union.

Dr. David Hillson delivered a session from the Risk perspective of restructuring the public sector. He referred to the principles, prerequisites and objectives at risk for every country and the need of strengthening the risk strategies, risk management, mitigation of risk and identifying risk owners so that a proactive approach to risk can be established and maintained.

We need to develop a “risk – aware culture” whilst always keeping in mind to Respect the past, Protect the present and Secure the future!

Mr Chris Kindermans in his session, “I hardly need Project Management … What is all this fuzz about Project Portfolio Management?" referred to the causes that result in project failures as filtered through his great experience of projects undertaken in a large number of countries and particularly within the EU. He also pointed out the need of a logical framework analysis and the paramount importance of communication management in project-work.

Another great session was ‘Changes in Project Management to improve cost-effectiveness” by Professor David Adamson. He referred to the UKs results from major programmes and projects. He pointed out the most common mistakes that affected the outcome of UK procurement as well as the importance of focusing on improving on the appropriate metrics, and utilizing knowledge management, Lessons Learned and Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE) in public procurement.

Further to the presentations, two thematic cycles were conducted with discussion panels that addressed:

- The need for Benchmarking

- The need of leadership / soft skills / talent management

- The need for better project selection

- Ways of addressing human biases

Additionally, case studies from Greek public sector projects were presented, both successful and unsuccessful projects, and these were discussed with the audience. Last but not least, existing project management activities, mainly in the Greek public sector where analyzed and discussed. This resulted in proposals for enhancing existing methodology and PM frameworks within Organizations of the public sector, duly noted by the Congress participants.

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