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A Presage To India
Janis is an award-winning journalist and editor who has covered many industries beyond project management, including health care, financial services, higher education and retail sales.
The outsourcing revolution has brought a variety of project work and innovation to India, but competition from other nations is rapidly increasing. With a former project manager as president and ambitious IT players, India is responding with a serious commitment to building project management skills. Here are six reasons to pay attention.
The numbers and the calendar tell the story. India is fast emerging as a huge growth area for interest in and advancement of the project management profession.
Earlier this month, two major conferences on project management were held in New Delhi. For the first time in its 40-year history, the International Project Management Association (IPMA) elected to hold its World Congress outside of Europe. The theme was “Vision to Reality, The Project Management Way.” The other major event, PMiCon, was sponsored by the North India chapter of PMI and titled “Achieving India Inc. Objectives With Project Management Excellence.” Thousands of project managers from around the globe attended the events that showcased India’s impact on project management.
In the first nine months of 2005, the number of Indian members of the Project Management Institute doubled, increasing to 8,000 members, up from 4,000 in 2004, according to PMI spokesman Bim McGeehan. And the number of PMP credentials awarded to Indian project managers almost tripled, up from 2,348 in…
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