Areas of Focus Categories

Areas of focus are broad topics addressing the core features and emerging challenges of the project management profession, around which the congress programme content is developed. Sessions at PMI Global Congress 2010—Asia Pacific will present an overview of a specific topic in the following areas:

Advanced Project Management Skills (ADV)
Provides additional knowledge areas and skills for individuals who have been practicing project management for more than five years.

Communications (COM)
Encompasses all communication skills – including negotiating and influencing skills, oral presentation skills and effective writing skills.

Consulting Skills (CON)
Speaks to the skills and knowledge necessary for individuals to grow their consultative talents.

General Business Skills (GBS)
Addresses areas of knowledge that everyone in business needs to understand including, but not limited to, legal issues and financial reporting.

New Project Management Trends (TRN)
Addresses any new project management trends that may impact the industry in the coming years.

Professional Development Skills (PDS)
Professional development encompasses not just personal developmental opportunities at conferences or educational institutions, but can also include areas such as mentoring, use of online learning and other areas of self-study.

Project Management Issues (ISS)
Discusses project management problems and issues directly related to being a project manager. This area will address any regional issues and topics.

Project Management Tools (PMT)
Describes tools (e.g., software) to assist project managers in completing their assignments.

Research (RSC)
Papers presented on research topics with a clear application to the practise of project management. Applied research is essential to validate theoretical methods and processes that are new to project management and provide insight to the value of research to real-world problems and applications.

Teaming (TMG)
Working in teams is a skill anyone in business needs. How to select, manage and work with a team, both local and virtual, is a necessity in all business environments.