BWI: Role of Project Management in Operational and Business Excellence Highlighted at PML 2011

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: QAI
Monday, March 14, 2011 11:51 AM IST (06:21 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Business services, Information technology, Media & entertainment; Technology
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Role of Project Management in Operational and Business Excellence Highlighted at PML 2011
Wipro, Infosys, Capgemini, L&T Infotech Among the Contenders for the Best of the Best PML Awards

Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Monday, March 14, 2011 -- (Business Wire India) -- QAI, the world's leading workforce development and consulting firm addressing Operational Excellence in IT, BPO and knowledge intensive service organizations, announced its 6th Annual International Project Management Leadership Conference (PML) 2011 to be held in Bangalore on March 24th and 25th, 2011 at Hotel Le Meridien. Designed to operate as the single largest platform, PML 2011 endeavors to bring together practitioners, thought leaders, tool vendors, product experts, gurus and senior representatives from the industry, academia and government for sharing, exchanging, learning & accelerating implementation of best practices in Project Management.

PML 2011 is built on the theme 'Role of Project Management in achieving Operational and Business Excellence'. PML 2011 aims to highlight the extent to which Project and Program Management processes can improve the Top line and Bottom line of Organizations and enhance Organizational Competencies. The conference will be a platform to ascertain and highlight the role of Project Management in Business and Operational Excellence.

With more than 250 delegates expected, the conference, in its 6th year, celebrates India's global leadership in Project Management. The conference is a key player in bringing together practitioners and thought leaders from the Industry, Academia and Government, for sharing and exchanging ideas and learning in the area of Project and Program Management. The two day conference will be followed by post-conference tutorials across various cities.

PML 2011 is being supported by various Software Process Improvement Networks (SPINs) and CIOL, the online media partner. The conference is also supported by Mahindra Satyam, SunGard, CSC and CGI as the regional hosts for the evaluation rounds for the awards.

The two day conference will also see illustrious speakers including - Raj Kalady, Managing Director, India , PMI Organization Centre Pvt Ltd, Manoj Sethu, General Manager, APMG-India, Allen J. Pathmarajah , Executive Chairman, AJP Advisers & Business Thinking Systems, Venkataraman K N K, Senior Vice President and Business Leader - IT Services, Genpact, Ketharinath Kamalanathan, Delivery Excellence Program Manager , Microsoft, S Bhaskaran , Strategy Consultant, Business Zenz, Rajwardhan Purohit, Senior Manager , CSC, Hemant Julka, Manager - Quality Management, Emirates Group IT, Lins Paul, Global Leader, Project Management, Honeywell, Madhu P Pillai, EPC Proposals Manager - Middle East , Kentz Group, Prakash Somani , Service Delivery Head - Global SI , Wipro among others.

"Project Management, as an independent discipline, has been gaining increasing recognition as a critical differentiator for better business performance. The conference will emphasize on Project Management as an important element in Operational Excellence. By bringing industry leaders together, QAI endeavors to facilitate knowledge sharing for PM practitioners, developers and project managers.", says Mr. Navyug Mohnot, CEO, QAI.

Recognizing the leadership position, practitioners from various organizations contest for The Best of the Best Project Management Leadership Awards at the conference. There are regional qualification rounds being conducted and the finalists from various cities will converge at Bangalore for Best of Best Awards on March 24th, 2011.

Delegates attending will be the representatives from the leading Project Management companies in the Asia Pacific region including CEOs, CIOs, CFOs, CTOs, Delivery Heads, VPs, GMs, Business and other IT Heads, Project / Program Managers, PMO Directors, Senior Managers, Technical / Quality Consultants, Business Development Managers and others. There has also been widespread interest from various international delegations like Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, Sri Lanka and Australia, to participate in the conference as it offers one of the rare opportunities to meet the industry experts and gurus.

For over 15 years, QAI has brought together international representatives and recognized thought-leaders to share information, learn new software quality processes, and discuss software practices through a number of prestigious events like Asia SEPG Conference, Project Management Leadership Conference (PML), Software Estimation Colloquium (SEC), IT Service Management Conference (ITSM), High Maturity Best Practices Conference (HMBP) and the International Software Testing Conference (STC).

About QAI: (www.qaiglobal.com, www.qaiglobalinstitute.com)
Setup in 1980 in Orlando, Florida, USA, QAI is a global workforce development and consulting organization addressing 'Organizational Excellence' in IT, BPO and knowledge intensive organizations.

QAI Global Services, the consulting division of QAI, addresses the space of Operational Excellence which includes the areas of Project and Program Management, Process Management, Quality Management, Innovation Management, IT Service Management and others.

QAI Global Institute, the workforce development division of QAI, focuses on creating education and training products and services to address competence development, assessments and professional certifications.

QAI has trained over 1,40,000 professionals and certified over 40,000 professionals across the globe and is currently servicing over 300 clients in over 35 countries.

QAI's offices are located in USA, India, China, Malaysia and Singapore.


CONTACT DETAILS
Parul Singh, QAI, parul.singh@qaiglobal.com
Ahmad Mustafa, QAI, ahmad.mustafa@qaiglobal.com

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CONSUMER, BUSINESS SERVICES, IT, MEDIA, TECHNOLOGY

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