02/2012 to 01/2017: Queensland University of Technology (QUT) [1], Brisbane, Australia
02/2015 to 01/2017: Adjunct Professor
Research projects
Doctoral supervision
Accreditation Master of Project Management program (PMI GAC), 2 October 2015.
02/2012 – 01/2015: Professor (Level E), Director, Project Management Academy (PMA) [2]
Revitalizing the existing Project Management Academy (PMA) [2], created in 2006 as a joint initiative of the Science and Engineering Faculty (SEF) [3]and the QUT Graduate School of Business (QUT GSB) [4]as a special purpose vehicle for a corporate education partnership with Shell Project Academy, and organizing & developing QUT Project, Programme & Portfolio Management (P3M) research profile.
The key aspects and realisations include:
- Doubling the turnover with SPA (from AUD 650 k$ (2012) to AUD 1,3 m$ (2014)) and the number of training events facilitated by the PMA team (from15 seminars in 2012 to 30 seminars in 2014),
- Building a vision, a strategy and the related development plan aligned with QUT Blueprint 3 (2011 – 2016) and QUT Blueprint 4 (May 2014), and implementing it;
- Adapting the PMA governance structure to enable responsible, transparent and performance management with regards to the challenges QUT and PMA are facing (complexity of the environment, agility of the offer, flexibility and modularity in delivery mode, complex business needs, Australian Qualification Framework (AQF), Australian Research Council (ARC), funding from industry);
- Reengineering of the inter-faculties QUT portfolio of project, programme, and portfolio management activities, higher and corporate education programmes;
- Investigating the opportunity to launch a doctorate programme track in Project, Programme & Portfolio Management (P3M) integrated in existing PhD and DBA;
- Developing an interfaculty and cross-disciplinary research strategy in P3M;
- Getting the academic and professional accreditations of the programmes (and courses) provided by the relevant professional bodies (APM [5], PMI GAC [6], AIPM [7], APMG-International [8]…). Preparation of the Master in Project Management (SEF) et Executive Master of Complex Project Management (QUT GSB) programmes accreditation by the Project Management Institute Global Accreditation Centre (PMI GAC) (audit foreseen end of 2014 – beginning of 2015);
- Capability building: Reinforcing the pool of experts (academics and professionals) with regards to the plan;
This plan involves engaging and managing the interfaces with internal stakeholders from various faculties, schools, and central administration of QUT, as well as external stakeholders such Australian accrediting body (AQF, TEQSA), research body (ARC, CRC), International Professional Bodies and Research Networks.