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PMI and College of Performance Management (CPM) Separation Announcement

On Friday, January 27, 2012, PMI® notified its EVM Community of Practice (EVM CoP) subscribers that "PMI and CPM have mutually agreed to separate their organizational structures after 12 years of operating together."

PMI President, Susan W. Wood, issued the following communiqué:

As of Wednesday, February 1, 2012, CPM will be an independently chartered not-for-profit organization in the Commonwealth of Virginia. We mutually and amicably agreed to separate from PMI for a number of reasons that both organizations recognized were challenges to achieving CPM's full integration into the PMI Virtual Communities of Practice.

I want to emphasize that both organizations tried very hard to make our transition work. But after a year of operating as the EVM CoP, we found that certain key success factors in CPM's long history could not be supported within PMI's concept of virtual communities. One such factor is CPM's unique mission of outreach to the EVM and project management community as a whole, beyond PMI only.

As stated in PMI's notification, "although PMI and CPM have agreed that the best path forward for both organizations is to part ways, EVM and project management (PM) are interrelated disciplines; and both organizations recognize the benefits each offer and the natural dependency each discipline provides. As a result, both organizations look forward to opportunities for future collaboration on EVM initiatives."

CPM is dedicated to the integrated implementation and application of EVM within the Project Manager's toolbox. EVM is and has been intended to be used and reconciled with other PM support techniques, such as cost estimating, scheduling, risk management, technical performance measures (TPMs), etc. We truly look forward to working with PMI and other project performance related organizations as we go forward.

The Future of CPM

On behalf of the CPM Board, I want to stress that we are committed to continuing the mission of CPM to become "the internationally recognized forum for EVM and project planning and control standards, research, and education, and to promote the exchange of theory, development, and application among project management professionals." In doing so, we will continue to provide the benefits you have grown accustomed to in the past and will strive to improve future offerings. Specifically, we will continue to:

  • Support the CPM legacy website at www.mycpm.org -- includes CPM Board contact information, public access to forum for exchange of information, the EVM electronic library (past conference presentations, papers, etc), conference info and registration, sponsor advertisements, etc.
  • Host the EVM World Conferences (go to www.evmworld.org for information for EVM World 2012, to be held at the Naples Grande, Naples, Florida from May 30 to June 1, 2012)
  • Co-host the International Integrated Program Management Conferences (IPMC) jointly with the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) and the Society for Cost Estimating and Analysis (SCEA)
  • Provide and enhance the CPM Professional Education Program and the EVM Training Certificate Program
  • Support international EVM Conferences and Events
  • Publish The Measurable News Develop and/or maintain relationships with third party associations and/or organizations to further our global mission and objectives
  • Support the CPM Awards Program and recognize those individuals who have made considerable contributions to the advancement and implementation of EVM
  • Conduct EVM specific research projects Strive to enhance our offerings with webinars and forums for the exchange of information

The CPM office will remain at 101 South Whiting Street, Suite 320, Alexandria, VA 22304 with Gaile Argiro as our Executive Administrator. Gaile can be contacted at ExecAdmin@mycpm.org or (703) 370-7885.

We will keep you informed as we go forward with highlights of our progress and will provide more information at the EVM World 2012 general session on Friday, June 1. Together we will map our way forward. There is much to do and your continued support is greatly appreciated! Please don't hesitate to contact us with your questions, suggestions and offers to volunteer!

Sincerely,


Susan W. Wood

President, CPM