All articles by: Ana-Maria Geaman

In the scenery of project management conferences from this autumn, the Conference organized by Infinity Business Solutions distinguished itselfby a number of extremely interesting and timely topics for companies that run large investment projects, maintenance, engineering and execution. The event took place on Thursday, September 26th at Hotel Radisson Blu, in an atmosphere in which project management techniques, leadership and creativity were the main topics on the agenda.

EPCC project management, improvement planning process taking into account the effect of unexpected events, cost estimation using modern techniques, the influence of leadership in the success of projects and the interaction of roles in a Project Services department, were the proposed topics by the organizers.

One of the most modern and complete cost estimation solution – CostOS Estimating – was launched on this occasion as a result of the partnership between Infinity Business Solutions and Nomitech Greece.

“I believe this event was an opportunity to introduce the solution Cost Estimating on the Romanian market and to prove modern methodologies of the most recent approaches to cost estimation. Infinity Business Solutions is our strategic partner in Europe, and the Cost Estimating has great potential in Romania in various sectors such as Oil and Gas, Construction. Nomitech’s aim is to automatize and improve the cost estimationprocesses in all project phases, from concept to feasibility studies, all to offer the support in tenders and auctions. CostOS solution created by Nomitech is today recognized by Oracle and preferred as a solution to estimate on a global scale. Infinity’s background is strong, it has an intense connection with Oracle Primavera and highly skilled staff who can ensure a successful future in the Romanian market”, said Apostolos CHATZISYMEON, CEO Nomitech.

One of the most debated topics was the influence of leadership on project success. Panelists Cristian Hubati, Director PMO & Quality Control OMV Petrom, Florin Ene, Director General IPIP; Victor Popovici, Managing Director Promment and Prof. Dr. Constantin Opran, presented success stories and how leadership affects the organizations they lead.

The conference was moderated by Tiberiu Vulpes, General Manager Infinity Business Solutions.

“After the Contract Management seminar in February and the Risk Management seminar in May, we end our series of events in 2013 with theConference of Experts in Project Management. The conference agenda was set so as to touch as many knowledge areas of project management, in the context of real life. That means best practice and lessons learnt. We don’t want to organize conferences on well-known topics, but rather want to tackle real projects, from our partners’s and our own experience.” Tiberiu Vulpeş, General Manager, PMP.

The event was attended by over 100 participants, specialists from our partner organizations, academic environment and the representatives of the companies: OMV Petrom, Rompetrol, Romgaz, Transgaz, Siemens, Kremsmueller, Bog’Art, Vodafone, Tahal Group, Rotary, Romtelecom, Rominserv, IPIP and many others.

“A top expert forum with a very fine balance between leadership and sharing knowledge and introductions to new tools of project management, loaded with a subtle energy that invigorated me and charged me positively, as effective as a sophisticated flavored coffee.” Cristian Hubati, Director Project Management Office and Quality Control OMV Petrom.

“The event was positive for my professional and personal experience. For the company I’m working now, Eco Sud, the collaboration we have with Infinity is very important. It helps us create a mechanism for integrated bussiness management, namely the integrated waste management system. Our company is currently in a process of organizational transformation and expansion of operation areas, aiming to become a project-oriented matrix organization. In this process we work with Infinity to implement an integrated information system (ERP), to obtain a working tool of management decisions. I also note, in terms of my personal experience, a cost estimation system is important for any organization.Developed for experts, the CostOS instrument is significant for industrial projects. I also think it has a positive impact on the feasibility study phase. It helps companies estimate on the basis of historical costs. This is a competitive advantage, decisive in implementation and commissioning phases, which can bind organically with the risk analysis module.” Constantin Gheorghe, Director Executiv Eco Sud.

Further details can be found on our website: http://www.infinitybiz.ro/infinity-pm-day-conferinta-expertilor-in-managementul-proiectelor/

Ana-Maria Geamăn,

Marketing Specialist