Week 1 Project Management Institute

Project Management Institute is a great company to help you if you are going into project management.  some of the benefits of membership is exclusive access to PMI publications, networking, and discounts on certifications, books, products and training tools.
A search of Global Congress shows a list of articles dating from 2003, information on congress from 2009-2010, and discs of previous proceedings.  When you select on one of the articles it brings up a purchase form to buy articles or discs at members and non-members prices.

Here is an article that I find fits very well in the interior design world.

Tata Discovers Failure Is an Option

Failure isn’t always a bad thing. Tata Sons, the primary holding company of Tata Group in Mumbai, India, believes project failures shouldn’t be swept under the rug.  In fact, it honors them at its annual awards ceremony. 

“Failures are the stepping stones to success. When we strive for a large number of ideas, it’s expected that many of them might fail,” says Sunil Sinha, chief of Tata Group Quality Management Services. “By celebrating failures, we try to drive a positive culture of innovation. Employees will try only if it is okay to fail, and we want to encourage that.”

Failure Leads to Positive Innovations

Tata previously only highlighted project success stories at its awards ceremony. But three years ago it added awards for the best unsuccessful innovations.  Project teams weren’t immediately sold on the idea. The first year, there were 12 applications. Last year, there were more than 200.  Without the pressure of having to produce a perfect product every time you work on a project employees are more creative in the solution process and can think outside of the box.