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CPO Media, Inc. Launches www.chiefprojectofficer.com -- The Resource For Managing Portfolios of Projects.


AMBLER, Pa. -- CPO (Chief Privacy Officer) An individual who manages the privacy issues within an organization. Arising out of the privacy regulations in finance and health care in the late 1990s, the CPO position eventually crossed over to all industries.  Media, Inc. announces the launch of chiefprojectofficer.com. This new webzine A magazine published on the Web. Pronounced "web-zeen," and also called a "zine." See e-zine.  addresses the unique information needs of senior-level managers responsible for their organization's enterprise-wide portfolio of projects.

Leading-edge companies are pushing the envelope to transform their businesses through project and strategic management. Increasingly, these organizations are establishing a Chief Project Officer (CPO) position.

The CPO role has emerged as vital to ensuring the strategic success of today's organizations. Actual titles of CPOs vary widely and include Director Project Management, Vice President Project Management, Director Project Management Office and Director Strategic Projects to cite just a few.

The Chief Project Officer is charged with the implementation of top-down initiatives coming out of the strategic plan. They must take into account how every project, both current and prospective, will contribute to their organization's growth, competitive advantage, return on investment and cash flow.

In both business and government the chief project officer ensures that projects are effectively aligned, balanced and prioritized with the organization's strategic goals and objectives. In many ways this new role parallels that of a CFO See Chief Financial Officer. ; like the top financial office, the office of the CPO provides corporate status, reporting, and analysis of corresponding impacts to budgets, delivery timetables and resources.

Content Fit For A Chief

Chief Project Officer is the only independent media whose mission is providing the resources; case studies, methods and techniques senior-level managers must apply to managing a complex portfolio of projects.

Covering Topics Critical to Senior Management:

--Project Management Offices (PMOs)

--Earned Value Management (EVM EVM Earned Value Management
EVM Evaluation Module
EVM Error Vector Magnitude
EVM Electronic Voting Machine
EVM Expert Group on Vitamins and Minerals
EVM Economic Value Management
EVM Extraneous Vegetable Matter
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EVM Electronic Voltmeter
)

--Project Management Benchmarking

--Project Management Software Solutions

--Project Management Consulting Noun 1. management consulting - a service industry that provides advice to those in charge of running a business
service industry - an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects
 

--Project Management Training

--Project Portfolio Management

--Enterprise Project Management

--Managing Project Teams

--Strategic Alignment of Projects

--Risk Management

In addition to feature articles and expert columnists, Chief Project Officer reports on the people, companies, technologies and ideas that are transforming business and government through project and strategic management.

Unlike other publications, chiefprojectofficer.com addresses the senior-level manager of projects at the strategic-level, incorporating a broader scope than publications that focus on single departments, such as IT/IS.

About CPO Media, Inc.

At the helm of CPO Media is CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , John Meehan. Mr. Meehan is the former president of Donohue-Meehan Publishing Company and president of Penton Media Penton Media, Inc. (OTC: PTON.OB), founded in 1892, is a diversified business-to-business media company. Penton Media is a mass media corporation that publishes and produces over 40 magazines, 80 trade shows, and 47 web sites.  Retail Media. Additionally, Meehan served on the board of directors of Penton Media.

The publisher, Richard Barwis, is Director, Media Development of Cornerstone cornerstone

Ceremonial building block, dated or otherwise inscribed, usually placed in an outer wall of a building to commemorate its dedication. Often the stone is hollowed out to contain newspapers, photographs, or other documents reflecting current customs, with a view to
 Media.

Barwis brings extensive knowledge of the project management market. He is part of the Cornerstone Media team that has represented the not-for-profit Not-for-profit

An organization established for charitable, humanitarian, or educational purposes that is exempt from some taxes and in which no one in profits or losses.
 association, Project Management Institute (PMI See Private Mortgage Insurance. (R)) publications for more than 11-years. PMI is the publisher of PM Network(R), Project Management Journal(R) and the PMI web site.

"We have successfully increased advertising revenue for the association publications more than 700%. We've joined Chief Project Officer in response to the increasing demand for practical information needed by senor-level managers responsible for their organization's portfolio of projects," states Richard Barwis.

"Our extensive knowledge of the project management market makes us ideally suited to represent CPO Media's web site and the magazine Chief Project Officer, planned for launch in early 2005," states Libby Barwis, President of Cornerstone Media.
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