A team from Johnstaff, the Melbourne Chapter of the Project Management Institute and RMIT came together to judge the inaugural Mock PCG event.
As part of the undergraduate capstone course, Bachelor and Masters students from the project management discipline came together to compete in a Mock PCG competition. Sponsored by the PMI, students worked in groups of 4 to propose a solution to a problem on a live project, and to present their solution to a panel of judges from Johnstaff, the PMI and RMIT. Groups had only 60 minutes to research their proposed solution and prepare their presentations, and 5 minutes to present. Judges David Russo, Natalie McDonald from Johnstaff, Louise Tozer from RMIT and Divya Pasupuleti, VP of PMI (Melbourne), scored groups on defining the problem, proposing a solution, use of innovation, recognition of stakeholders and technical experts, and the presentation itself. It was a close call with less than 1 mark splitting the top two groups, but vouchers and certificates provided by the were awarded by the PMI to Meggan Carter, Claire Atkinson, Kyle Fitzgerald and Callum McDermott.
The event was the idea of Caitlin Hession, project director at Johnstaff (PCPM Employer of Choice) who has run similar events at work as professional development. Caitlin said the students would have given the teams at Johnstaff a run for their money!
It is hoped that the event will feature on the annual calendar for all project management students.
