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1. Project and Operational Report
PROJECT MANAGERS DEVELOPMENT
ASSOCIATION YOUNG CREW
YEAR 2015
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Young Crew Nigeria

2. WHO WE ARE
Young Crew is a key component
of IPMA's growth and
development of the leaders of
tomorrow. It is the premier global
network for young professionals
enthusiastic about project
management, a platform for
young project management
professionals and students up to
the age of 35.
Members of IPMA’s Young
Crew have:
Access to specific information in
the area of project management
Access to Young Crew events at
reduced prices
Obtaining and sharing knowledge
Dialogue with experienced project
managers
Direct contact with
representatives from the industry
and other sectors
Exchange of experiences
Integration into an international
network of young project
managers
Chance to further development of
your own ideas
Support thesis of scientific
research in the area of project
management
Lots of fun!
ABOUT PMDAN YOUNG CREW
Introduction of PMDAN Young
Crew
The Project Managers
Development Association of
Nigeria (PMDAN) Young Crew is
an opportunity to get to know
young and project-oriented
people across the nation and
around the world! The PMDAN
Young Crew is the Nigeria
Member Association of
International Project
Management Association (IPMA)
Young crew.
Young Crew and PMDAN
Project Managers Development
Association of Nigeria (PMDAN)
Young crew is a component for
the development of leading
project managers. The main goals
of PMDAN Young Crew are to:
 Provide a ground for
project management
knowledge and
experimental learning
 Identify the needs of the
young
 Provide opportunities for
interaction and
information exchange.

3. MEASURABLE PROJECTS
OUTPUT
The highlights of projects output
Young Crew Nigeria projects have
successfully reached more than 150
potential young project managers
within the space of six months with
different meetings and initiatives
Different trainings have been done at
which huge succcess were recorded,
training such as, 1. How to write a
good Curriculum Vitae 2. Project
Management training 3. Microsoft
Projec training 4. Communication skills
5. Institutional Young Crew Summit
We have engaged 2 top political
leadership figures, 6 technocrats and
academia on the subject of: The Myths
of Project Management: A
contemporary issue of Project
Management in Nigeria
We have both physically and virtually
reached an estimate of over 30,000
young people using the media
platforms to engage and educate them
on the contemporary issues of project
management in Nigeria
After a test assessment, 2 of the
Young Crew members at institutional
level were given full sponsorship for a
Project Management software training
organized by El-demuz Global
Concepts Limited Portharcourt Nigeria
which is an engineering, training and
consulting firm
A summit, the Speak To Young
Managers was organized which
involved 100 participants, 5 project
management experts from different
industries; the initiative gave rise to
busting the myths of project
management, which lecture was
delivered by Meg Infiorati. PhD
(Project Management Consultant,
U.S.A)
We have provided institutional
mentorship and human resources
support to two higher institutions in
East Nigeria on establishing young
crew namely; Federal University of
Technology, Owerri and Federal
University of Technology, Minna.
YC VISION AND MISSION
THE VISION:
Offering great opportunities
to build professional network
around the world and cross
industry and giving a
platform to acquire and
showcase student
competencies in project
management.
How do we achieve this?
THE MISSION:
 Exchange experiences with
experts in project
management through virtual
meetings, networking,
recommendations and social
media enhancement
 Engaging and integrating
students into project
management competition
and scholarships both locally
and internationally such as
the International Project
Management Championship,
Global e-Collaboration
Competition (GeCCo) etc.
 Organize young project
managers’ workshop such as
the National Young Crew
workshop and summit,
Global Young Crew
Workshop etc.
 Championing the platform to
exhibit project excellence
through the annual IPMA
Young Project Managers
Award
We do these through the
involvement of both potential
and established young managers
in tertiary institutions and
different related industries.

4. YOUNG CREW NIGERIA ‘SPEAK TO YOUNG MANAGERS’ SUMMIT TAGGED “THE MYTH OF PROJECT
MANAGEMENT: A CONTEMPORARY ISSUE OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA” HELD AT T.I FRANCIS
AUDITORIUM FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE ONDO STATE NIGERIA. JUNE 10, 2015.
PHOTO CREDIT: young crew Nigeria

5. YOUNG CREW NIGERIA ENGAGING TRAINING ON HOW TO WRITE CV AND THE LAUNCHING OF THE PROJECTS
FOR THE YEAR HELD AT GNS BUILDING LECTURE THEATRE; FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE
ONDO STATE NIGERIA. FEBRUARY 10, 2015
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6. HURRAY!!! NIGERIA YOUNG CREW IS ESTABLISHED
OUR ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS

7. OUR ACTIVITIES

8. Progress Report
Young Crew Nigeria implemented
training on Effective Writing of
Curriculum Vitae.
EFFECTIVE WAY OF WRITING
CV
The Young Crew Nigeria training
of, ‘Effective way of writing CV’
was held at the GNS Building,
Federal University of Technology,
Akure, Ondo state Nigeria on 20th
February 2015.
The training marked the first
edition of the young crew training
activity for the year which was a
platform for the members to know
what effective CV is all about, its
do’s and don’ts. At the end all
participants were able to
writing a good CV.
proof-reading for spelling,
punctuation, grammar and
meaning.
-read a “bad CV” and
suggested ways of improving it.
personal qualities.
CV
and capabilities to effectively
depict their best professional
image.
This training featured 41
members.
The summit participants
reaffirmed the importance of
having a good CV.
The CV trainer was the Young
Crew Head, Mr. Oluwaseyi
Sodola.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
PLANNING TRAINING
The training was done in the
same location and venue on 13th
March, 2015; Project
Management Planning was
trained at which GeCCo 2013
case study was used as a case
study, the training was done in 3
different training meetings, The
Project Work Breakdown
Structure was also trained at
which Project Scheduling
sequencing with Project
Integration were analysed and
trained.
The training featured 35
members at which at the end of
the training participants knew
how to:
1. Establish the parameters
and different
requirements of a project.
2. Plan the different
subsections or areas of
the project to ensure that
adequate interface
management is in place.
3. Execute the plans
according to requirements
and legal framework
governing the state and
country the project is
expected to be executed.
4. Control all aspects of the
project: human
resources, financial,
quality, communication,
risk, stakeholders and any
other area.
5. Close the project after
ensuring that all the
requirements have been
observed.
The trainer was the Project
Director of Young Crew FUTA,
Mr. Ajijola Gbolahan

9. COMMUNICATION SKILL
TRAINING
The training was held at the
same venue, GNS Building SAAT
extension, FUTA on April 12th
2015.
The trainer was able to inform
that Project managers spend a
lot of time communicating with
individuals and groups.
In fact, it's been estimated
that project manager's spend
90% of their time on
communication related
activities!
This makes sense when you
consider that communication
overlaps with most aspects of a
project manager's job. From
assigning tasks to team members
to providing status updates, a
project manager is constantly
communicating.
A project manager with good
communication skills ends up
amplifying the effectiveness of
everyone he interacts with. This
greatly increases the likelihood of
his project meeting or exceeding
stakeholder expectations.
Likewise, if a project manager's
communication skills aren't up to
par, there is a much higher
probability that his project will
not be successful.
Since communication plays a
vital role in the success or failure
of your project, it's important for
you to spend time improving
your communication skills.
At the end of the training
participants were able to
understand more on:
1. Active Listening
In first place is our ability to listen
to and understand others.
Listening to the words and the
meaning behind their words, not
interrupting or letting our minds
wander, asking questions to check
understanding and observing non-
verbal signals.
The benefits include getting
people to open up, and due to that
lots of misunderstandings and
conflicts can be resolved.
2. Building Relationships
Based on Trust and Respect
Trust and respect are the
cornerstones of personal
relationships. They are earned,
not a right, and come from an
experience of our honesty,
integrity and expertise.
3. Setting Clear Priorities
In third spot is a project
manager's ability to convey the
strategy for their team - by
setting goals, planning and
prioritising. He called this the
what, who, when, where, why and
how of the project. Team
members should understand both
the big picture and the lower level
technical priorities.
4. Enabling Collaboration
In a collaborative environment,
team members support and
encourage each other rather than
focusing solely on their tasks and
responsibilities. They are willing to
co-operate and share information,
ideas and assets to help each
other. The result can be greater
than the sum of its parts.
5. Conveying the
Organisation's Vision
Explaining the bigger picture
helps team members understand
where the project fits within the
overall aims of your business unit
and organisation. Senior
executives focus on the triple
bottom line - finance,
environment, reputation - this is
where they expect your project to
make a difference.
The trainer was the head
Education and Training Team, Mr.
Daniel Joseph.

10. SPEAK TO YOUNG MANAGERS
SUMMIT
This was first of its kind Young
Crew Students’/Professionals
Project Management Forum in
Nigeria tagged, “SPEAK TO
YOUNG MANAGERS (STYM)”
which was held on the 10th
June,
2015 by 10 a.m at Theodore
Idibiye Francis Auditorium,
Federal University of Technology,
Akure. This initiative benefited
100 young upcoming managers
by engaging them with 5 project
management expertise
addressing problems arising from
different sector of Nigeria
economy in the field of project
management.
At the end of the summit this was
the submission.
Communiqué statement
1. The 1st
Speak To Young
Managers Summit was held at
the Federal University of
Technology, Akure on 10th
June
2015 by the International
Project Management Association
Young Crew FUTA chapter.
. The underlying objectives of the
summit are to fully understand
the issues, devise actionable
plans for handling them (i.e.
communiqués, policy statements
or plans of action) and to secure
commitment from youths and
relevant stakeholders to act.
The summit was attended by
delegates from various sectors in
Ondo state, Niger and Lagos
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state in Nigeria. Organizations
such as Nigerian Society of
Engineers, Nigerian Institute of
Builders, Nigerian Institute of
Quantity Surveyors, Federal
University of Technology Akure
and The Ondo State Government
were all active in the summit.
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10. The panellists include:
1. Builder Dare Charles (The
Chairman, Nigerian Institute of
Building Ondo state)
2. Engineer Jide Atandeyi (The
Chairman of Akure Branch,
Nigerian Society of Engineers),
3. Professor E. Okoko (Faculty
Dean of School of Management
and Technology FUTA)
4. Mr. Ayodele E.O, MNIQS
(The Ondo state Chairman,
Nigeria Institute of Quantity
Surveyors)
5. Mr. Gboye Adegbenro (The
Honourable Commissioner for
Works Ondo state)
Other guest speakers that
honoured the summit are:
Mr. OMONORI ABAYOMI
Lecturer, Project Management
Technology, FUTA
Mr. ALADE KEHINDE
Lecturer, Project Management
Technology, FUTA
MR ABIOLA OSHUNNIYI
(Plenary Moderator)
Education and Training officer, IPMA
YC NIGERIA

11. MRS MEG INFIORATI (Ph.D)
(Project Management Consultant
U.S.A)
The welcome address was given by
the Vice Chancellor of Federal
University of Technology, Akure, duly
represented by the Deputy Vice
Chancellor Academics while the key
note was given by MRS MEG
INFIORATI (Ph.D).
The summit agreed that many people
go about with a set of beliefs about
project Management. These myths
are identified as
1. Planning is an unproductive,
bureaucratic waste of time
2. Sponsors don't have time to write
charters
3. Project management is pure paper
work.
4. Project Management certification
is a must.
5. Learning is mostly in the class
room.
The summit established that:
A group of companies should
establish or adopt a professional
body to standardize project
management in all sectors of the
economy in order to ensure best
practices of project.
Project Management is not
paperwork but that paperwork is a
tool to get things done sustainably
and successfully. It established
that paperwork is
only a guide to achieve ones goal.
As such Project Managers should
understand that paperwork would
not execute the Project.
Books can only teach people
“What? And Why?” but cannot
teach “How?”
A Project team leader is a project
Manager and a project manager’s
role is to bring together all the
professionals in a project to
ensure that their duty is duly
delivered. This is because project
management has been developed
in advance countries. This
misconception is not true, Project
Management compliments all
other professionals and vice
versa. As such we should realize
that project Management exists as
a profession.
University curriculum should be
reviewed more often due to the
changing nature of project
management.
Project Management is not
compulsory as a first degree but it
would help in the application of
knowledge. Students are also
advised to specialize in areas of
project management.
There are lots of cultural
differences in Nigeria and this has
an impact on projects. Language
specifically becomes a problem
and as such it is recommended
that project manager learn the
language of areas they are

12. working on or at least hire
someone who speaks such
language as a part of their team.
It is necessary to be a part of a
body or an institute in order to
gain recognition.
Students should endeavor to
volunteer in organizations in order
to get the needed experience to
improve knowledge and be ready
for work after graduation.
That certification is not a must but
it is necessary to prove ones
competencies, it is a door opener
but does not prove an historic
track record of success. Long term
career success depends on the
person not the credentials.
Agreed that when a sponsor is too
busy to have enough time to write
an overview of what the project
manager is required to do, then
the project does not worth it.
Agreed that a successful project
does not begin by execution but
with a plan, the absence of
planning creates haphazard
advancement on execution.
Accept that public private
partnership has moved from
sustainable development goals to
millennium development goals.
However, in the Nigerian
consent, meeting this goal is like
a mirage. As such, Nigeria needs
to reconsider and reset its goals.
That Companies and Business
executive stakeholders should
shift focus from strategies and
processes to team behaviors and
project execution. It is
recommended that
standardization of organizations
must take into consideration the
human factor.

13. PMDAN YOUNG CREW EMPOWERS
MEMBERS
PMDAN Young Crew awards Scholarship to
Committed members.
On our first official meeting for the first half of the
year, the Young Crew Board decided to empower
members with a scholarship, the scholarship was
to sponsor 2 members of the YC for a specialized
Software packaged Training (Microsoft Project,
Primavera , Prosper , ellipse, Petrel, PDMS ,
HYSY, CEASER 2).
June 24th
, 2015 an assessment test was
conducted based on 2 different areas,
1. Knowledge of previous YC trainings
2. Knowledge of IPMA and YC FUTA.
The method for selection process were personal
contributions to the growth of young crew,
attendance at meetings, financial
commitment/membership were all used in the
selection process.
After evaluation we finally had a winner who was
Mr. Ajibade Quadri with a total score of 69% and
Miss. Temitope Sokoya who was selected as a
consensus agreement.
They were enrolled for the training which started
on 22nd of June and concluded on 27th of June
2015.

14. Cross sectional pictures of Young Crew Summit
tagged, “Speak to Young Managers

15. OUR INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES
– think local Act global

16. The International Project
Management Association Young Crew
Presents
The 2015 edition of the Global
eCollaboration Competition
The Global eCollaboration Competition
(GeCCo) is an international virtual 24-hour
case study competition organized by IPMA
Young Crew that has 4 year long tradition.
It is well known that Global eCollaboration
Competition (GeCCo) is more than
international project management case
study competition – it is a unique
opportunity to experience international
team work in digital environment.
GeCCo 2015 which took place on 7th/8th
November gathered 95 participants from
18 countries. This year GeCCo brings many
novelties that will create additional value
to both participants and GeCCo fans in
virtual and multicultural project
management and upgrade the whole
event. Since September 23rd, GeCCo has
its own website as part of IPMA Young
Crew platform www.become.pm. Website
contains all information about this virtual
team competition with 4-year-long
tradition.
GeCCo Academy has been introduced
before the competition to be the first step
on the way to help participants to prepare
better for the competition and master skills
needed for global multicultural teamwork
through serial of articles and video
lecturers of Keynote Speakers. First GeCCo
Academy Keynote Speaker was Miguel
Carvalho e Melo, General Manager at
Bright Academy that shared with GeCCo
community his overview of teams, virtual
teams and teamwork advices.
13 distinguish Members of Project
Management Community made GeCCo
2015 Jury Committee and for the first time
in the competitions history, the head of
certification board of PMDAN (Gregory
Akhibi) was a member of this Jury
committee. They gathered to work hard on
new team assessment model and process
improvements. Jury Committee members
decided on the best performing teams and
announced them on 12th December at the
Award ceremony. Superbly, PMDAN YC
members were among the winners for the
second year in a row

17. The countries that participated are:
Slovenia, Italy, Serbia, Austria, Spain,
Latvia, Nigeria, Chile, Peru, Poland,
Russia, Finland, Croatia, Germany,
Dominican Republican, Lithuania, The
Netherlands and Guatemala.
The support of Local Organizers from
national Young Crews was extremely
important and they worked hard to
prepare for the competition and be on
disposal to participants for all information
needed. The Local Organizer for
Nigeria in GeCCo 2015 was our amazing
Abiola Oshuniyi
GeCCo brought more than unique
experience to participants – the reward for
the best teams chosen by the members of
Jury Committee is IPMA Level D
certification.
HOW WAS PMDAN YC INVOLVED
From participating in the competition to
being an integral part of the core team, YC
Nigeria have definitely progressed from its
extent of participation last year. This year,
we had PMDAN members participating in
the competition, a local organizer, a jury
committee member and 2 core team
members.
Amazing! Isn’t it? Well…. We can’t say it
wasn’t
Participating in the competition
For 2015, YC Nigeria had 7 members
participating in the competition; the
participants were distributed across
different teams with young crew members
from 17 other countries. For Nigeria, we
had
Opeyemi Fademi
Abiola Oshunniyi
Sobo-West Cheetam
Gamaliel Iheme
Yusuf Oke
Johnson Ogunsan
Tolulope Adibe
This year, we had a PMDAN YC member in
the team that came 3rd
place in the
competition. IHEME GAMALIEL was
participating in the competition for the first
time. This is what he had to say
GeCCo is really a collaborative effort,
cohesively harnessing all Project
Management experiences from all team
members while leveraging on the different
time zones.
GeCCo 2015 was really a life time
opportunity to share and experience
project management skills and techniques

18. with Project Managers from different parts
of the world. I must say GeCCo 2015 was
so techy in nature, having to think and use
different tools and softwares that will help
meet deadlines. In my Team, the
MaGeeCCo Team comprising Gamaliel
Iheme from Nigeria, Stephan Scheel from
Germany, Jose Luis Lorenzo Alvarado
Campos from Perú, Joanna Sampławska
from Poland, Zakhar Kozyrev from Russia
and Bogdan Rakić from Serbia we used
different tools most of which were cloud
based, I even got to know about other
tools such as a tool that helps develop a
fancy WBS. It was really an exciting
experience, so exciting that I won't mind
repeating it again.
My gratitude goes to IPMA for creating this
kind of scheme and PMDAN for giving
Nigeria a voice in the Project Management
world. Personally, I appreciate the efforts
of the Young Crew Leader, Sodola
Oluwaseyi, for bridging the gap that
connected me to GeCCo 2015
Future GeCCo participants especially the
ones coming from Nigeria, I say you would
love the experience, keep developing
yourself so that you would have something
to offer to your team. Develop
communication skills for a global reach and
get all tools needed ready, don't let any
situation limit you,not even the so called
"Nigeria Situation" and offer your best.
Thanks GeCCo
Thanks IPMA
Thanks PMDAN
Congratulation Gamaliel!!!
Yes! We had another winner. Abiola
Oshunniyi won the award of Best
Selfie with the Keynote speaker. Well,
who said GeCCo wasn’t fun…
Jury Committee
The Head of the Certification board of
PMDAN, Gregory Akhibi featured as a
member of the prestigious jury committee
for GeCCo 2015. This is the first time
Nigeria would have its member in the Jury
Committee of the Global e Collaboration
Competition.

19. Gregory Akhibi (Nigeria) is a
Mechanical Engineering graduate from
University of Benin and holds an MSc in
Construction Project
Management from Heriot Watt
University, UK. The head of the
certification board of PMDAN, he is also a
member of several Project Management
associations and is the current President
of AACE-Nigeria, Port Harcourt Section.
Greg has published a number of papers in
professional journals and he introduced
the “Transfer of Burden” concept in his
paper “Strategic Partnership – An
Imperative for Project Management in
Multiplayer Setting”.
Greg is a passionate project
management practitioner.
We are the Core
Team!!!
Oluwaseyi Sodola and Gbolahan
Ajijola were active members of the Core
team for GeCCo 2015. Again, this is YC
Nigeria first participation in the Core team.
Oluwaseyi Sodola featured alongside
Vlatka Vecerin (Croatia) as the Marketing
and Awards managers for GeCCo, a role
which requires developing and
implementing marketing campaigns using
various marketing tools and different
media resources to ensure that the proper
message is delivered and the visibility of
GeCCo project is increased. While Ajijola
Gbolahan featured alongside Marija
Todorovic (Serbia) as the Jury Managers
for GeCCo 2015, a role which requires the
configuration of Jury Committee and
providing assistance for its activities,
including but not limited to
development/improvement of assessment
model, assessment process and scoring
criteria, assessment of submissions and
selection of winners.

20. THINK LOCAL, ACT GLOBAL

21. APPRECIATION TO OUR SPONSORS
AND PARTNERS
The PMDAN YC Nigeria Team is most grateful
to your individual and institutional support and
organizational mentorship to our projects. To
whom much is given, so much more is
expected.
We appreciate the Project Managers
Development Association of Nigeria (PMDAN)
for sponsoring and mentoring this project. The
FUTA Young Crew Executive Board of 2015 is
grateful for such a laudable platform and
awesome opportunity.
We also appreciate the following individual and
organization for their generous support:
 The Federal University of Technology,
Akure Ondo state
 Nigerian Institute of Building, Ondo state
(NIOB)
 Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE) Akure
Branch
 Dr. Chinwi Mbari Mgbere and PMDAN ExBo
 Nigeria Institute of Quantity Surveyors
(NIQS) Ondo state
 Professor E. Okoko
 Mr. Osomo Aina
 Ministry of Works, Ondo state
Young Crew is a key component of
PMDAN/IPMA's growth and development of the
leaders of tomorrow. It is the premier global
network for young professionals enthusiastic
about project management, a platform for
young project management professionals and
students up to the age of 35.
Members of Young Crew have:
· Access to specific information in the area of
project management
· Access to Young Crew events at reduced prices
· Obtaining and sharing knowledge
· Dialogue with experienced project managers
· Direct contact with representatives from the
industry and other sectors
· Exchange of experiences
· Integration into an international network of
young project managers
· Chance to further development of your own
ideas
· Support thesis of scientific research in the area
of project management
· Lots of fun!
There are also competitions at which young crew
members are engaged in such as:
1. Global e-Collaboration Competition
2. Project Management Championship
3. Young Project Managers Award
4. Global Young Crew Workshop
To get along with young crew and her benefits
kindly log on to www.pmdan.org/
www.ipma.ch/young-crew.
E-Mail: youngcrew@pmdan.org
Phone: +2348020952900, +2348160007890