About Murray
Dr James Murray Gough
Director & Principal Consultant
Positions:
Director & Principal Consultant, Gough Watson Business Services Pty Ltd, and SPMI, Principal Consultant affiliated with several Companies in Australia and Malaysia.
Specialisations:
Project Management Education and Training Systems, Competency Based Training and Assessment, International Project Management, Organisational Project Management including Business KPIs & Maturity Measurement, P3M Organisational Improvement Model, Executive Coaching and Learning.
Qualifications:
- BA/BEd – World Literature and Education (Murdoch University);
- Diploma in Education (Wollongong University);
- MA – Australian Cultural Studies (UNSW);
- Advanced Diploma of Project Management (BPPM);
- Certificate in Business Management (AIM);
- Diploma of Training and Assessment Systems (ACTE);
- Double Diploma in Design of Training and in Vocational Training (Plenty);
- Diploma in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (I-to-I UK);
- Certified Practising Project Director (CPPD-AIPM);
- Doctorate in Professional Research Studies (Organisational Project Management) (UniSQ);
- Executive Coach (IECL), Certified RegPM Assessor (AIPM)
Career Background:
In his previous capacity as an Army Officer he had several roles as an Education and Training Systems Officer and Resettlement Officer, in Vietnam, PNG, Malaysia and Canberra. As a Project Management Specialist, Murray has worked with a wide variety of organisations (over 120) in Australia and the Asia Pacific Region to analyse, develop, design, conduct and evaluate programs for the development of business and project management staff of public and private sector organisations.
Murray has managed and consulted in a diverse range of projects including training systems, organisational change and international infrastructure and aid projects. He has specialised in developing and implementing Key Performance Indicators for business and managerial performance in the project/contracting context to establish ROI and benefits realisation; with a specialisation at steering committee/executive and management team level.
He has also created a Competency Based Training and Assessment System (including Online, blended learning and coaching) for professional development in project, program and portfolio management (P3M). His recent Doctoral studies include the development of a next-generation model for organisational improvement in P3M, that includes an emphasis on behavioural skills including change management, professional development, coaching and mentoring.
Recent Experience:
- Managed a portfolio of 23 International Projects (with three PMs) in: Indonesia, Solomon Islands, Vietnam, Mongolia, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, China, and PNG: funded by AusAID, the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank and the UN
- Assessed over 500 project managers for professional certification status (AIPM Registered PM) - ongoing
- Developed customised PM training and provided direct consultancy support for clients such as HEC (Tas), ABB (Australia and Asia), Airservices Australia, ADI, ALSTOM Power, ASIC, Boral Corporation, Containers Packaging, CHUBB, Honeywell, Rail Services Australia/RIC, Energy Australia, Ergon Energy, Invensys, DHA, Port of Melbourne Corporation, Lockheed Martin Australia, Fulton Hogan
- Developed project management Certificate and Diploma programs for corporate clients such as DPWS (NSW), the ASX, Prudential Corporation, OPTUS, Telstra, the Australian Federal Police (Timor Leste), Department of Regional Development and Transport and Australian Aerospace.
- Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM) & Project Management Institute USA (PMI) conferences (as presenter) – 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 & 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2024.
- Public Sector Major Project for JKR Ministry of Works, Kuala Lumpur. Establishment of the Complex Projects Management Division; includes development of a customised PM assessment system. (2006-2009)
- PMI (USA) International Papers on the CIP process in Bangkok, Shanghai and Kuala Lumpur (2006).
- Established BPPM Pty Ltd as an RTO, and PMI Registered Education Provider (2008).
- Volunteered as a Management Advisor in Sri Lanka (2016)
- Defence Clearance: NV1
Affiliations:
- Fellow Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM)
- Fellow Australian Managers and Leaders (previously AIM)
- Fellow International Project Management Association (IPMA Australia)
- Australian Institute of Training Development (AITD)
- Australian College of Education (ACE)
- Project Management Institute (PMI USA) and International Project Management Association (IPMA) previously
- Member Institute of Executive Coaching and Learning (IECL)
SPMI Consultancy Team:
Dr Gough has access to a wide range of P3M specialists who assist with client assignments.
