Rate My Professor Geoff Salm

Geoff Salm is a Lecturer in the School of Design and the Built Environment within the Faculty of Humanities at Curtin University, Perth, Australia. He is affiliated with the Office of the Provost and serves as academic staff in the Project Management discipline. Salm coordinates and delivers teaching in key postgraduate units focused on project management practices relevant to design and the built environment sectors. These units include PRJM6003 Project Risk Management offered in Semester 2 2024 at the Bentley Perth Campus (Building 418, 4th Floor), PRJM6009 Project Management Integrated Project in Semester 2 2024, and Strategic Management in Program and Portfolio Management. In these roles, he provides guidance on project progress reporting, risk assessment, integrated project execution, and strategic tools for program coordinators. His teaching location is consistently listed as Building 418, 4th Floor, with professional phone contact +61 8 9266 5436.

Prior to or concurrent with his academic position, Geoff Salm was employed at Dimension Data, West Perth, Australia. In 2004, he co-authored the peer-reviewed article 'Management of risks in information technology projects' published in Industrial Management & Data Systems (Volume 104, Issue 4, pages 286-295), alongside David Baccarini from Curtin University of Technology's Faculty of the Built Environment, Art and Design, and Peter E.D. Love from Edith Cowan University. This publication addresses the challenges of high failure rates in IT projects and outlines processes for risk identification, assessment, response development, and control. Salm's industry background and publication contribute practical insights to his current educational responsibilities in project management at Curtin University.