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PMI® GLOBAL CONGRESS 2011—EMEA
JULY 2011
Practitioners
From Around the
World Gather in
Ireland to Share
Best Practices
By Rachel Zupek
CONTENTS
The Audit is a Key Tool for Taking
the Financial Pulse of PMI
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PMI Professional Awards Recognize
Outstanding Performance
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Research Working Session Focuses
on Conflict Management
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Find the Lost City—and Learn Project 17
Management Skills
Community Portraits
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PMI Chapters Build Multifaceted
Programs for Social Good
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Events Calendar
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Scheduling Community Hosts
Annual Conference
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Chapter Links
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EMEA Leadership Institute
Meeting
See
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Available online for PMI members only at PMI.org
D
ublin, Ireland hosted several VIP visits during
the month of May. The visitors included Queen
Elizabeth II and U.S. President Barack Obama—
as well as more than 800 project professionals from 54
countries who gathered for the PMI® Global Congress
2011—EMEA.
Social media, Agile, project management offices (PMOs)
and PMI’s communities of practice emerged as key topics in conversations and sessions throughout the threeday event, which was held at the recently opened
Convention Centre Dublin.
Project professionals raved about everything from the
keynote address to the networking. Kieran Boyce, president of the PMI
Ireland Chapter,
was especially
impressed by the
volunteerism
shown before and
during congress.
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from the Board
By Frank Parth, MS, MSSM, MBA, PMP
Verifying PMI’s Sound Financial Practices
The Audit is a Key Tool for Taking
the Financial Pulse of PMI
I
n order to provide an objective assessment of our financial position,
the PMI Board of Directors uses an
annual independent financial audit. The
annual audit involves an independent
third-party examination of PMI’s financial statements. The auditors then render an opinion on whether the financial
statements and accompanying
processes are:
■ Relevant;
■ Accurate;
■ Complete;
■ Presented fairly; and
■ In conformance with generally
accepted accounting principles.
This audit is mandated by PMI’s bylaws,
Article XIII, which specifies: “The PMI
Board shall provide for an annual audit
of the Institute’s finances and financial
statement by an independent auditor.
Results of such audit shall be reported
to the PMI Board of Directors. The President and Chief Executive Officer shall
submit regular, scheduled statements of
account to the PMI Board of Directors.”
Fiduciary Duty
PMI’s Board of Directors has a fiduciary
duty to protect the Institute’s assets and
to ensure that members’ resources are
used in an appropriate manner. We fulfill
that duty by obtaining a financial audit
every year by a professional auditing firm.
When you, as members, elect volunteers such as myself to the Board, you
trust that Board members will fulfill
their fiduciary and other leadership
responsibilities. Especially during challenging economic times, it is essential
to every member and stakeholder that
PMI remains in sound financial health.
In accordance with this annual requirement, I am pleased to report that on
21 April 2011, the annual Independent
Auditors’ Report was provided by Elko
& Associates, Ltd. This report states:
“In our opinion, based on our audits
and the report of other auditors, the
consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all
material respects, the consolidated
financial position of Project Management Institute and Subsidiaries as of
December 31, 2010 and 2009, and the
consolidated results of its activities
and its cash flows for the years then
ended in conformity with accounting
principles generally accepted in the
United States of America.”
To auditors, this is referred
to as a “clean report” with
no deficiencies and
nothing noted that
caused any concern
to the auditors.
Your Annual Report
You, as members, have the right to see
what the Institute is doing and how it
stands financially. Article VI of PMI’s
bylaws states that the Board must
“oversee the management, control
and supervision of the business, as well
as other lawful activities and affairs
deemed necessary to further the objectives of the Institute, including an
annual report to PMI members.”
The PMI 2010 Annual Report will be
posted at www.PMI.org/annualreport.
I invite you to download it. Not only
does the report have the complete
Statements of Financial Position and
Independent Auditors’ Report, it also
has important and interesting information about PMI’s volunteer leaders, key
projects and initiatives, growth, and
advocacy efforts.
The theme of the 2010 Annual Report
is “Building Global Community.” The
Continued on page 4
PMI’s Board of
Directors has a fiduciary
duty to protect the Institute’s
assets and to ensure that
members’ resources are used
in an appropriate manner.
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The theme of the 2010 Annual
Report is “Building Global Community.” The financial reports
presented in the 2010 Annual
Report demonstrate that the
expanding activities of PMI are
upheld by the important foundation of sound finances.
Board
around the world, PMI continues to
advance our strategic objectives, and
progress toward the Institute’s envisioned goal that, “Worldwide, organizations will embrace, value and utilize
project management and attribute their
success to it.”
Continued from page 3
financial reports presented in the
2010 Annual Report demonstrate that
the expanding activities of PMI are upheld by the important foundation of
sound finances.
With the support of more than half a
million members and certificate holders
Nominations for Two Awards Accepted Year-Round
PMI Professional Awards Recognize
Outstanding Performance
A
lthough nominations are now
closed for most 2011 PMI Professional Awards, there are two
awards that accept nominations
throughout the year.
The PMI Distinguished Project Award
recognizes successful projects that have
promoted project management concepts, techniques, practices or theories
through the effective application of
project management principles.
A project nominated for this award does
not have to be a megaproject or one in
any particular industry. Projects of any
size and type are eligible.
One of the key benefits of this award is
that it is presented by PMI in the winner’s
local geographic area (at an employer’s
location or a chapter meeting, for example) in the presence of peers and stake-
holders. What better honor is there?
PMI Distinguished Project Award nominations are accepted throughout 2011,
but do not delay. The nomination must
be received by PMI no later than one
year after the project is completed.
For more information and a list of previous recipients, please visit PMI.org, click
on “About Us,” “Professional Awards,”
and then select “PMI Distinguished Project Award.”
Another PMI award that recognizes recipients in their own geographic area is
the PMI Eric Jenett Project Management Excellence Award. The award is
named after Eric Jenett, PMI Fellow, a
founder of PMI and the first recipient of
the Project Management Professional
(PMP)® credential.
This award honors an individual who has
made an outstanding contribution to the
practice of the project management profession, and has demonstrated leadership
and initiative while advancing project
management concepts, techniques, practices or theories. Award winners’ contributions must transcend the organizations in which they were performed.
If you know such an individual, what
better honor can you give to him or
her—and for the profession—than to
nominate that person for this award?
You can also learn more about the
award and past recipients from around
the world at PMI.org. Click on “About
Us,” “Professional Awards,” and then
select “PMI Eric Jenett Project Management Excellence Award.”
Please note: The call for nominations
for the 2012 PMI Professional Awards,
including the PMI Project of the Year,
will open on 1 November 2011.
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OVER
PMI Fact File
MILLION!
PMBOK ® Guide editions now in circulation!
STATISTICS THROUGH 31 May 2011
Total Members
% increase May 2011/2010
New Members
May 2011
353,326
11.1%
12,309
Credentials—Total Active Holders of:
Certified Associate in Project
Management (CAPM)® certificate 14,465
Project Management
Professional (PMP)® credential
434,839
Program Management
Professional (PgMP)® credential
PMI Risk Management
Professional (PMI-RMP)® credential
PMI Scheduling Professional
(PMI-SP)® credential
PMI.org
May 2011 Unique Visitors
YTD Total
575
826
466
261,754
1,236,578
Publishing
PMBOK® Guide–Fourth Edition
placed in circulation*
May 2011
27,569
Total copies in circulation*
786,896
Total copies of all editions*
of the PMBOK® Guide
in circulation
3,485,418
*includes PMI-published translations
PMI Today July 2011
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“Soft Skills in Hard Times”
Research Working Session
Focuses on
Conflict Management
T
he PMI Academic Resources
Department hosted a Research
Working Session on 8 May, as part
of PMI® Global Congress 2011—EMEA.
More than 60 academics and project
management practitioners from around
the world attended the one-day session,
“Conflict Management: Using Soft Skills
in Hard Times.” The session was presented by Graham Massie, director of
consultancy at the Centre for Effective
Dispute Resolution (CEDR), based in
London, U.K.
The workshop focused on current
research on conflict management in
teams, and explored why appropriate
work-conflict management is important and should be managed, rather
than avoided.
Types of Conflict in
the Workplace
During the session, Mr. Massie discussed
different types of conflict in the workplace and what challenges project man-
agers currently face regarding conflict management and resolution.
He described essential skills for effective conflict communication,
including building rapport, paying
attention to nonverbal cues, listening actively, asking appropriate
questions, and reflecting on and
summarizing what was discussed.
people and organizations move toward
conflict competency, instead of trying
to avoid it altogether. To do so, he
suggested organizations create a conflict management culture by providing
options for conflict resolution and
teaching employees how to manage
the difficult conversations that most of
us are not comfortable having.
Those in attendance had the
opportunity to participate in
several exercises to get to know
one another and what issues they
face every day as project managers, creating lively discussions
throughout the session.
At the conclusion of the session, Mr.
Massie recommended that project
managers not ignore conflict, but
develop work team approaches that
foster effective communication during
conflict management. Lastly, he recommended that when conflicts cannot be
resolved within the organization,
mediation should be considered as a
viable solution.
Specifically, participants discussed how
it can be challenging for others in an organization to accept the value of project
management. Also discussed was conflict that can occur when differences
arise over opinions and aspirations on
how projects should be carried out. The
group noted that as project managers,
they often must manage conflict and
expectations with various stakeholders,
since conflict can exist among co-workers, clients, contractors, subcontractors
and others.
Options for Conflict Resolution
Mr. Massie recommended that both
The PMI Academic Resources Program
works to advance the discipline and
profession of project management by
creating and dispensing knowledge
through various programs. Research
working sessions feature panel discussions and breakout sessions on important topics in project management.
This program provides researchers,
academics and advanced practitioners
the opportunity to exchange ideas on
new research and its application.
The next Research Working Session will be held on 23 October
2011 as part of PMI Global Congress 2011—North America
The one-day session, “Sustainability in Project Management: The Future is
Now,” will focus on current global issues and initiatives surrounding sustainability in all aspects of project management. The panel of presenters will include
both practitioners and researchers, including members of PMI’s Academic
Member Advisory Group and other subject matter experts in the field.
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PMI® GLOBAL CONGRESS 2011—EMEA
Practitioners From
Around the World
Gather in Ireland
to Share Best
Practices
EMEA
Continued from page 1
“The enthusiasm from everyone has
been excellent,” he said. “The number
of volunteers and effort from them has
been superb.”
Linking in to Social Media
In the keynote address, Kevin Eyres,
former managing director of LinkedIn
Europe, discussed how social media is
reverberating across the project management profession. Yet for all the hype,
he said, it still comes down to the individual project or program manager.
“We’ve all heard of social media. It’s
nothing new. It’s about people and it’s
about their relationships,” he said.
Mr. Eyres urged project and program
managers to leverage social media as a
competitive advantage to build business
relationships and gain professional insight, pointing out, “You get a high
amount of content at a low cost.”
Keynote speaker Kevin Eyres (above) urged project and
program managers to leverage social media as a competitive advantage to build business relationships and gain
professional insight.
Mr. Eyres set 50 as the minimum number of LinkedIn connections necessary
to get value.
he advised. “It doesn’t do you any good.
Consciously build up a network of
influencers.”
“Don’t be a promiscuous connector,”
Whether they’re on Twitter or PMI’s
Following his keynote presentation,
Kevin Eyres answered questions from
PMI President and CEO Mark A. Langley.
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communities of practice, project and
program managers should remember
the context of social media. Go in with
a true purpose, backed up by a plan, Mr.
Eyres said. Start by listening and then
slowly build up who you are and what
you’re focused on for a consistent online brand image.
“If you start throwing out random
things, you lose your authenticity,” he explained. “Pick out
things you’re passionate about.”
There are risks and you may make
some mistakes along the way, but
social media “is not going away,” and
forging those virtual relationships “matters now more than ever.”
Mr. Eyres’ message resonated with
attendees, many of whom were unfamiliar with social media tools or how
to use them effectively. Marie Show
from the Commonwealth Bank of
Australia called Mr. Eyres’ keynote
“brilliant” and seemed ready to pick
up the call to action. “I’m not a Facebook person, but I might become one,”
she said.
Catherine McGrath, PMP, an actuary
with Act on IT Consulting in Dublin, said
she found the speech “particularly interesting,” adding that people can be
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The three-year initiative to launch the
communities of practice is PMI’s largest
Iesha Brown, PMI manager, chapter development
project to date.
“naïve” about their social media presence and are learning some hard lessons. “LinkedIn is very valuable as a
resource and we have to be careful not
to abuse it,” she said.
It Takes a Community
PMI’s communities of practice also
had the congress participants buzzing,
whether it was in the exhibit hall, in
the reception areas or after the panel
session titled “Leveraging PMI’s Communities of Practice for Success.”
The three-year initiative to launch the
communities is PMI’s largest project to
date, said Iesha Brown, PMI manager,
chapter development. With 126,954
subscribers across 36 communities, the
communities aim to deepen project and
program management practitioners’
knowledge through interaction and ongoing collaboration. And that interaction is likely to increase. “As people
become familiar with the communities
of practice and how to find [items of interest] and participate, the numbers will
grow,” Ms. Brown said.
Fellow panelist Dennis Bolles, PMP, a
member of the PMI Virtual Community Advisory Group, agreed. “We see
this as a year to really build on the
base,” he said.
Penny Pullan, PhD, PMP, director of
Making Projects Work Ltd. in Loughborough, England, asked the presenters to
convince her why it was worth taking
the time to collaborate in the communities, given the busy schedules of project practitioners.
Dr. Pullan seemed swayed by the
panelists’ response. Referring to PMI
communities of practice, panelist
Cassandra Mills, PMP, another member
of the advisory group, said, “I love having a day-to-day resource where I can
go to bounce an idea off someone else.
I use A Guide to the Project Management
Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) as
a guide, but with so many active members and practitioners in the communities, why recreate something when
there is a wealth of information and
experience available right there at your
fingertips, 24 hours a day?”
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Integrating Agile
With PMI launching a new certification devoted to it, Agile continued to
be a hot topic throughout the congress.
Those attending could choose from a
wide variety of presentations in
which they could learn about Agile
techniques.
Many of the sessions focused on execution. For example, the session titled
“Integrating Agile in a Waterfall World”
aimed to show practitioners that Agile
doesn’t have to be to an either/or
proposition—it can be merged with traditional methodologies. “Establishing
PMOs: An Agile Approach” explored
how project and program managers can
use Agile when instituting PMOs.
Agile continued to be
a hot topic throughout the congress
with a wide variety of
presentations.
In “PMI’s Agile Certification: Is It
Right for You?” Frank Schettini, MBA,
PMI’s vice president of IT, explained
how the new PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)SM certification came
to fruition.
Since February, 6,565 people had signed
up to participate in the PMI-ACPSM pilot,
which took place in May. The certification exams begin in September, with the
first PMI-ACP certifications being
awarded near the end of the year.
Mixing and Mingling
The congress wasn’t all business. At the
“Taste of Dublin” reception on Tuesday
night, attendees enjoyed a live Irish
band, fish and chips, and some local
beverages. The night before, congress
participants had the opportunity to
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relax and socialize at a networking reception during the opening of the exhibition area.
The exhibition hall also featured PMI’s
Career Central booth where UK recruiting firm Arras People set up shop, along
with local Registered Education Provider
(R.E.P.) I.T. Alliance Group Ltd. and IT
giant Ericsson.
I.T. Alliance was “actively looking” for
people from the project coordinator role
on up to the senior level, said Eleanor
Graham, the company’s project manager for research and development.
Darina Corr, a recruitment specialist
at LM Ericsson Ireland, said the company was maximizing its Dublin presence to get the company name out.
She met several professionals who, while
not actively looking
for work themselves,
knew of contacts they
could refer for open
positions.
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The EMEA congress concluded on 11
May with another full day of educational sessions, encore sessions and a
closing ceremony. Gary Goldstein, PMI’s
manager of professional development,
relived congress highlights through a
video slideshow, and recognized and
thanked those involved with the success
of the event.
PMI President and CEO Mark A. Langley
also applauded the PMI Ireland Chapter,
which “welcomed us with open arms.”
He also noted that the spirit of volunteerism would continue long beyond
the event.
Continued on page 10
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Continued from page 9
“Volunteers do all the critical work at
PMI,” he said, including helping to develop standards, serving on the Board,
leading chapters and contributing to the
communities of practice.
“It’s a great way to promote the profession and give back,” he noted.
Volunteers do all the critical work at PMI, including
helping to develop standards, serving on the
Board, leading chapters
and contributing to the
communities of practice.
PMI President and CEO Mark A. Langley
Picking up on Mr. Eyres’ theme, Mr.
Langley also reminded attendees that
successful project management is about
people and relationships.
“It’s not enough for project and program
managers to have technical skills,” he
said. “We need leadership, conflict resolution and negotiation skills. Organizations are telling us, ‘We’re looking for
the next business leaders.’ And I say, ‘It’s
about time.’”
For project and program leaders looking
to build those skills, a PMI global congress is the place to be. Look for more
information soon about PMI® Global
Congress 2012—EMEA.
Thanks to Our Sponsors
PMI would like to thank the sponsors
who made this event possible. This
year’s sponsors included SKEMA Business School, International Institute
for Learning, Inc. and Cadence Management Corporation.
Quotable: Participants Share How They Benefited from the EMEA Congress
Marie Show, PMP, from Commonwealth Bank of Australia, appreciated that the environment of the congress lent itself to meeting with peers from different sectors. “It’s interesting to get different perspectives from different cultures
and industries,” she said. “Being here has shown how mature project management is in my company and reinforced
that I’m working for the right organization.”
Ilga Berzkalns, PMP, from the state-owned forest management group Latvijas Valsts Mezi in Latvia, came to the congress to reflect on how the company’s project, program and portfolio management implementation process is going,
including how she sets goals and incentives for project
teams. She also wanted to compare experiences with
other professionals. “This environment gives me the
ability to talk with smart people and compare experiences,” she said. “It’s refreshing to hear that I’m not the
only one to have a problem.”
Congress first-timer Ronan Dempsey of Rockall Technologies Ltd. in Dublin, said it was helpful to hear so
many different points of view.
Congress veteran O. Chima Okereke, MBA, PhD,
PMP, from Total Technology Consultants Ltd. in Nigeria, said he was getting “lots of ideas” from this year’s
event. And just as important, he was networking—
“meeting old friends and new people, too.”
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EMEA Leadership Institute Meeting
Changing the World
One Project at a Time
By Gil Marder
Leadership Institute Administrator
One hundred eighty PMI
leaders from 39 countries
energized themselves during
two and a half days of networking and leadership development at the PMI EMEA
Leadership Institute Meeting
(LIM) in Dublin, Ireland.
L
ongtime PMI volunteer and Region
8 Southwest Europe Mentor
Alfonso Bucero, PMP, noted: “PMI
President and CEO Mark Langley
opened the LIM with his usual smiling
face and energy. He clearly stated the
PMI advances in terms of membership
growth and certification. Mark showed
the audience that he is totally con-
vinced about the added value that project management can offer to our society. He recognized the efforts of all PMI
volunteers and transmitted his enthusiasm through his presentation.”
Beth Partleton, PMP, chair, 2011 PMI
Board of Directors, spoke of the value of
networking and knowledge sharing, and
shared her conviction that, “Whenever
PMI members feel that they’re part of
something that can change the world—
one project at a time—it’s because they
share a world of good ideas and good
practices at meetings like this.”
She also showed her enthusiasm, explaining that she has been a PMI volunteer for more than 20 years.
A Practical Formula for Success
Keynote speaker David Taylor provided
an entertaining and motivational ad-
Whenever PMI
members feel that
they’re part of
something that can
change the world—
one project at a
time—it’s because
they share a world
of good ideas and
good practices at
meetings like this.
Beth Partleton, PMP, chair,
2011 PMI Board of Directors
PMI Today July 2011
he urged those attending to take advantage of the learning and networking
activities, and to use the knowledge
and skills gained during the meeting to
“take your chapter or community of
practice to new levels. You will lead it
to change the world.”
Region 8 Central Europe Mentor Dino
Butorac, PMP, commented that he “really liked the dynamics of the keynote
session and particularly Mr. Taylor’s
message that the difference between
successful chapters or communities of
practice, and those that are less successful, is that successful ones are more
persistent. They don’t give up.”
Lively sessions on membership recruitment and retention, conflict resolution,
and PMI’s communities of practice
rounded out the day’s educational activities. The first day of the meeting ended
with an evening reception during which
attendees networked with each other
and the PMI Board of Directors.
Understanding and Dealing
With Change
dress. In the first part he shared his formula for success with attendees:
■ Know where you want to go—
the outcome—and focus on what
you want.
■ Know where you are now. Be the
very best that you already are.
■ Take ownership of everything that
you say and do, and bring the truth
into the room.
■ Know what you have to do to get to
where you want to be.
■ Don’t focus on “change”; focus on
“choice” and make true decisions.
■ Do it! Value action and persistence.
Mr. Taylor went on to explain practical
ways to apply the formula to attract
new members, engage current members
and consistently provide value to them.
Echoing Ms. Partleton’s earlier remarks,
The second day of the meeting featured
keynote speaker Gil Regev, PhD, who
Don’t focus on
“change”; focus
on “choice”
Keynote speaker David Taylor
delivered a talk titled
“Understanding Stability
and Change for Community Stability and
Growth.” During this
thought-provoking session he described some
of the mechanisms that
work toward and against
change, and discussed
ways of dealing with them
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to improve the chances of a community’s long-term success.
One participant commented that “Dr.
Regev delivered a very provocative presentation about the power of norms and
values on organizations. He very elegantly stated a case for paying attention
to leadership fundamentals surrounding
relationship dynamics. Very stimulating.”
The second day also featured dynamic
learning and sharing breakouts, in which
issues and best practices relevant to
communities of practice or individual
regions were discussed. Educational sessions on volunteer management and
marketing were among the day’s most
highly attended sessions.
The day’s program concluded with a
discussion of strategic issues with the
PMI Board’s Governance Committee.
Participating in this dialogue were Beth
Continued on page 14
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Leadership
Institute Meeting
Continued from page 13
Partleton, PMP, chair, 2011
PMI Board of Directors; Peter
Monkhouse, BSc(Eng), MBA,
PEng, PMP, vice chair; Deanna
Landers, MBA, PMP, secretary/ treasurer and chair,
performance oversight committee; Jane Farley, MSc, FPParticipants get active during the closing session.
MINZ, PMP, chair, Strategic
Planning and Program Alignment Committee; and PMI
Robb, PMP, vice president for commuPresident and CEO Mark A. Langley.
nity involvement in the PMI New Practitioner Community of Practice, said she
A spirited networking reception with an
gained particular value from a session
Irish musical band followed in a foyer of
led by PMI New Media Council member,
the Convention Centre that overlooked
Elizabeth Harrin.
Dublin at sunset.
“‘Only Connect: Using Social Media for
Education, Networking
Member Communications’ not only
and Inspiration
gave me several gems of information,
The meeting’s third day offered more
strategies and techniques to try; her
educational sessions, networking breaks
session spurred a highly engaging conand a luncheon that was attended by
versation among the participants that,
the PMI Board of Directors. Pamela
for me, led to connecting with global
counterparts for possible future collaborations,” she said. Ms. Robb added that
she felt “so charged with excitement to
start incorporating some of what I
learned into our social media plans.”
Closing speaker Brody Sweeney, a
co-founder of a charitable organization called Connect Ethiopia, shared
professional and volunteer stories in a
talk titled “Climbing to Lalibella—
An Irishman’s Journey Back From a
Business Meltdown.”
“Mr. Sweeney’s message on volunteerism was inspirational and
deeply touching,” commented
one attendee. “His take
added a needed dimension
to a conference that is often
too oriented to technical
aspects of project management and personal development. To truly grow, (one
should) significantly help
others... just because it’s the
right thing to do.”
“A Terrific Experience”
Leadership Institute Advisory Group member Kristine
Munson, PMP, encouraged participants
to “take your knowledge home and
apply it” during the closing session. Ms.
Munson also took a few moments to
recognize the significant and muchappreciated contributions of the PMI
Ireland Chapter’s leadership and volunteers, who were a large reason for the
meeting’s success.
Special mention went to Liam Dillon,
PMP, chapter past president, who
worked with the staff in the months
leading up to the event, and the many
chapter volunteers who gave their time.
They received a well-deserved standing
ovation from all present.
Kristie Evans, community manager of
the PMI Human Resource Project Management Community of Practice said
she “wanted to thank PMI for the wonderful opportunity to attend the EMEA
LIM and network with others involved in
PMI communities and chapters.
“It was a terrific experience to gain exposure to global perspectives and discover our commonalities as well,” she
added. “I hope to continue to attend
Continued on page 16
To truly grow, (one should) significantly help others…just because
it’s the right thing to do.
Closing speaker Brody Sweeney
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It was a terrific experience to gain exposure to
global perspectives and discover our commonalities.
Kristie Evans, community manager of the PMI Human
Resource Project Management Community of Practice
Leadership
Institute Meeting
Continued from page 14
LIM frequently to network, present as often as I can and build
strength in the disciplines of PMI.”
Many PMI community leaders
enjoyed and gained value from
their EMEA LIM experiences.
Agnieszka Kosicka, PMP, president of the PMI Poland Chapter,
added: “For me, LIM is the most
powerful meeting, full of knowledge, many ideas and energetic
people. Each time I learn something new about PMI, people
and myself.”
Elisabeth Weber, PMP, president
of the PMI Switzerland Chapter,
summed up a feeling held by
many when she said that for her
and the five other representatives from her chapter, “the
LIM reminded us of the [rewarding] aspect about being a PMI
Volunteer.”
The next Leadership
Institute Meeting
will be held in
Dallas/Fort Worth,
Texas, USA on
20-22 October 2011.
Correction
In the article entitled “Three Project
Management Degree Programs Gain
Accreditation” published in the June
issue of PMI Today®, there was an error
in the listing of programs accredited by
the PMI Global Accreditation Center for
Project Management Education Programs (GAC) at City University of Seattle (Seattle, Washington, USA). The
only GAC-accredited program is the
Masters of Science in Project Management program.
PMI Today regrets the error.
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E-Learning On Demand: The Alaskan Recovery Series
Find the Lost City—and Learn Project
Management Skills
W
hat would you do if you
learned that a rich philanthropist is looking for a
project manager to hire?
You would get free travel to Alaska,
USA, spend a couple of days at sea in
Bristol Bay, and maybe even participate
on a team looking for a lost city. You
would work with a variety of stakeholders who have all the latest technology
and a huge budget. Time is a little tight,
but as an excellent project manager,
you could help the team accomplish a
lot in the time they have, as they attempt to discover the origins of an ancient artifact found on the floor of the
Aleutian Sea, off the coast of Alaska.
Would you be interested?
Now you can put your knowledge of A
Guide to the Project Management Body
of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide)—Fourth
Edition into practice in the Alaskan Recovery Series, an exciting simulation of
this exact scenario. The simulation challenges you and allows you to succeed—
or not—with the opportunity for a
do-over if you think of something you
would do differently.
The Alaskan Recovery Series is a series
of simulation courses in which you act
as the project manager of a deep-sea
expedition project. The courses in the
series present project managers with
real-world project management scenarios as they manage archeologists,
divers, academics and a nautical crew.
Learn how to deal with difficult people
and situations—just as they are waiting
for you in real life.
The courses in the series are based on
eight Knowledge Areas of the PMBOK®
Guide. There are numerous decision
points that you must deal with throughout the course. Two people can take this
simulation and see different scenes be-
cause their decisions
will differ, leading
them to different
paths throughout
the course. You, as
the project manager,
run the project and
will determine the
successful or not-sosuccessful ending to
this project.
This is an intermediate-level course, so terms and definitions will not be explained. You will be
expected to know what the terms mean
and know what documents need to be
completed on a project.
Here’s what users had to say about the
Project Scope Management course, the
first course launched in the Alaskan Recovery Series:
■ “The content was very good, and the
delivery of the material was among
the best I’ve experienced in any elearning course. The safety focus, decision points and tool interaction
were well placed. The fact that you
can repeat the course is a good benefit, considering it took me a few
screens to get into the groove, interface and [learn the] options available.
The avatars were an added touch to
personalize the experience….There
was a good balance between listening and doing. I always felt involved.
The technology was well-suited, and
made this experience much more enjoyable. Great experience. Highly
recommended.”
■ “This was very interesting. I was
going to take a few days to complete
it, but it was so engrossing I finished
in one afternoon.”
■ “It was entertaining. Many online
courses are very interactive but boring; this was different (in a good
way). Thanks.”
The second course, Project Time Management, has just been launched. More
courses will be launched in the coming
months. Look for Project Communications and Project Cost Management
courses next.
Users who complete each course will
receive an evaluation that details success
and areas for improvement. Professional
development units (PDUs) and Continuing Education Units (CEUs) are available
for those who are maintaining their PMI
professional credentials.
Learn more about the Alaskan Recovery
Series and other e-learning on-demand
courses at www.PMI.org/ProfessionalDevelopment/e-learning/e-Learningon-Demand.aspx.
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Community Portraits
In this monthly PMI Today®
feature, members will be introduced to PMI’s 36 communities of
practice. These are new and growing online communities where
PMI members meet online, discuss ideas and build the body of
knowledge.
If any of these communities interests
you, go to its site and begin collaborating with peers worldwide to find
solutions that meet your needs and
advance the profession. Interact
through wikis, webinars, discussions
and blogs. Use shared documents,
surveys, announcements, a member
directory and popular links. All of
these tools are at your disposal.
The more you get involved with communities of practice, the more you’ll
benefit from your PMI membership.
Introducing the
PMI Marketing and Sales
Community of Practice
The PMI Marketing and Sales Community of Practice is focused on virtual
membership collaboration and participation in approximately 20 (and growing) website discussion threads, blogs,
and webinars. Our leadership team is
focused on providing education and
resource topics within the project management realm in the areas that our
members indicated were most important to their careers. These include
marketing and sales operations, product
marketing management, market research and pricing strategies.
You don’t have to be a marketing and
sales professional to benefit from the
insights provided through our virtual
community. Come participate with us in
a discussion thread or blog, and share
your insights and expertise with other
PMI members.
resources | ideas | knowledge
Introducing Volunteer Leaders
Karen Wang, PMP,
marketing and
sales council leader,
helped execute a
seamless transition
from specific interest group to the
community of practice by writing and
overseeing the marketing plan, tracking
annual goals, providing the volunteer
team with unwavering leadership skills,
and consistently energizing our team
with new ideas and insights.
Esteban Villegas,
PMP, marketing and
sales membership
lead, is one of our
community’s newest
council leaders. Mr.
Villegas is responsible for membership retention and our
annual membership growth goals. He
monitors membership and revenue to
provide insights about programs and
services that would assist members with
their career goals and project management education.
Benefits and Services
The Marketing and Sales Community of
Practice is part of a groundbreaking
project management trend. The majority of marketing and sales professionals
tell us they are performing project
management processes within their
departments, but continue to be frustrated by the challenge of not being
able to clearly define their department’s
value as it relates to corporate ROI, data
quality and program measurements.
The major education goals of the Marketing and Sales Community of Practice
are to provide industry experts’ advice
and motivate our membership to share
their expertise through virtual discussion boards, blogs and webinars. Watch
for announcements and newsletters
that address the emerging areas of project management as it relates to achieving marketing and sales department
efficiencies, managing your marketing
assets and proving project results.
Visit the community at http://
mktgandsales.vc.pmi.org.
Introducing the
PMI Legal Project Management
Community of Practice
Due to the recent economic downturn,
the legal world now faces many of the
same challenges that have transformed
other industries: managing downward
pricing pressure on legal work, providing
more cost predictability to clients and
doing more with less—all while increasing client service and communication.
The industry looks to adopt more project management techniques as it moves
from a traditional time-based billing
scenario to one that involves alternative
fee arrangements, such as fixed fees.
The PMI Legal Project Management
Community of Practice offers project
management practitioners the only industry forum to learn, share and grow
the discipline of project management
within the legal industry. Whether you
work within a corporate legal department, a law firm, or litigation-support
firm, joining the community will help
you learn to more effectively manage
your legal projects.
Featured here are the members of the
community council who are dedicated
to delivering superior member services.
Introducing Volunteer Leaders
Paul Easton, JD, CEDS, PMP, is a managing director of Global Colleague and oversees its Asian operations, dividing his time
between Taiwan and India. He manages
PMI Today July 2011
archive selection
and implementation
projects, and highvolume, multinational, multilingual
discovery projects for
the United States’
largest law firms and corporations. Mr.
Easton served two years as the director of
administration for the PMI Services and
Outsourcing Specific Interest Group.
Kim Craig, PMP, has
worked in the legal
industry for just
under 30 years and is
currently the director
of Seyfarth Shaw
LLP’s project management office. She has extensive experience in management and expertise in
several operational areas including technology applications and knowledge
management. Ms. Craig leads her team
of client-facing, certified project management professionals in partnership
with attorneys in the delivery of legal
services in all practice areas.
Rick Kathuria,
P.Eng, CMC, PMP,
has been working
with McCarthy
Tétrault, one of
Canada’s leading law
firms, as head of
their IT development group and director
of their project management office. He
oversees all major new IT projects for
McCarthy Tétrault and has spent the
last two years working with senior partners of the firm developing tools and
training lawyers on managing their legal
mandates. Prior to joining the law firm,
he spent several years at a top-tier consulting firm, running wide-scale international implementation projects.
Robert Bruce, MS,
PMP, is primarily focused on working
with the attorneys at
Frost Brown Todd,
LLC to drive internal
innovation of work process and
project management techniques. He
spent 10 years working in the advertising industry, then 17 years developing
and marketing enterprise-level project
management, accounting and digital
asset management in an industry
permanently changed by technology
and alternative fee arrangements.
Benefits and Services
In addition to regular monthly webinars
with industry-leading speakers and content, we offer a monthly newsletter that
focuses on hot topics in legal project
management and highlights the community’s subject matter experts and member
accomplishments. We also offer opportunities for our members to engage with a
volunteer staff of industry experts via our
lively discussion boards and blog.
Whether you’re looking for professional
development units (PDUs) to maintain
your credential, exposure to the largest
membership pool of legal project management professionals, an opportunity to
contribute to the legal project management body of knowledge, or simply a
chance to hear what other legal project
managers are saying, our community is
the place for you. Come check us out.
Visit the community at
http://legalpm.vc.pmi.org.
Introducing the
PMI eBusiness Community
of Practice
The PMI eBusiness Community of Practice focuses on market-driven initiatives
in the area of electronic commerce,
electronic data interchange, and related
web processes and technologies—
specifically as they relate to project
management. Project managers working
directly with e-business projects or who
just have a basic interest can gain from
our community.
Being a member of the PMI eBusiness
Community of Practice connects you
with a community of e-business profes-
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sionals with the same interests as you.
As an active member, you benefit from
a focused collaboration of practitioners,
who provide thought-provoking interaction and value-added information and
resources to further your career and the
profession. Member needs are the core
purpose of our community.
Featured here are two council members
who are dedicated to delivering superior
member services.
Introducing Volunteer Leaders
Chad Cook, PMP,
our knowledge
manager, leads the
effort to develop
and promote topics
of interest within the
e-business community. Each month, Mr. Cook looks to
initiate two discussion threads and one
knowledge content topic for the community. He is also eager to serve your
interests by promoting any topics you,
the members, bring forward.
Ira Greenberg, PMP,
is responsible for
community outreach
and leads the initiatives responsible for
membership, social
media, and collaboration with local chapters, other communities and associations. He is also the
chief architect of our monthly newsletter. Mr. Greenberg is always looking for
ways to develop programs that support
these initiatives. He is eager to serve
you in building awareness of the products and services available within the
community, as well as bringing new
ones forward.
Benefits and Services
In addition to regular discussion threads,
knowledge content topics, newsletters
and content, the leadership team is
looking to expand our available programs in 2011. For members looking to
interact through the web, our commuContinued on page 20
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Community Portraits
Continued from page 19
nity leadership team has provided discussion boards, blogs and wikis. Our
volunteer staff looks to engage our
members through thought-provoking
and leading-edge dialogue on the community section of the website.
Come check us out—for PDUs to maintain your credential, networking with ebusiness project managers, or simply for a
chance to hear what other project managers are saying.
Visit the community at
http://ebusiness.vc.pmi.org.
Introducing the
PMI Project Risk Management
Community of Practice
The PMI Project Risk Management
Community of Practice has a bold new
vision. We see a world where project experts in various roles come together to
educate, share, contribute and learn
about project risk management by taking advantage of the virtual platform
that PMI has enabled. We see a world
that builds upon tradition and offers
leading-edge, thought-provoking ideas
in a collaborative and exciting venue.
Benefits are plentiful. Even though we
are young, our more than 7,300 global
members engage in discussion threads,
conduct educational surveys and participate in webinars. What’s more, world-
renowned experts in the project risk
management field contribute knowledge content that is actionable and
ready for our members to adopt. In effect, collectively we are creating our
bold, new future.
This energy could not have been possible without the Project Risk Management Community of Practice Council
and its team members. We would like to
take this opportunity to feature two of
our leaders:
Introducing Volunteer Leaders
Karim Kiani, PMP, a
founding member of
the community, has
more than 20 years
of experience in
software engineering, telecommunications, financial services and IT project
management. He has more than 10
years’ experience leading intercultural
virtual teams, as well as five years’ experience in heading project management
offices (PMOs), setting up PMOs, and
training and coaching of project managers and PMO staff. Mr. Kiani has been
a practitioner in risk management for
10 years because of his involvement in
high-risk projects and time-critical
telecommunications projects.
Steven Peck, PMI-RMP, PMP, the
knowledge management team leader, is
a senior manager with Deloitte’s Enterprise Risk practice who has more than
18 years of experience delivering projects and programs.
Since 2001, Mr. Peck
has specialized in
project and program
risk management
consulting. He volunteered with the PMI
Certification Department. As the knowledge management lead, Mr. Peck looks
forward to working with the knowledge
management team and the community
to develop content and resources to
support project risk management practitioners globally.
Mr. Kiani and Mr. Peck—together with
the other international council members, Clint Dietze, PMP; Nikitas Kalantjakos, PMP; Samuel Dhar; and Edmund
Conrow, PMP—are working to continue
our growth and enable more exciting
opportunities in the days ahead. Providing value to our members is what we are
all about.
Be on the lookout for a webinar regarding one member’s experience in obtaining the PMI Project Risk Management
(PMI-RMP)® credential. Learn from her
experience as you prepare for yours.
Also ahead, we look forward to a new
marketing lead council member, as
well as further virtual discussions and
webinars.
See you online at
http://risk.vc.pmi.org.
What’s Going On in the Featured Communities?
Discussions:
A PMI Marketing and Sales Community
of Practice discussion asks if you plan on
taking the customer into account from the
beginning of the project.
Does the legal industry need certified
project managers? Comment in the PMI
Legal Project Management Community
of Practice.
On the PMI e-Business Community of
Practice, a participant said “My most re-
cent venture was creating a web e-Business that included a complete application
and online store. Yes, I used a [work breakdown structure] and project plan to kick
off my start-up! I have learned a lot about
the e-business and am always looking to
learn more and make new connections.”
So, if something is certain, is it not a risk
and does it not need to be managed? That
question has drawn many comments on
the PMI Project Risk Management Community of Practice.
Available Resources:
Newsletters: PMI Marketing and Sales
Community of Practice Newsletter, published May 2011. Includes member and
blogger spotlights.
Blogs: How does Project Management,
Sales and Marketing interrelate with
one another? is a question asked on a
blog on the PMI Marketing and Sales
Community of Practice. This post has
over 40 comments.
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Educational Foundation
J
PMI Chapters Build
Multifaceted Programs
for Social Good
ust as we know project management is a universal professional skill,
we’re also learning that project management expertise has a broad power
to help others. PMI chapters are embracing this concept and developing
multidimensional charitable programs
that benefit a variety of worthy stakeholders, including youth, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and civic
organizations—and it’s happening all
over the world!
Creating financial opportunities for students through scholarships is another
part of the Tulsa program. The chapter
sponsors a scholarship that is administered by PMIEF.
Building Better Futures
Project Management for Youth
The PMI Sydney, Australia Chapter has
created a Building Better Futures Program that includes youth and community projects. The Sydney Chapter is
using its professional project management expertise to build a better future
for youth, women and disabled citizens.
The PMI Tulsa Chapter (USA) program
blends community assistance, youth
programs and financial opportunities
through scholarships to build a multidimensional program that makes a positive impact in their community.
The chapter provides support and
coaching for the Australia Special
Olympics and has also created a program that encourages women to become project managers.
Teaching risk management to 12-yearolds by using a popular television show,
“The Deadliest Catch,” is part of Tulsa’s
PM Youth Program. The chapter created
a project-based learning program based
on a curriculum developed by the PMI
Educational Foundation (PMIEF) for
middle school (12-13 year olds). Chapter
volunteers are teaching project management using “youth-friendly” examples that engage kids.
The chapter is also partnering with the
Tulsa Chamber of Commerce to provide
project management expertise and improve performance across some of the
chamber’s large volunteer civic projects.
In keeping with the theme of Building
Better Futures, this year the chapter is
piloting a program for both teachers
and students in a girls’ school, where
the actual project will be planning and
building a bridge.
Building Better Futures is also the
theme of the PMI São Paulo, Brazil
Chapter’s initiative for social good.
This program combines elements of
youth and NGO programs to help people and organizations. Using PMIEF’s
Project Management Skills for Life guide,
members of the PMI São Paulo Chapter
provided project management training
to CIEDEF, a Brazilian NGO that promotes athletics and sports for the
physically disabled.
The chapter is also working to build
programs in secondary schools with
São Paulo’s secretary of education, and
shortly the chapter will be providing
mentors for students and staff as part
of a PMIEF grant to CDI, a Brazilian
NGO that has more than 800 community centers in Brazil. This grant was
funded through a chapter donation
to the PMIEF.
The program incorporates project management into the CDI youth training
methodology, potentially introducing
project management to thousands of
children and providing them with skills.
The chapter has also volunteered to
translate the PMI Project Management
Methodology for Post Disaster ReconContinued on page 23
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Events Calendar
PMI Today Deadlines:
SEPTEMBER 2011 ..............15 JULY
OCTOBER 2011 ..................15 AUGUST
®
The PMI Today Calendar of Coming Events is
reserved for activities organized by PMI, its
communities and its cooperating organizations. Please see PMI’s online Coming Project
Management Events Calendar for more events,
including those sponsored by Registered Education Providers and other suppliers of related
goods and services.
JULY 2011
5–7 July
PMINZ Chapter Project
Management Conference
Auckland, New Zealand. The conference theme
is “Innovate To Succeed.” Come and explore the
creative aspects of project management and
learn how we can rearrange the old skills in a
new way to pave our way to success.
www.pminzconference.com.
16–17 July
PMI Japan Chapter Forum
con gre ss e s | conf e ren ces | sem i nar s | symp osiu ms | w ebinar s
www.mypmsite.info/PMIWeb01/
EventDetails.aspx?ProductID=2635.
San Francisco, California, USA. Take a break
from your hectic schedule to retool your thinking about project management. SeminarsWorld
San Francisco has a number of new courses
that tackle sticky subjects such as team communications, negotiation skills, project politics
and more. Reserve your seat today!
http://www.pmi.org/Professional-Development/SeminarsWorld.aspx.
22 July
Present With Precision and Authority
Denver, Colorado, USA. PMI Mile Hi Chapter
presents Dr. Steven Hayward on presenting
your messages clearly, concisely and with authority. You will learn verbal, nonverbal and logistical skills to deliver powerful presentations
to teams, stakeholders, executives and others.
19 August
PMI Portland Chapter Workshop—Managing
Projects, Programs and Portfolios
AUGUST 2011
8–11 August
PMI SeminarsWorld®
Annapolis, Maryland, USA. Keep your competitive edge! Join us for SeminarsWorld Annapolis,
where leading subject matter experts share
their experience and deep knowledge on a variety of emerging topics. Whether you are looking to build your leadership skills, work on soft
skills such as communications and collaboration, or delve deeper into Agile, this event provides a unique opportunity to learn and
connect to the project management community. www.pmi.org/Professional-Development/SeminarsWorld.aspx.
15–17 August
PMI São Paulo, Brazil Chapter
International Seminar
São Paulo, Brazil. Experience a dynamic interaction among audience and speakers through
panels and group discussions. This is an excel-
Tokyo, Japan. “Evolving Glocalization of
Project Management.” Speakers include Professor Hitoshi Kuninaka, Hayabusa Project,
JAXA; Masaru Honda, director of the Ministry
of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism;
Osamu Ohno, senior managing director, Hitachi, Ltd.; Hirotoshi Kamba, PMP, chairman
of PMI Japan Chapter; and more.
forum-2011e@pmi-japan.org.
18–21 July
PMI SeminarsWorld®
lent opportunity to enhance your skills and
network. www.pmisp.org.br/11seminario.
Portland, Oregon, USA. One-day professional
development day conference themed “Champions of Change: Managing, Projects, Programs
and Portfolios.” Four educational tracks with
inspiring and useful knowledge. Tres Roeder,
the keynote speaker, will share discoveries and
interesting surprises on managing the human
side of change. www.pmi-portland.org.
25–26 August
4th Pernambuco Project Management
Congress: Managing Strategies and
Its Uncertainties
Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. The event will discuss how prepared companies, government
and our projects are for high impact. The
fourth congress will have about 500 participants who will have the opportunity to network and share experiences with high-level
professionals and experts. www.pmipe.org.br.
PMI eSeminarsWorldSM
Featured Course:
Project Management Fundamentals:
An Intensive Program
Five-week in-depth web-based seminar
PDUs: 35
T
his intensive program provides participants with practical experience applying the fundamentals of project management. At the conclusion of the course, participants will be
able to create a project life cycle, a statement of work, a work breakdown structure, a
schedule, a budget and a risk management plan. Students work together in groups over a fiveweek period to develop a project plan for a real project. Students are encouraged to bring current projects to the class.
Project Management Fundamentals: An
Intensive Program will be offered on:
■ 4 August–8 September
For more information and to register, visit
www.PMI.org/Professional-Development/
e-learning/eSeminarsWorld.aspx.
About the instructors:
Alex Walton, MBA, PMP, is a well-known
practitioner, teacher, facilitator and consultant focusing on effective program/project
management for new product development,
process improvements, re-engineering,
strategic planning and other activities.
Cheryl Allen is a project management consultant and trainer specializing in practical
project management processes for technology projects. Sonja Koppensteiner, PhD,
PMP, the founder of InterGlobe Consulting,
has close to 15 years of experience in the
high-tech industry as a project and program
manager and a business consultant.
PMI Today July 2011
UPCOMING >
®
PMI GLOBAL
CONGRESSES
AND EVENTS
PMI® Global Congress 2011—
North America
22–25 October 2011
Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, USA
http://congresses.pmi.org
understand power and influence, and how to
effectively lead your projects based on the situation. www.pmi-chicagoland.org.
16 September
PMINYC Chapter 2011 Professional
Development Day
New York, New York, USA. The 2011 theme is
“The Evolution of Project Management,” addressing the shift from tactical to strategic use
of project management in organizations. Our
keynote speaker, David Houle, is known as the
“CEOs’ Futurist.” www.pminyc.org.
19–20 September
Annual Professional Development Days
SEPTEMBER 2011
8–10 September
Project Management National
Conference 2011
Bangalore, India. Theme: Architecting Project
Management for Nation Building.
www.pmi.org.in/conference2011.
9 September
Dynamic Leadership Skills for Better
Project Results
Chicago, Illinois, USA. PMI Chicagoland Chapter presents Tres Roeder, PMP, on leadership.
As project managers and program managers,
we are viewed as leaders but often lack formal
“position authority.” This course will help you
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struction to help in the recovery process
from severe flooding in Brazil.
Launching New Scholarships,
Mentoring and Collaborating
Sponsoring a scholarship through PMIEF
is the latest addition to the PMI New
York City Chapter’s member programs
for social good. The chapter recently
launched its scholarship, which will provide financial assistance to chapter
members who are building their project
management education.
Also, the chapter has developed a youth
and teacher mentoring program with Virtual Enterprises International, a program
of the New York City School Department
Overland Park, Kansas, USA. The PMI KC Mid
America Chapter presents its Annual Professional Development Days, themed “Project
Managers Drive Results.” We are featuring Bill
Rancic (from Donald Trump’s original Apprentice) and world-renowned super-guru Jeff
Havens as our keynote speakers.
www.kcpmichapter.org.
20–21 September
6th Biennial International Project
Management Conference
Port of Spain, Trinidad. PMI Southern
Caribbean Chapter presents a conference
themed “Bridging the Gap: Strategic Thought
Transformed Through Project Management.”
Keynote speakers Gopal Kapur and Eugene
Bounds, PMP. www.pmiscc.org.
nized as the largest professional gathering of
project managers in Canada. This year’s event
focuses on “Building the Future With Project
Management.” One of this year’s distinguished
keynote speakers is Graham Bird, who oversaw
the redevelopment of Ottawa’s impressive
new convention center. www.pmiovoc.org.
NOVEMBER 2011
6–9 November
PMO Symposium 2011
Orlando, Florida, USA. Presented by the PMI
Program Management Office Community of
Practice, PMO Symposium is for PMO practitioners, project managers and organizational
leaders interested in strengthening the value of
a program management office. Learn from the
experts at more than 30 different sessions.
Highlights include two dynamic keynotes,
presentation of the PMO of the Year Award,
daily wrap-up panel discussions, and session
formats designed for dialogue and Q&A.
www.pmosymposium.org.
13–15 November
Project Portfolio Days
Toledo, Spain. Sponsored by PMI Madrid, Spain
Chapter. This event provides you with knowledge, tools and practices to help make better
project business decisions, and achieve a balanced and optimal project portfolio. The focus
will be on project portfolio selection and
analysis methods and case studies.
www.projectportfolioday.com.
OCTOBER 2011
18–20 October
PMI OVOC’s 11th Annual National
Capital Symposium
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. This event is recog-
of Education in which students simulate
creating and running their own businesses
using best project management practices.
Collaborating with not-for-profit
organizations is also a great way to
bring project management programs
to youth. One chapter member
collaborates with Public Color, a
not-for-profit organization that provides youth programs. They use
PMIEF’s Project Management Skills for
Life guide, along with engaging content
that contains real-world examples including references to Lady Gaga.
If you have a program or initiative to
share, please write to pmief@pmi.org.
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Scheduling Community
Hosts Annual Conference
T
he PMI Scheduling Community
of Practice hosted the 8th Annual
Scheduling Conference in May in
San Francisco, California, USA. More
than 200 participants from 16 countries
attended, representing 137 companies
worldwide.
The informative three-day conference
addressed how organizations everywhere are obtaining remarkable busi-
ness value from project scheduling.
Attendees were exposed to how worldwide organizations are advancing the
techniques, practice and profession of
project scheduling, and learned how to
establish practice standards for the
project management profession.
Spencer E. Lamoreaux from Intel, this
year’s keynote speaker, discussed the
challenges and needs of corporations
like Intel, and explored how the scheduling community can help solve the
challenges and foster professional
scheduling as a core competency.
The conference featured more than
60 sessions in nine tracks, including
scheduling, enterprise, claims, IT/computers, innovation (research), risk management, case studies, the scheduling
excellence initiative, and a tools/
exhibitor/quality track.
There was also a special presentation
from Jim Snyder, PMI Fellow, a founder
of PMI, titled “From the Beginning…
1969-2009—The First 40 Years.” The
session was recorded and is available
for replay at the PMI Scheduling
Community of Practice portal at
http://scheduling.vc.pmi.org.
— Doc Dochtermann, PMI-SP, PMP,
Director, Marketing and Publicity
PMI Scheduling Community of Practice
The PMI Scheduling Community of Practice also recognized key individuals for
their contributions to the profession. This year’s award winners are:
Ludovic Hauduc
Significant Contribution to
the Profession
Mike Mosley, Jr. PE, PMP
Significant Contribution to
the Profession
E. Harvey Elwin
Innovation Award
Fred C. Kreitzberg, PE
Jim O’Brien Lifetime
Achievement Award
Stu Ockman, PMP
PMI College of Scheduling
Founders Award
Laura Williams, CPIM, PMI-SP, PMP
Contribution to the PMI Scheduling Community of Practice and its predecessor organization, the PMI College of Scheduling
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PMI New Jersey Chapter www.pminj.org
25 Years Celebrated with Symposium
and Social Media Seminar
E
ach year the New Jersey Chapter
hosts a Sunday seminar in May,
followed by a full-day symposium.
This year an audience of 150 participated in a “Social Media for Project
Managers” seminar led by Rory Vaden.
The keynoter hypothesized that it is
possible to make Twitter, Facebook and
LinkedIn work for you in 30 minutes a
day. He explained that social media is a
form of “free education.” These tools
can be used as powerful two-way communication vehicles for project managers. Email may become a thing of the
past, said Mr. Vaden. The adoption rates
for social media tools, are increasing
dramatically each year and these tools
are the main form of communication for
the 20–30 age group.
now!” Attendees were challenged to
step through the session's handout to
bring focus to what matters and realize
personal strengths.
Three tracks anchored the day: WOW
Leadership, WOW Methodology and
Build Your WOW Brand. The first morning track session gave examples from
great leaders and spoke of “Good to
Great” project management practice.
edge (PMBOK® Guide)” and “Transitioning Project Management Skills To Build
the Green Economy.”
An elaborate buffet lunch led into Mr.
Vaden's “Take the Stairs” keynote, compelling attendees to stop procrastinating and take the next step literally and
figuratively to accomplish personal and
organizational goals. A hard act to follow,
the afternoon sessions engaged atten-
Mr. Vaden recommended that companies should establish Twitter, Facebook
and LinkedIn accounts to enhance their
marketing, branding and communications to a broader audience. The New
Jersey Chapter is using the learning from
this seminar to augment their alreadyexisting LinkedIn account with Twitter
and Facebook capabilities.
The 25th Annual PMI New Jersey
Chapter Symposium, with the theme
“Deliver with WOW,” did just that for
the participants, over 600 strong. The
first keynote, Scott Regan, energized the
audience with moving inspirations for
leadership in the face of change. Scott
surprised the attendees by standing on
top of the only partially empty table in
the room and saying “It's not the same
world and won't be four years from
Left: Deven Trivedi, PMP, PMI New Jersey Chapter vice president, symposium, thanks the speaker Tres
Roeder for his presentation on the human side of change. Right: Rory Vaden presents the topic of social
media to PMI New Jersey Chapter Sunday seminar attendees. He also conducted a workshop entitled
"Take the Stairs" with a focus on accomplishing ones goals, at the chapter’s Monday symposium.
After a networking break in the exhibition space, the second morning session
offered attendees three track sessions
to choose from, on popular topics including, “Navigating Organizational Politics,” “Applying Agile with A Guide to
the Project Management Body of Knowl-
dees to lead in crisis, guide their organizations into sustainable programs and
create a personal brand. The attendees
buzzed in the exhibitor room during the
afternoon break to bring the speakers’
concepts home and apply them.
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The final keynote, Tres Roeder, presented
the case for and the reality of the human
side of change: awareness, whole body
responsiveness, clear communication,
adaptability, diplomacy and persistence.
These are the skills required for project
managers to be change agents, he said.
This was also a great way to close the
symposium, leaving project managers
with much to ponder.
Overall, what emerged from this veritable mind-expanding day, was that leader-
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ship is a choice and participation is required to leverage this choice—regardless
of where one is positioned in the organization. Furthermore, there was unanimous energy for project managers to
lead the change and to be the change.
to leverage the insights presented at the
25th annual PMINJ symposium.
— Maureen T. Sammis, PMP
Director of Publicity and
Social Networking
PMI New Jersey Chapter
Volunteering for the PMI New Jersey
Chapter was also cited as one of the
success factors to expanding personal
and corporate value. This year made it
apparent, it's time for all project managers to recognize their leadership,
methodologies and personal strengths
— Kalpana Patel, PMP
Symposium Communication
Project Manager
PMI Rio Grande do Sul Chapter (Brazil) www.pmirs.org.br
Chapter Opens First Official PMI Branch in Brazil
T
he first official PMI branch in Brazil
has been formed in the Serra
Gaúcha region in Brazil’s Rio
Grande do Sul state.
Formalized at the PMI Latin America
Leadership Institute Meeting in Florianópolis, Brazil, the PMI Rio Grande do
Sul Chapter received permission to
spread its operation through branches in
Rio Grande do Sul state.
The project to enable branch operation
began in 2008, when the chapter
started developing project management
events and attracting PMI members in
the Serra Gaúcha region.
“Serra Gaúcha is the region in our state
that hosts the biggest number of chapter members after greater Porto Alegre,
the capital of Rio Grande do Sul state,”
Left: PMI Rio Grande do Sul Chapter officers and PMI staff met at the 2011 Latin
America Leadership Institute Meeting.
Right: Volunteers were essential to the
successful formation of the branch.
said André Voltolini, the chapter’s
branch creation and coordination director. “It has more than 45 members, who
represent more than 68 percent of
members away from the capital.”
According to Leandro Vignochi, PMP,
project manager of the Serra Gaúcha
Branch project, success in reaching this
goal was the result of understanding
stakeholder characteristics in the region,
promoting events to attract volunteers
to be part of the project, and finally presenting the project plan to the community to create the opportunity for
everybody interested in taking part in it.
Caxias do Sul, a city of more than
410,000 inhabitants located within the
Serra Gaúcha region, is the secondlargest city in the state of Rio Grande do
Sul. It is an industrial city, home to en-
Serra Gaúcha
Region
Brazil
Porto Alegre
(capital of Rio
Grande do Sul
State)
Rio Grande do Sul State
Located north of the capital of Porto Alegre,
the Serra Gaúcha region is home to the
largest number of PMI chapter members in
Rio Grande do Sul state outside of the capital
city itself.
terprises involved in metals, machines,
chemicals, furniture and IT, with an environment that is very fertile to project
management.
— André Voltolini
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PMI Baltimore, MD Chapter www.pmibaltmore.org
Chapter Partners With University to
Promote Project Management
Above: Those attending the culminating event of the UMBC Project Management Fundamentals course at UMBC
included panelists, students, instructor Anita Griner and, in front, Eric Perlstein, PMI-RMP, PMP, president of the PMI
Baltimore Chapter. Right: Anita Griner, PMP, faculty member at UMBC was the instructor for the Graduate Engineering Management Project Management Fundamentals course.
A
semester-long partnership between the PMI Baltimore, MD
Chapter and the University of
Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC),
culminated in an eventful evening, including a student-led project manager
panel discussion. The 29 students enrolled in UMBC’s Graduate Engineering
Management Project Management Fundamentals course initiated, planned and
Jack Chopper (left) and Jack Grasskopf (center),
students at UMBC who participated in the Project
Management Fundamentals course, are seen with
Eric Perlstein (right), president of the PMI Baltimore Chapter, at the course’s culminating event.
executed the evening under the direction of Anita Griner, PMP, instructor and
faculty member for UMBC. More than
130 UMBC students, faculty, staff and
PMI Baltimore Chapter members attended the event.
The evening started with a networking
dinner which gave the UMBC students
the opportunity to socialize with PMI
members as well as potential employers. After dinner, the students presented
on the project management concepts
assigned to them at the beginning of
the semester and discussed lessons
learned by each of the groups.
Following the presentations was a panel
discussion consisting of six project managers who were selected by the student
teams. The panelists shared their experiences, challenges and expertise in project management through questions
generated by the students.
PMI Baltimore Chapter member Jack
Ference, PMI-RMP, PMP, helped coordi-
nate the event with UMBC. This is the
second year the chapter has sponsored
the event, and the first time the students conducted a panel discussion with
an audience.
“This is a unique opportunity for the
students to walk away with educational
training, practical application and a
bridge to project management for the
future,” explained Ms. Griner.
“The event gave the students the opportunity to embrace the concepts of project management through a real and
practical project,” said Rick Hammond,
practice manager at UMBC.
PMI Baltimore Chapter President Eric
Perlstein, PMI-RMP, PMP, noted that the
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chapter’s goals for sponsoring an event
at the university level were to increase
the chapter’s exposure into academia,
increase membership at the academic
level and introduce project management much earlier in people’s careers.
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“This grooms the students to take the
Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)® exam and helps to prepare them for project management
specialty areas,” he said. Mr. Perlstein also
noted that these events allow the attendees to “learn the importance of project
management and best practices so they
can apply them to the real world.”
The PMI Baltimore Chapter has started
working with other universities in the
state of Maryland who want to follow the
same path and form similar partnerships.
— Suzanne Maxa-Albers, PMP
Marketing Coordinator
PMI Baltimore, MD Chapter
Project management students and instructor.
PMI Rio Grande Chapter (New Mexico, USA) www.pmirgc.org
Chapter Celebrates 25th Anniversary
G
rowth and diversification have
been key factors in the history
of the PMI Rio Grande Chapter,
which celebrated its 25th anniversary in
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA in January 2011.
When the chapter was founded, the
PMI Rio Grande Chapter’s primary
members were from Sandia National
Laboratories, a major employer in the
Albuquerque area. Today, the chapter
has members from 160 companies and
organizations throughout New Mexico.
A total of 75 people attended the celebration—a record attendance for the
366-person chapter.
Deanna Landers, MBA, PMP, a member
of the PMI Board of Directors and PMI
secretary/treasurer and chair of the
Performance Oversight Committee,
attended the 25th anniversary celebration. Ms. Landers gave a talk on project
management as a strategic competency.
Also on hand for the celebration were
several past members of the chapter
board of directors. Morgan Kramm,
PMP, a previous chapter president, was
recognized as the longest-term chapter
member present at the event.
The chapter annually joins with the
American Society for Quality and the
National Society of Hispanic MBAs to
reach a wider audience and promote
awareness of project management
throughout the business community.
Present and past board members who attended the
PMI Rio Grande Chapter’s 25th anniversary event included (back row, from left) John Hunter, PMP;
Juanita Davis, PMP, vice president of finance; Mike
Neitzey, PMP; Christine Neitzey, PMP; Kellis Jones,
immediate past president; and Suzette Beck, vice
president of membership; (front row, from left)
Nicolette Bauer, PMP, vice president of communications; Mary Rivera, vice president of programs;
Andrea Ricciardi, PMP, vice president of administration; Justin Johnson, president; and Katelyn
Mileshosky, vice president of marketing.
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Chapter Achieves Strong Growth
Despite Challenging Times
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Officers and executives of the PMI Doctor Bird Chapter pose for a group picture at the chapter’s annual planning retreat in January 2011. Shown are
(from left) Carlton Brown, PMP, vice president, professional development; Antonette Clarke, PMP, vice president, membership; Jana Bent, PMP, director
of publications; Nicola Denniser, PMP, vice president, communications; Michael Hamilton, PMP, director, corporate relations; and David Cook, PMP,
president and board chair. Not shown are Tania Brown, director, programs and events; John Lobban, PMP, vice president, finance and board secretary;
Carina Cockburn, PMP, vice president, programs and events; and John Ricketts, director of sponsorship.
PMI Doctor Bird Chapter (Jamaica) http://pmijdbc.org
S
taying the course during challenging
times, the PMI Doctor Bird Chapter
has continued to grow and retain its
membership in spite of the downward
turn in the global economy that has resulted in tougher spending decisions for
professionals and volunteers.
Located in Jamaica, West Indies, the
chapter has not only been able to
retain its membership levels for the last
two years but has now broken its previous membership record of 130 members by increasing its size to 148 as of
March 2011.
Also as of March 2011, the chapter has
enjoyed the highest year-to-date member growth rate in PMI Region 14, which
consists of 24 chapters in southern
North America and the Caribbean. Since
January 2011, the chapter’s growth rate
has been 13.85 percent, or 24 year-todate new members.
Sticking to Our Mandate
The chapter’s core mandate is to advance the project management profession in Jamaica. This is directly linked to
PMI’s envisioned goal, which is “World-
wide, organizations will embrace, value
and utilize project management and
attribute their success to it.”
Chapter advocacy for proper project
management principles and practices
has resulted in many Jamaican organizations being exposed to PMI’s project
management principles and standards,
and the benefits of using them. Over
the years, this has resulted in many
Jamaican organizations attributing their
success to project management, a feat
that the chapter proudly recognizes
each year.
Advocacy and Training
Attract Members
Since 2007, we have had the privilege of
awarding the prestigious “Project Management Organization of the Year” award
to stellar companies such as Digicel Jamaica, National Commercial Bank and
Neustone Limited. The exposure gained
through this coveted award and strong
advocacy of the profession has encouraged members of these organizations to
formally join the chapter so that they
can have access to PMI’s resources.
As part of our advocacy mission, teams
of chapter executives and volunteers
have made presentations to charity organizations; professional associations;
small-, medium- and large-size enterprises; financial institutions; and government organizations. In addition, the
chapter conducts formal training for
professionals seeking certification in
project management. These avenues
have exposed many professionals to the
chapter and have been an additional
source of new members.
Listening to Our Members and
Providing Results!
The chapter conducts regular membership surveys and thoroughly analyzes
the data to detect interest areas that
are important to the members. For
example, after one survey the chapter
made significant changes to its IT
and website.
Another area of feedback involved the
importance of offering content that focuses on relevant topical issues at
monthly chapter meetings. In 2010, the
chapter made a special effort to deliver
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inspiring and dynamic guest speakers.
This yielded an increase in meeting attendance to an all-time high in June
2010 of 67 attendees. Up until February
2010, the chapter had never surpassed a
monthly meeting attendance of 50.
A PMI survey in March 2011 showed a
high percentage of new Doctor Bird
Chapter members are being referred by
other members. We feel this is primarily
due to the referring members realizing
direct benefits from joining the chapter.
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The chapter also continues to retain
longstanding members who have been
instrumental in the development and
growth of the chapter, and who maintain
their membership from as far back as
1999 when the chapter was chartered.
With this growth and commitment by
the members and leadership of the Doctor Bird Chapter, the advancement of
project management in Jamaica is on an
upward trend, and the profession is
poised to be a catalyst for positive
change in Jamaica’s organizations.
— Antonette Clarke MBA, BSc, PMP
Vice President, Membership
PMI Doctor Bird Chapter
www.pmi-nic.org
Back to Ethics
A
n event called “Successful Ethics,
Denied Ethics” took place in
Milan, Italy, as another important deliverable of the PMI Northern
Ruffa, PMP, a chapter associate director
and research director of ProgEtica, and
Fabio Rigamonti. The event featured
four expert speakers.
Opening speaker Silvana G. Ceresa analyzed some aspects of professional
ethics. Everyone should have a picture
of the current ethical scenario, she said.
We need to put more attention on ethics
to resist temptations that come from
possession of power.
The next speaker, Alberto Peretti, maintained that ethical motivation is both
an engine that can power the economy
and be a force for a better world.
Bruno Bonsignore, president of Assoetica, stated that we should be prepared
to answer the question, “What would
you do to bring more ethics inside
your company?”
Italy Chapter’s “ProgEtica” research
project. This project started in 2008 and
continues to provide valuable contributions to the project management community, investigating the presence or
absence of ethics, and the effect this
has on our working environment.
“Successful Ethics, Denied Ethics” took
place under the direction of Michela
Chapter President David Cook, PMP,
has noted that the success of project
management is everyone’s business in
critical times such as these, as the
chapter continues to improve in an effort to ensure value to our members and
their organizations.
The last spokesman was chapter Associate Director Stefano Setti, PMP. His
presentation involved playing a serious
game to investigate the implication of
handling the meaning of words. Having
respect for communication is one of the
steps to respecting people, he noted.
— Leandro Franzoni, PMP
Member, PMI NIC Editorial Committee
Award
Ceremony
Culminates
Primary School
Projects
T
he award ceremony of Progetti
in erba (Projects in bloom) was
held on 9 April in Gorizia, a city
in the northeast of Italy. Five primary
schools of Gorizia took part in this
competition, developing different
didactic projects through the use of a
methodological kit developed by the
PMI Northern Italy Chapter.
This initiative was planned and led by
chapter member Giorgio Bensa, PMP,
together with a team of volunteers
employed in his engineering company.
He also obtained the patronage of the
Gorizia Welfare Department and the
economic support of local sponsors, who
provided prizes for the best two projects.
Mr. Bensa’s team provided preliminary
training and ongoing support to the
primary school teachers. The team also
provided a set of materials and flash
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Students and teachers gather for the Progetti in erba award ceremony.
Project management methodological kit
developed by the PMI Northern Italy Chapter.
cards to be used in the classrooms in
order to track each project deliverable
from the initial brainstorming to the
final lessons-learned session.
This approach made it possible to compare the results of the five projects
and show them to the 250 people who
attended the award ceremony.
The previous day, a jury of five members including Mariù Moresco (the codesigner of the kit) and Gorizia Welfare
Assessor Silvana Romano examined all
collected documents
and videos of the final
lessons-learned session of each class. This
material was uploaded
through a dedicated
website (www.
progettinerba. org) in
order to demonstrate this
innovative experience and provide
a reusable knowledge base for future
editions.
Jana Barba, PMP, president of the
PMI Slovenia, Ljubljana Chapter,
attended the final event at the invitation of PMI Northern Italy
Chapter President Walter
Ginevri, PMP, PgMP. Mr. Ginevri
noted, “The core value of this
initiative is the possibility to
spread our experience to other
countries, thanks to the support
of PMI chapters and the PMI
Educational Foundation.
“We can now provide a true
‘format,’ including the call for participation, eligibility criteria, simplified
project management methodology and
didactics aids, a weighting system for
evaluating projects, and the complete
set of reusable documents including
project charter, communication plan,
stakeholder grid and agreement with
sponsors,” said Mr. Ginevri.
Partners of the project reached an
agreement to launch a new edition in
September 2011.
— Nicola Comelli
Page 32 PMI Today July 2011
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Chapter Hosts National Project
Management Conference
T
he first national project management conference in Pakistan was
held on 9–10 April in Lahore, Pakistan’s cultural capital. PMI has been active in Pakistan for almost 10 years with
three chapters in Lahore, Islamabad and
Karachi. After the chapters’ leaders decided to hold a national project management conference on an annual basis,
the lead in the project was taken by the
PMI Lahore, Pakistan Chapter, which organized the first conference.
The theme for the conference was
“Making Project Management Work for
Pakistan.” This reflects a growing awareness of the project management profession in the country and increasing
interest from government and corporate sectors in using it effectively.
The conference featured an opening
panel session with six eminent speakers,
followed by eight lecture sessions
spread over two days.
In the opening session, speakers presented an overview of project challenges and professional development in
Pakistan, the importance of increasing
awareness in social sectors, perceptions
in the telecommunications sector, developing leadership, the impact of emotional intelligence on projects and the
role of the conference in promoting
project management.
A case study of using project management to launch a new university was
also presented by Ali Sajid, PhD, during
the seminar sessions.
The organizing team of the conference
was led by PMI Lahore, Pakistan Chapter
President, Khalid Ahmad Khan, and Masood Said, PMP, head of the Conference
Committee. They were supported by a
team that included board members, volunteers and chapter officers Samnan Ali
and Farooq Afzal.
Support from the region came from
Region 11 Mentor Ramam Atmakuri,
PMP, and from PMI Asia Pacific Service
Centre chapter administrators Reseena
Abdullah and SoHyun Kang. The conference was also supported by sponsors
that included Expert Systems, Imperial
Soft, SAP and Coca-Cola.
Encouraged by the positive turnout, it
was decided during a joint board meeting of the Lahore, Pakistan Chapter and
Islamabad, Pakistan Chapter that the
chapters will continue to hold a PMI
National Project Management Conference annually. The next conference will
take place in April 2012.
Positive feedback from the participants
noted their appreciation of the quality
of the presentations and their intentions
to attend the conference next year.
The collaboration of the three chapters
in Pakistan to hold this national conference also paved the way for future partnerships to promote the project
management profession in Pakistan.
A panel of six eminent speakers opened the first national project management conference in Pakistan on 9 April.
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