pmi mass bay newsletter - feb 2013

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PMI MASS BAY

NEWSLETTER

Inside this issue

Evaluate Pilot Training ................2

Liberty Mutual Discounts ............2

Upcoming Events ........................3

Volunteers Needed .....................3

Board Message ...........................4

New Members ............................4

Planning Workforce Needs .........5

Agile is the Silver Bullet? .............6

Special points of interest

Chapter Elecons

Program Year 2013

Chapter Elections — Call for New Leaders

Become a volunteer leader with one of the leading PMI chapters world -wide. Give back to your profession and the

community while gaining knowledge, experience and recognion

President

Responsible for seng strategy of the Chapter, working in conjuncon with the EVP and other Ocers of the

Board, and for overall oversight of the Chapter and the Board. The President shall direct the acvies of the other

Board members in accordance with the Chapter bylaws.

Execuve Vice President

Responsible for seng strategy and overseeing the day to day operaons of the chapter and all operaonal poro-

lios. Includes acvies such as the development and delivery of operaons related to chapter meengs, mentor-

ship programs, and membership services.

VP Technology

Develops and oversees implementaon of a comprehensive technology strategy, systems and processes that align

with the business needs of the chapter. Sets short and long term integrated plans to provide both strategic ad-

vantage and opmized operaons needed by the Chapter.

VP Markeng and Communicaons

Develops and oversees implementaon of a comprehensive markeng and integrated communicaons strategy

and processes in alignment with the short and long term goals of the Chapter.

VP Volunteers

Operates as a Human Resource lead for the chapter. Develops and oversees implementaon of a comprehensive

volunteer strategy, systems and processes. Sets short and long term integrated plans to provide a sustainable

volunteer base.

VP Finance and Treasurer

Responsible for overseeing and maintaining all chapter nancial documentaon and is the Treasurer of record for

the chapter. Develops and oversees implementaon scal policies, procedures, and guidelines. Provides nancial

guidance and input on strategy, ensuring endeavors of the Chapter are executed in a nancially responsible man-

ner.

Please Note: The deadline for nominaons is March 08, 2013. If you have any quesons pertaining to this year's

elecons please direct them to the Elecons Commiee at [email protected] .

February 2013

Volume 1, Issue 2

Gold Sponsor

Silver Sponsor

Bronze Sponsor



Liberty Mutual Discounts

In case you didn’t know... As

a non-prot organizaon,

Liberty Mutual oers ourmembers discounts on home

and auto insurance. To con-

nue oering this certain

requirements must be met:

At least 25 members

must be signed up, with

15 of them Mass resi-

dents

35% of its members

must be enrolled by

2016

For more informaon, please

contact:

Jane Morancy

[email protected]

Develop your nal recommendaons report, include recommen-

daons on workshop changes/tweaks before roll out

Ensure that the following quesons are answered as part of the evalu-

aon of the pilot training program:

Does the training program meet the objecves it was designed to

meet?

Are there sucient acvies, case studies, role plays, exercises to

enable pracce of the skills being learned?

Provide me for parcipants to be able to apply what they are learn-

ing to ensure that the training program is truly eecve:

Are new skills and knowledge learned applied back on the job?

Do parcipants have the support they need to be successful back

on the job?

As a best pracce, try to enable at least 2 – 3 months aer the pilot

run before evaluang in full. You need parcipants to have the me to

apply what they learned back on the job to be sure the program truly

is eecve. This may take some “selling” to your stakeholders as oen

there is an expectaon that programs will be rolled out immediately

aer pilot tested.

BIO: Gina Abudi, MBA is an avid blogger and keynote speakers at a

variety conferences, forums, and corporate and industry events. She

is current President of the Chapter and very much enjoys her regular

interacons with members. Visit Gina’s blog at: www.GinaAbudi.com.

“As a best pracce, try to enable at least 2 – 3 months aer the pilot run before

evaluang in full. “

Best Practices for Evaluating Pilot Training

Programs

Copyright 2013 Gina Abudi, MBA; Abudi Consulting Group, LLC

When develop-

ing training pro-

grams, be sure toinclude a plan for

evaluang the

program aer

the inial pilot run to be sure it is meeng the

parcipants’ needs and accomplishing the objec-

ves it was created to accomplish.

As a best pracce, develop a plan for evaluaon

immediately following the pilot program:

Dene the objecves of the pilot program

evaluaon (e.g., conrm program meets objec-

ves, sucient and relevant acvies are includ-

ed)

Determine how you will gather data to evalu-ate the program (e.g., surveys, interviews with

parcipants, observaon in the classroom)

Develop a meline for gathering data to eval-

uate the program

Gather raw data, analyze and develop your pre-

liminary report

Share preliminary report with course designers/

developers

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http://www.ginaabudi.com/





VOLUNTEER

Get Involved

The vitality and success of the PMI

Mass Bay Chapter depends on the

number and quality of the volunteerswho give of their me and talents

toward our mission and goals.

Volunteering is a great way to in-

crease the value and enjoyment you

receive from PMI and the chapter,

while beneng all Chapter mem-

bers. But that is just the beginning…

Members who contribute their me

to the Chapter gain as volunteers

gain:

Knowledge about running a not-for-prot organizaon and PMI

Professional experience and

development as a leader

Career contacts (a lot of them)

PDUs (Professional Develop-

ment Units) toward connuingcercaon

Many levels of commitment are

available to suit your life style. You

can volunteer for a short term, long-

term or single-task commitment.

Some roles may take only one or two

hours per month, others are concen-

trated around a specic event. Board

and other leadership roles typically

require certain ongoing responsibili-

es, including parcipang in month-

ly board meengs and managing the

acvies of a commiee. We will

work with you to make your choice of

volunteering a great one!

To contact us send an email to

[email protected]

Upcoming Events

Chapter Monthly Meengs

Feb 28, 2013 February Chapter Meeng: Lean Concepts / Project

Management Techniques, Boston Marrio Newton, Newton, MA

Mar 21, 2013 March Chapter Meeng: Building Your Professional

Brand, Marrio Cambridge, Cambridge, MA

April 11, 2013 April Chapter Meeng: Execuve Panel Discussion,

Naonal Heritage Museum , Lexington, MA

Professional Development Events

Leading Cross-Cultural Projects, ForeFront Center , Waltham, MA

08 Mar, 2013

Mastering Negoaon Skills and Dealing with Dicult Techies

Date: 22 Mar, 2013

Save The Dates

5th Annual Professional Development Day

April 26 - 27, 2013

Lowell, Mass

Keynote: Ernie Baker on the topic of "It's All About ME*" (* = Managing

Expectaons) - learn how to deal with your challenging stakeholders!

Visit the website to learn more

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Message/Update from the Board

The Board of Directors would like to extend a warm welcome to our New members who

joined in January!

As the AVP of Special Events for the PMI Mass Bay Chapter, I am

pleased to now be planning the h annual Professional Develop-

ment Day (PDDay). For the past 4 years, this has been a top-notch

event where aendees have the opportunity to learn about a wide

variety of project/program management topics. While in the previ-

ous years, this was a single day event, we are changing it to be a

one and a half day event, Friday full day and Saturday half day,

with the ability to earn up to 11 PDUs toward PMI Connuing Edu-

caon requirements. This event is a wonderful chance to network

with fellow colleagues, interact with the speakers about their

presentaons, and event sponsors about their products and ser-

vices, especially on Friday night where we have added a World

Café.

At the beginning of the program year we assembled a great team

of volunteers to plan this year’s event. While we will be hosng

the event for the rst year at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference

Center, Lowell, MA there was plenty to plan for! From incorpo-

rang aendee feedback, such as extending the Sessions and mini-

mizing the opons, to idenfying tracks, speakers and sponsors

your volunteers have been hard at work over the past few months.

Aer months of hard work we have enlisted a very interesng

keynote speaker, Ernie Baker, PMP, PRINCE2® Praconer, is the

president of Start to Finish PM, Inc., with 29 years of experience,

talking on “It's All About ME! (Managing Expectaons)”. We also

have idened the best sixteen speakers for Friday hourly ses-

sions. There will be three tracks on Saturday, one dedicated for

Healthcare and the other two for general project/program man-

agement, one concentrang on Communicaons and the other on

Risk Management. Each workshop on Saturday will be for four

hours in the morning. Plan to see and hear some great presenta-

ons and case studies. Please visit our website for more details of

all the speakers.

As many of you know this event connues to grow in size and

scope and is becoming the most widely regarded premier event of

its kind in the region. We have changed the locaon, the event

duraon, the format by adding the world café and four hour work-

shops, with one especially for the Healthcare sector.

Registraon for PD Day 2013 is now open with registraon for

both days, Friday only or Saturday only. The event is sure to be

both excing and rewarding and truly reinforce our season’s 2013

theme of “Changing Landscape of Project Management”.

Sincerely,

Sivendiran Sethuram

AVP – Special Events, PMI Mass Bay Chapter

[email protected]

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New Members

Binoy Koodhathinkal, P.E., PMP, PMI-RMP

Pamela Hurley, PMP

Robert Andrew Russell, III

Katherine Tricke

Sara Fealhaber

William Lile

Jan Den Dikken, PMP

Corey Snow

Anne Brosnan

Leslie Glynn, PMP

Lauren Mangly

Jose Antonio Perez, PMP

Chrisne L Kiezulas

Perry Makris

Anne Wan

Shawn Bonk

Richard Volpicelli

Sani George

Richard Barone, Jr., PMP

Joe Kennedy

Alexander Nedospasov

Don Ganz

Vanessa Ng

Chiedu Orjiako

Abhay Srivastava, PMP

Paul Watchorn

Tze Choo, PMP

George Garcia

Cuong Ha

David P. Lino, PMP

Tom Mulligan

Xiaoxuan Sun, CAPM

Jacqueline Horwitz

Dhananjay R Nagarkar, PMP

Andreas Zahopoulos

Barbara A LaViska, PMP

Neil MacGaey

Marisa Carnevale

Mary Evelyn Roberts, PMP

Raja Sampath

Mary C. Stuart-Vail, PMP

Phil Cartagena, Jr., PMP

Mark Hannigan

Sara T. Kenyon

William S. McCarey, PMP

Tascia Pregno

Sandhya Vasudevan

Missy Garrity, PMP

Nicole Murphy, PMP

Wanjiku Kuria Mwangi

Robert Piman

Nathalie Sykora, P.Eng, PMP

Robin Michelle Healey

Abhay C. Karva

Michael F Morrissey, PMP

Chris Adams

Rosana Hutchins

James P. Kneeland, PMP

Roger Masson, PMP

Stephen Zangerl-Salter

Natalie Mildred Douglas, PMP

Gregory McGurrin, PMP

Peter C. Ozug, PMP

Karen Ze Rosen

Carol L. Thorsten-Stein

Yue Yu

Karen A. Clausen, PMP

Emmanuelle Lacrosaz-rouanet

Catherine Morey

Cecille D .Whipple

Vivien M. Zimon, PMP

Phani Bhushan, PMP

James Foley

Arthur J. Haas

Melissa Huang

Barry Waldman, PMP

Edwin Yau, PMP

Deborah Bock, PMP

Leah Brome

Steven Gaul

Kelly Chan



“However, too oen organizaons wait unl the last moment to hire talent. They

are reacng to customer complaints, turnover issues, or other problems that

aect headcount.

Geng the best talent for your organizaon isn’t always easy and takes me in order to en-

sure you select the right employees for the business. However, too oen organizaons wait

unl the last moment to hire talent. They are reacng to customer complaints, turnoverissues, or other problems that aect headcount.

In order to ensure eecve workforce planning, you must know the answers to the follow-

ing quesons:

What skills and experse do you currently have within the organizaon? Where are the

gaps? Where do you have too many of a parcular skill or experse represented?

What are the goals of individual departments/business units and the organizaon long

term strategy? How will those goals and strategies aect our workforce today and in the

future?

What skills and experse will the organizaon need in the future based on growth, new

products and services, increased compeon, expansion/mergers, etc?

poor planning.

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How Effectively Are You Planning Your Work-

force Needs?

Copyright 2013 Gina Abudi, MBA; Abudi Consulting Group, LLC

Are you paying employees’ salaries consistent with our competors? Are benets con-

sistent with competors? Do salaries and benets enable the company to capture top tal-

ent? How will benets and salaries need to change in the future?

What is the average age of the workforce currently? Where do you believe you’ll see

gaps as workforce reres?

What is the average retenon rate? Where do you see retenon issues?

The answers to these quesons are not always easy but they are essenal to understanding

how to eecvely plan your workforce for now and the future. Eecve workforce planning

enables for engaged employees, improved succession planning and a decrease in the needfor downsizing due to poor training.

BIO: Gina Abudi, MBA is an avid blogger and keynote speakers at a variety conferences, fo-

rums, and corporate and industry events. She is current President of the Chapter and very

much enjoys her regular interacons with members. Visit Gina’s blog at:

www.GinaAbudi.com.






On the posive side, as an Agile Coach and consultant, I am quite oen met with much

excitement over Agile when I rst meet with clients. However, those good feelings

tend to fade quickly when we start delving into why organizaons want to “go Agile.”

Typical responses include:

It’s faster.

Beer Quality.

It saves money.

Beer relaonships.

So, eager clients say “just show me the processes and tools, and we’ll start to reap

these benets right away.”

But Agile is not a set of processes and tools. It’s a mindset. It’s a shi from how you

fundamentally do business. Yes, that’s right. Business. It’s not just about running pro-

jects. While projects are an important part of business, it’s just a part nonetheless.

Agile is not a silver bullet. It won’t cure everything that ails your organizaon. In actu-

ality, it raises many organizaonal and fundamental business issues that have been

swept under the run for years or decades. But, adopng the core concepts on “why”

Agile, the “how” will come over me.

Over the coming newsleers, we’ll share various hot topics and trends in the Agile

space, hopefully giving some helpful advice and ps for those new to Agile as well as

those experienced with Agile, but may not be reaping full benets.

BIO: As a Consultant and Agile Coach with 20 years of professional experience, Steve

has specialized in leading complex business reengineering and transformaon inia-

ves. An acve member in PMI since 2005, Steve is a recent graduate of the PMI Lead-

ership Instute Master Class of 2012 and has held roles such as President of PMI Mass

Bay Chapter.

Agile is the Silver Bullet?

Our Mission and Goals

The mission of the PMI Mass Bay

Chapter is to promote the principles

and pracce of Project Management

within the Greater Boston area. The

chapter provides quality programs

and training based on the needs and

interests of our members and the

community we serve. In achieving

our mission, the Chapter:

- Provides forums for project man-

agement professionals to network

and share project experiences

- Oers opportunies for members

and others to achieve and retain

cercaon as Project Management

Professionals (PMPs) and to enhance

their professional development as

project managers

- Promotes the value of Project Man-

agement through outreach to local

businesses and universies.

PMI Mass Bay

411 Waverley Oaks Road

Suite 331B

Waltham, MA 02452

P - 781.894.1842

F - 781.647.7222

[email protected]

By: Steve Martin

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