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 | | | Guest speaker Doug Bauer will give a presentation on how the Competency Center is improving the project management practice at Ford Motor Company. This topic will cover a new approach toward building consistent levels of project management competency across a large organization. The days of sitting down with your boss,laying out objectives, putting them in a manila folder and forgetting about them for eleven months are over! The Competency Center at Ford Motor Company has established a comprehensive program that identifies core competencies for project managers and allows them to assess their skill levels against the competencies. The Competency Center then provides a development plan,learning resources and personal mentoring to aid project managers in achieving their personal objectives for personal growth.
This presentation will help you understand how an HR department can create a program that aids allIT professionals in staying aligned with the best practices of their field and, consequently, raises the collective competency of the IT organization. | 0 | | | Holiday Inn - North Campus<br>
3600 Plymouth Road<br>
Ann Arbor 48105<br>
(734)769-9800<br> | 0 |
| | | Project managers have been labeled as the bureaucrats, the paper-pushers, the boring people, the drones of the status reports. How do project managers change the perception and the reality of their contributions? How do we facilitate creativity and collaboration and become dynamic leaders? How do we encourage our organizations to embrace sound project management practices without having peoples eyes glaze over? How do we balance the science and the art of project management? This highly interactive presentation will challenge our beliefs and provide concrete advice for enlivening and improving our project management practices.<p>
<b>Benefits of This Presentation:</b><br>
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<li>Integrate creativity and collaboration in our common project management practices.
<li>Practice fast-track project facilitation.
<li>Review most effective project management practices and outcomesdo more with less.
<li>Consider ways to change the perception of project management within our organizations.
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<b>Speaker's Bio:</b> Marianne Clauw founded System Partners, Inc. in 1993 to provide project management education, consulting, and mentoring to customers in Virginia and Washington D.C. She moved to Ann Arbor in 2001. Marianne has an outstanding record of systems organization leadership and timely completion of complex projects, including the implementation of Express Mail tracking within the US Postal Service, the construction of systems for the United States Secret Service, the development of object-oriented customer management and billing systems for Worldcom, the redesign of blood banking processes for the American Red Cross, and the management of information quality programs for Freddie Mac. Marianne designed and taught project management programs for The Washington Post, American Management Systems, Lockheed Martin, and Capital One. Prior to founding System Partners, she was the Director of Systems for the Mid-Atlantic region of Systemhouse, and directed 150 professional staff in commercial and government projects. Marianne earned her Master of Business Administration degree from The University of Michigan, and is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) through the Project Management Institute. | 0 | | | Holiday Inn - North Campus<br>
3600 Plymouth Road<br>
Ann Arbor<br>
Phone: (734)769-9800<br> | 0 |
| | | Improving project management in your organization often requires changing existing processes, practices, and patterns of behavior. But change is hard, both for individuals and organizations. Our panel of speakers will share tools that have helped them implement change. Being an agent for change in your own organization can be very challenging, learn about several tools and strategies that can help you succeed. | 5:30-6:00 pm Registration, Networking, and Appetizers 6:00-7:30 pm Presentation | | | Holiday Inn North Campus Ann Arbor 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105 Phone: (734) 769-9800 | $20.00 if pre-registering using www.pmi-hvc.org $25.00 at the door for members & non-members Contact Information: VPprograms@pmi-hvc.org<;p>
Pre-Register at Paypal.com click "Send Money" and send $20 to president@pmi-hvc.org There is also an easy "Pre-Register" button right on our website. |
| | | PMI Members and SIG Representatives who attended the PMI activities will let us know that Tropical Storm Isabel was not the only newsworthy event that took place in Baltimore during September.<p>
Speaker: Panel Discussion
| 5:30-6:00 pm Registration, Networking, and Appetizers<br>
6:00-7:30 pm Presentation
| | | Holiday Inn - North Campus, 3600 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor
Phone: (734) 769-9800 | $20.00 if pre-registering using www.pmi-hvc.org<br>;
$25.00 at the door for members & non-members |
| | | A lack of authority is often cited as a difficulty in managing project resources. Successful project managers must learn to lead through influence. This presentation will provide insights into this process, and is excerpted from a popular two day seminar offered at the global conference. | 5:30-6:00 pm Registration, Networking, and Appetizers<br>
6:00-7:30 pm Presentation<br> | | | Holiday Inn - North Campus<br>
3600 Plymouth Road<br>
Ann Arbor<br>
Phone: (734)769-9800<br> | $20.00 if pre-registering using www.pmi-hvc.org<br>;
$25.00 at the door for members & non-members<br> |
| | | "Corporate Culture, Change and Flawless Project Management" is December's topic with Ed Sketch, the former Director of Organizational Effectiveness at Ford. Re-engineering projects always entail change. In order to effectively lead any substantial change effort, project managers must plan the tasks of changing culture along with the project tasks themselves. Ed will discuss why Ford, with its data-driven culture, chose the Denison Culture instrument as a diagnostic tool. His experience using it along with the Six Sigma process to identify root causes and develop a plan for change is a fascinating presentation you won't want to miss! | 5:30-6:00 pm Registration, Networking, and Appetizers<br>
6:00-7:30 pm Presentation | | | Holiday Inn - North Campus<br>
3600 Plymouth Road<br>
Ann Arbor<br>
Phone: (734)769-9800<br> | $20.00 if pre-registering using www.pmi-hvc.org<br>;
$25.00 at the door for members & non-members |
| | | How many times have you said "If I don't have a written contract, I don't have an enforceable contract."? Or "I don't have any confidentiality obligations because I didn't sign a nondisclosure agreement." Or "Who owns the workproduct of my collaborators?" Or "I can re-use ideas that I have used with one client for a different client." Or "Text, sound, and images on the World Wide Web can be used more freely than materials not posted on the Web."
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There exists a legal framework that sets out rights and duties in the realm of ideas, inventions, copyright, trademark, trade secrets, and performance standards, even if that standard is never discussed with a client, and even if it does not appear in the written contract.
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Come and hear Susan M. Kornfield, J.D., an intellectual property attorney with over twenty years of transaction, counseling, litigation, and teaching in this fascinating and important field, give us some pointers on "The Invisible Backdrop of the Law" in the field of project management. | 5:30-6:00 pm Registration, Networking, and Appetizers<br>
6:00-7:30 pm Presentation<br> | | | Holiday Inn - North Campus<br>
3600 Plymouth Road<br>
Ann Arbor 48105<br>
(734)769-9800<br> | $20.00 if pre-registering using www.pmi-hvc.org<br>;
$25.00 at the door for members and non-members<br> |
| | | <b>Presenter Biography:</b><br>Katherine A. Lawrence, co-author of Creativity at Work: Developing the Right Practices to Make Innovation Happen, is currently completing a Ph.D. in organizational behavior at the University of Michigan Business School. Her research interests include creativity, improvisation,and collaboration, inspired by past work experience in filmmaking (production management, design, and directing) and educational technology (software design and development). Katherine holds degrees from both Harvard and Yale.<p>
<B>Company:</B> University of Michigan Business School<br>
<B>Address:</B> http://www.creativity-at-work.com/ and http://www.bus.umich.edu/Academics/Departments/obhrm/obhrm/phd/students/lawr<br>;
<B>Email:</B>kathla@umich.edu<;p>
<B>Topic Overview:</B><BR>
In a tight economy, businesses are desperately trying to make their products, services, and processes more valuable by making them better or new. Unfortunately, many businesses try a single strategy for creativity-and their attempts at value creation fail because most prescriptive approaches to creativity never look at the connection between creativity as an activity and the particular characteristics of the task at hand. In contrast, this presentation will offer an integrated theory of creative practices with accompanying strategies and methods for producing valuable results.<p>
<b>Benefits of This Presentation:</b><br>
This approach will not tell you how you can be more like an artist or how you can find your inner child, but it will show you how creativity appears in many different forms-and how one or more strategies might fit your situation exactly. The goal is to help you tailor your project management approach to fit your specific needs for generating, developing, making, and selling new products, services, processes, and ideas.<p> | 5:30-6:00 pm Registration, Networking, and Appetizers<br>
6:00-7:30 pm Presentation<br> | | | Holiday Inn - North Campus<br>
3600 Plymouth Road<br>
Ann Arbor<br>
(734)769-9800<br> | $20.00 if pre-registering using www.pmi-hvc.org<br>;
$25.00 at the door for members and non-members<br> |
| | | <p class="text"><b>Presenter Biography:</b>
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James Goebel, co-founder of Menlo Innovations in Ann Arbor, Michigan, has practiced object-oriented software technology for more than a decade as a developer, architect, project manager, and mentor.
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His work in commercial software development has spanned several domains including bio-informatics, medical imaging, vehicle monitoring, test generation, and online bill presentment. He led the year-long change process that dramatically improved one company's product development process. These changes included converting the programming team to Extreme Programming practices and establishing a human interaction design team. James is currently a fulltime member of an Extreme Programming (XP) team that is using XP developer practices within the framework of a Rational Unified Process® project.
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He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), a Licensed Residential Builder and is completing his MBA at Eastern Michigan University in the evenings.
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<B>Contact Info:</B><BR>
James Goebel, PMP<br>
Menlo Innovations LLC<br>
212 North Fourth Ave<br>
Ann Arbor, MI 48197<br>
</B><A href="mailto:jgoebel@menloinnovations.com";>jgoebel@menloinnovations.com<;/A>
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<B>Topic Overview:</B> <BR>
Estimation in a minefield for most projects. When the project manager is asked for an estimate usually it is not clear what the requestor actually wants - a probabilistic mean, best guess, or a fixed bid. Is the estimate used to support a brainstorming evaluation, budget request, or ROI calculation? These are all very different, and the sponsors may want any of these, or even more.<br><br>
Unfortunately, estimates often lead to trouble. This is unfortunate because properly applied estimation techniques should be one of the Project Manager’s most powerful tools.
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In this workshop we will review tips, traps and techniques for turning the estimation process and estimation results into the Project Manager’s friend. Projects often need to be estimated many times throughout their lifecycles. The types and amount of information available at each phase in the project will differ, and so do the appropriate techniques for estimating. This presentation will lead attendees through several hands on exercises designed to help explore key estimation concepts and techniques. Also, it describes ways to at least end the ambiguity about what is being asked for as the Project Manager collects estimates from the team. | 5:30-6:00 pm Registration, Networking, and Appetizers<br>
6:00-7:30 pm Presentation<br> | | | Holiday Inn - North Campus<br>
3600 Plymouth Road<br>
Ann Arbor<br>
Phone: (734)769-9800<br> | $20.00 if pre-registering using www.pmi-hvc.org<br>;
$25.00 at the door for members & non-members<br> |
| | | <b>Board Elections</b><br><br>
Come participate in selecting the Board Members for the 2004 - 2005 term.<br><br>
<b>"Managing Unpredictable Resources" presented by Helene Gidley, PMP, Lisamarie Babik, PMP, and H Jean Lieverman, PMP</b><br><br>
Deadlines. Volunteers. Two incompatible terms, right? Wrong!<br><br>
Borrowing principles from eXtreme Programming, the Rational Unified Process, and that old project management standby, the PMBOK, a group of volunteer project managers have managed a group of volunteer software developers in creating a new PMI-HVC website.<br><br>
Come share their successes and learning experiences as they discuss the realities of managing a truly unpredictable group of resources.
<br><br> | 5:30-6:00 pm Registration, Networking, and Appetizers<br>
6:00-7:30 pm Board Elections and Presentation<br> | | | Holiday Inn - North Campus<br>
3600 Plymouth Road<br>
Ann Arbor<br>
Phone: (734)769-9800<br> | $20.00 if pre-registering using www.pmi-hvc.org<br>;
$25.00 at the door for members & non-members<br> |
| | | What’s a vision? It’s an answer to the simple—yet radical—question: “When we’re really successful in our work at a particular point in the future, what will our organization look like?†Imagine going to a website where you could log on and, with the right password, view your company as it will be five years from now. Well, the website (as far as we know) doesn ’t exist yet. But you have the software you need right in your own head—and the heads of others in your organization.<br><br>
Join Ari Weinzweig, Zingerman’s founder and CEO, to learn how effective visioning has been an important part of Zingerman’s success and how you can use this powerful tool to fuel your business, and personal, success. | 5:30-6:00 pm Registration, Networking, and Appetizers<br>
6:00-7:30 pm Main Meeting<br> | | | Holiday Inn - North Campus<br>
3600 Plymouth Road<br>
Ann Arbor<br>
Phone: (734)769-9800<br> | $20.00 if pre-registering using www.pmi-hvc.org<br>;
$25.00 at the door for members & non-members<br> |
| | | Come out and play Laser Tag and take home a valuable lesson about managing Resources!<br><br>
Be sure to register early as this was a very popular event last year. Includes pizza and soda. | 6:00-8:00 pm Laser Tag & Food<br> | | | Zap Zone<br>
2809 Boardwalk St<br>
Ann Arbor, MI 48104<br>
Phone: (734) 930-6670<br> | $20.00 if pre-registering using www.pmi-hvc.org<br>;
$25.00 at the door for members & non-members<br> |
| | | The Huron Valley Chapter of the Project Management Institute will kick off the 2004-2005 year with a Networking Extravaganza on Monday, September 20. Featured at this meeting will be "elevator pitches" from representatives of local professional organizations, a raffle of several popular networking books, and three structured networking sessions with fellow PMI members and their guests. Think musical chairs, with everyone getting a seat! The sessions will allow you to meet new contacts, and discuss important questions for our chapter and your work, home, and community endeavors. More networking was a frequent request from the April, 2004 chapter brainstorming session, so we are going to start the new year with a bang! Join us on September 20 at the Holiday Inn North in Ann Arbor. Registration and snacks are at 5:30; the program starts at 6:00.<br><br>
Our theme for the new chapter year is "Beyond PMBOK - Risks, Opportunities, and Rewards of Real Projects. In response to the high level of interest in risk management expressed in the April, 2004 chapter meeting brainstorming, all speakers during the 2004/2005 year will be asked to include risk management in their presentations. <br><br>
On October 18, Dr. George Fornero, Ann Arbor Schools Superintendent, Laura Hagan, Bond/Sinking Fund Program Director, and Jack Baker, Consultant, will join us to discuss the $240 million capital projects bond/sinking fund program. Lots of projects are on the horizon. We will have group breakout sessions to solicit our ideas for managing the risks and opportunities of this large, complex program.<br><br>
On November 15, we will welcome Mark Kozak-Holland, author of "On-Line, On-Time, On-Budget: Titanic Lessons for the E-Business Executive". Mark is a senior business consultant with IBM Global Systems, Canada. He uses vivid examples and lessons from the Titanic to clarify the business issues for designing, building, and implementing Internet projects. <br><br>
So mark your calendars, and we will see you on September 20!<br><br> | 5:30-6:00 pm Registration, Networking, and Appetizers<br>
6:00-7:30 pm Main Meeting<br> | | | Holiday Inn - North Campus<br>
3600 Plymouth Road<br>
Ann Arbor<br>
Phone: (734)769-9800<br> | $20.00 if pre-registering using www.pmi-hvc.org<br>;
$25.00 at the door for members & non-members<br> |
| | | Dr. George Fornero, Ann Arbor Schools Superintendent, Laura Hagan, Bond/Sinking Fund Program Director, and Jack Baker, Consultant, will join us to discuss the $240 million capital projects bond/sinking fund program. Lots of projects are on the horizon. We will have group breakout sessions to solicit our ideas for managing the risks and opportunities of this large, complex program.<br><br> | 5:30-6:00 pm Registration, Networking, and Appetizers<br>
6:00-7:30 pm Main Meeting<br> | | | Holiday Inn - North Campus<br>
3600 Plymouth Road<br>
Ann Arbor<br>
Phone: (734)769-9800<br> | $20.00 if pre-registering using www.pmi-hvc.org<br>;
$25.00 at the door for members & non-members<br> |
| | | we will welcome Mark Kozak-Holland, author of "On-Line, On-Time, On-Budget: Titanic Lessons for the E-Business Executive". Mark is a senior business consultant with IBM Global Systems, Canada. He uses vivid examples and lessons from the Titanic to clarify the business issues for designing, building, and implementing Internet projects. <br><br> | 5:30-6:00 pm Registration, Networking, and Appetizers<br>
6:00-7:30 pm Main Meeting<br> | | | Holiday Inn - North Campus<br>
3600 Plymouth Road<br>
Ann Arbor<br>
Phone: (734)769-9800<br> | $20.00 if pre-registering using www.pmi-hvc.org<br>;
$25.00 at the door for members & non-members<br> |
| | | Project managers have the challenging task of organizing, motivating, and managing groups of people without having direct supervisory authority. The work performed by the team members is critical to the project's success, yet sometimes individuals demonstrate sub-standard performance. How can a project manager promote improved performance, without falling into legal or policy traps?
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<b>Nancy Niemela</b>, formerly a labor and employment attorney at Dykema Gossett, in house labor and employment counsel at Michigan Consolidated Gas Company and Detroit Edison, and currently Sr. Assistant City Attorney for the City of Ann Arbor, will provide savvy advice for project managers. Her philosophy is to handle personnel matters early to avoid later legal issues. Her presentation will provide practical advice for protecting yourself
and managing your team members as you navigate the complicated landscape of organizations and projects. | 5:30-6:00 pm Registration, Networking, and Appetizers<br>
6:00-7:30 pm Main Meeting<br> | | | Holiday Inn - North Campus<br>
3600 Plymouth Road<br>
Ann Arbor<br>
Phone: (734)769-9800<br> | $20.00 if pre-registering using www.pmi-hvc.org<br>;
$25.00 at the door for members & non-members<br> |
| | | Peter A. Hasek, PMP, is currently employed by EDS. He has a Masters degree in Physics and over 25 years project management experience in aerospace, automotive, and IT. He is a highly respected specialist in project management and risk management. A Certified Business Manager (CBM), he has published articles in the Microsoft Project Users Group quarterly journal, and created and presented workshops and seminars on Risk Management and Earned Value Management Systems. He has a patent pending on a board game that teaches those concepts. He has also conducted MS Project 2002 classes. Recent projects include Project Server implementation and Program Office implementation.
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Mr. Pete Hasek from EDS, who is also an active member of the Great Lakes Chapter will address the three big risks in any project, the definition of risk, and risk exposure. Mr. Hasek will compare “Deterministic†to “Probabilistic†processes. Using commuting as an example of a probabilistic process, the chapter attendees will estimate risk exposure. Depending on the tolerance for risk, a risk management budget will be established. A Commute-to-Work project will then be executed collectively to determine if sufficient budget was established to cover the risks encountered. Q and A to follow as time permits. | 5:30-6:00 pm Registration, Networking, and Appetizers<br>
6:00-7:30 pm Main Meeting<br> | | | Holiday Inn - North Campus<br>
3600 Plymouth Road<br>
Ann Arbor<br>
Phone: (734)769-9800<br> | $15.00 for PMI-HVC members<br>
$20.00 for Non PMI-HVC members<br> |
| | | We’d like to invite you for a fun, interactive, working session, where Laurie Brown will share with you the ABC's of Selling Yourself. If you are thinking, "I'm not in sales"...Think again. Every time you try to
persuade anyone of anything, you're selling!
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Do you want to learn:
<li>the one thing that can change how people view you</li>
<li>the three words that should define all your actions</li>
<li>how 15 minutes a day can make the difference? </li>
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Then you will want to mark your calendar for March 21, 2005. You can't afford to miss it!
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With more than eighteen years of experience as a training facilitator and consultant, Laurie Brown has earned a reputation as a highly engaging and effective professional whose work gets results for clients.
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Laurie has a broad background in a variety of training methods, including workshops, satellite distance learning, video and film. She has conducted training for clients from Ford, General Motors, GMAC, BMW,
Volkswagen to Visteon. She has provided facilitation and training on subjects as varied as marketing and sales, customer service and facilitation skills. Her training career has taken her across the United States
and abroad, working with culturally diverse audiences at all corporate levels.
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One of her specialties is personal branding. She is passionate on the subject and has worked with both corporations and individuals helping them understand the power of a brand.
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Her excellent communication skills and supportive approach to learners have earned her the highest evaluations from trainees and clients alike.
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Laurie is a member of ASTD and the National Speakers Association | 5:30-6:00 pm Registration, Networking, and Appetizers<br>
6:00-7:30 pm Main Meeting<br> | | | Holiday Inn - North Campus<br>
3600 Plymouth Road<br>
Ann Arbor<br>
Phone: (734)769-9800<br> | $15.00 for PMI-HVC members<br>
$20.00 for Non PMI-HVC members<br> |
| | | Large-scale system changes require large-scale culture changes. Both require aligning the scope, vision, and attainment of goals. Project Managers can find themselves adrift with competing agendas, misunderstanding, lack of upper-management support, and a project with no clear direction if the politics of project alignment are not addressed.
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Trinity Information Services is implementing standard clinical and financial systems for 17 health care institutions across the country. This project, known as Project Genesis, will allow any patient to be treated at a Trinity hospital and have their data available at all Trinity Hospitals. This is more than a new system, but a new way of looking at how data is available in hospitals and how it can help change patient care processes. A key component of the risk management plan is ensuring the project milestones and goals stay aligned with the corporate strategies and goals. This presentation will examine the keys to project alignment and corporate alignment, how to identify the political "deep waters," and what to do if you find yourself in them.
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Plan on an interesting discussion of the hospital of the future, and some of the IS challenges in getting there.
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Carla Robelli, Director, Project Management Office, will be our speaker. Ms. Robelli is currently responsible for directing the activities of the Project Management Office for Trinity Information
Services (TIS). She joined Mercy Health Services in 2002. She oversees
Trinity's portfolio of application projects ranging from $20,000 to $200,000,000. Previously, Ms. Robelli spent 20 years in increasingly responsible roles with an academic medical center, large healthcare systems and the nation's largest healthcare accreditation organization. | 5:30-6:00 pm Registration, Networking, and Appetizers<br>
6:00-7:30 pm Main Meeting<br> | | | Holiday Inn - North Campus<br>
3600 Plymouth Road<br>
Ann Arbor<br>
Phone: (734)769-9800<br> | $15.00 for PMI-HVC members<br>
$20.00 for Non PMI-HVC members<br> |
| | | Join us for a panel discussion regarding the current job market for Project Managers. While there is no perfect formula to capture such a topic, we will offer opinions and perspective from three people who place, hire, and contract project managers on a regular basis. Look forward to answers and discussion around the following questions:
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1. How valuable is the PMP Certification? Is it a mandatory, or just a, “nice to have?â€<br>
2. What are employers asking for the most? Contract, Contract-for-Hire, Permanent Placements?<br>
3. Are there specific hiring trends by industry?<br>
4. What kinds of additional training should I try to achieve (e.g., Microsoft Project, an advanced degree, etc.)<br>
5. What is the one piece of advice you would give PM’s looking for their next opportunity?
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Our speakers will include a hiring manager from a local employer with a 500+ IT staff, a partner in an information systems recruiting firm, and a hiring manager from an information systems consulting company with emphasis on outsourcing IT professionals. Please come with your questions and expect a fast-paced discussion that could help lead to your next opportunity. | 5:30-6:00 pm Registration, Networking, and Appetizers<br>
6:00-7:30 pm Main Meeting<br> | | | Holiday Inn - North Campus<br>
3600 Plymouth Road<br>
Ann Arbor<br>
Phone: (734)769-9800<br> | $15.00 for PMI-HVC members<br>
$20.00 for Non-members<br> |
| | | Whether you're the project manager for a multi-million dollar capital project, or you're building an addition for your house, the challenges are similar. The effort will be a multi-disciplinary, team-driven effort. But in your house, you are the PM, the head of facilities, and a major stakeholder within the key user group. . . . Do you have control of budget, schedule, and scope (both planned and unforeseen)? This talk will cover some of the risks inherent in existing building projects (additions and renovations), and discuss the management of risk, both proactively and in hindsight, illustrated by an international range of historic building projects.
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Suzann Turner is a registered architect in the state of Michigan, and has practiced architecture for 15 years on three continents. Certified as a project manager in 2002, she focuses on historic preservation, and has experience in laboratory, national defense, and housing projects. | 5:30-6:00 pm Registration, Networking, and Appetizers<br>
6:00-7:30 pm Main Meeting<br> | | | Holiday Inn - North Campus<br>
3600 Plymouth Road<br>
Ann Arbor<br>
Phone: (734)769-9800<br> | $15.00 for PMI-HVC members<br>
$20.00 for Non-members<br> |
| | | Our first meeting of the year is always a fresh start with some fresh faces! Meet the new board members, meet the person next to you, and start the Fall with a fresh view of the PMP recertification process. We will show you the low-cost, low-impact way to earn PDUs and retain the PMP certification you have worked so hard to achieve. Also we will review how to register your PDUs on line. For those who see the PMP certification as a goal, we will show you the ins and outs of registering for the exam. | 5:30-6:00 pm Registration, Networking, and Appetizers<br>
6:00-7:30 pm Main Meeting<br> | | | Holiday Inn - North Campus<br>
3600 Plymouth Road<br>
Ann Arbor<br>
Phone: (734)769-9800<br> | $15.00 for PMI-HVC members<br>
$20.00 for Non-members<br> |
| | | Join us for a review and summary of the PMI N. American Congress held in Toronto Sept. 8 - 15. Board members who attended the conference will summarize the "best and brightest" from the week. What was new, what was interesting, and what can PMI-HVC members use immediately in their workday.
We will also review some of the interesting and informative Project Mgt. websites designated at the last meeting. Kevin Suboski and Howard Renton, PMP will review, compare, and contrast two of the sites.
| 5:30-6:00 pm Registration, Networking, and Appetizers<br>
6:00-7:30 pm Main Meeting<br> | | | Holiday Inn - North Campus<br>
3600 Plymouth Road<br>
Ann Arbor<br>
Phone: (734)769-9800<br> | $15.00 for PMI-HVC members<br>
$20.00 for Non-members<br> |
| | | Are you running out of steam and feeling burned out on your projects? Do you feel like you can't catch up? Come join Jill Richards as we discuss ideas and concepts for being the most pro-active project manager you can be.
Ms. Richards is the President of Inovacent Solutions, LLC. She has been a regular speaker at PMI chapter events and has also delivered Project Management training for RMC, Inc. She has over 17 years of experience in the field, and is currently a mentor for PMI's Women in Project Management. | 5:30-6:00 pm Registration, Networking, and Appetizers<br>
6:00-7:30 pm Main Meeting<br> | | | Holiday Inn - North Campus<br>
3600 Plymouth Road<br>
Ann Arbor<br>
Phone: (734)769-9800<br> | $15.00 for PMI-HVC members<br>
$20.00 for Non-members<br> |
| | | Change is inevitable, but the paradox is we have an inherent survival skill to resist, examine, and choose change that has the correct balance of risk and reward. Join <b>Peter de Jager</b> and learn about structured change processes. Meet the paradox of:<br><br>
a) how can we get people to embrace the change that is necessary?<br>
b) how can we create an environment that allows rational resistance?<br><br>
This presentation will examine tools and processes available to organizations to help them. And it will include real life examples and interactive discussion about change itself.
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Peter de Jager is a speaker/writer/consultant on the issues relating to the Rational Assimilation of the Future. He has published hundreds of articles on topics ranging from Problem Solving, Creativity and Change to the impact of technology on areas such as privacy, security and business. His articles have appeared in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Futurist and Scientific American. | 5:30-6:00 pm Registration, Networking, and Appetizers<br>
6:00-7:30 pm Main Meeting<br> | | | Holiday Inn - North Campus<br>
3600 Plymouth Road<br>
Ann Arbor<br>
Phone: (734)769-9800<br> | $15.00 for PMI-HVC members<br>
$20.00 for Non-members<br> |
| | | Please join Lee Peters and bring your swords!
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Delivering results in excruciatingly short times places project managers under tremendous stress. Abundant opportunity exists to harm yourself and others. Risk is rampant – every project day brings new ingenious traps for failure. Stress makes us stupid. Deadlines make us careless with people and to care less for people. Project managers cultivate lizards when people are ignored.
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Do you fail to perceive, fail to hear, or ignore small problems until they grow into grotesque dragons?
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Remember New Orleans – a city allowed to grow in the wrong place then ignored until too late. What did you put off yesterday that you are putting off today and will put off tomorrow? "It ain't what we don't know that bites us, it's what we know and don't do!"
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Skill with people is the singular talent differentiating leaders from managers. Do we not imply this talent when we say project leaders instill vision and values and managers deliver results with resources? An inability to connect with others becomes the root cause of failure by any endeavor. Dragons win in project people failures:
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<li>Being unsuccessful at inspiring the team to achieve the vision</li>
<li>Not listening or not hearing ideas to steer the project clear of danger</li>
<li>Inability to articulate resource needs to the right people</li>
<li>Demanding work schedules destructive to life</li>
<li>Losing political support for the project leading to its demise</li>
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Project management is about much more than estimating, scheduling, and controlling. People complete projects, for people, overseen by people. Our beloved PMBOK ignores knowledge, skill, and attitudes about people, teams, emotional skills, and leadership. All are crucial for a project master.
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Successful project masters are attentive to people. We throw care and concern overboard under stress to deliver on time. Our destructive behavior is summed up by the phrase, ‘We have to get to work; we just do not have time to plan.’ PM’s who do not plan, do not have time for people. These are not project managers; they are project fire fighters who forgot the mission is fire prevention. With these attitudes, there is little wonder that people are even discussed. ‘We are rewarded for results, not for feeling good.’ People skills are not about ‘feeling good’; people skills are the grease that makes human endeavors work. The leading indicator of project failure is discounting people. Lose the team, lose support, lose the customer, and then lose the project.
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Be a Project Master, learn emotional wisdom – build project teams to care, feed, and nurture themselves and to influence others to support the team – the payoff lasts a lifetime. Project masters, who charge up teams, routinely, but magically, wrestle success from dragons of people failure.
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<b>Lee A. Peters, PE, F.ASCE,</b> began project management in 1963 building the freshman bonfire at Rose Hulman Institute of Technology. Service with the Corps of Engineers in Thailand and Vietnam converted Lee from science to engineering. Attending Purdue University on the GI Bill, he earned an MSCE in construction engineering/management plus an MS from the Krannert School of Management. Lee’s challenging management and engineering practice is more than thirty years old. Experience includes research and product development with four corporations; Tenth Pan American Games; International Special Olympics; construction, commissioning, turnarounds at seven paper mill and chemical plants; ten industrial maintenance process improvement; hundreds of construction projects; productivity and profit improvement for contractors and design professionals. Lee has facilitated partnering for more than forty state, national, and international construction teams. He developed and led more than one hundred international project planning and training workshops. Delivering required results is always the paramount goal. He employs change techniques from Lean, Organizational Learning and Development, TQM, and Strategic Planning. Lee developed ProjectMAN® simulations and ProjectLEADER® courses to teach project delivery and implementing change. He is the author of Plan to Plan® and Searchlight SchedulingSM rigorous approaches to dramatically improve project success. He also is an AAA mediator / arbitrator and a frequent speaker on national podiums. Lee is available at lpeters@projectLEADER.com, http://www.projectLEADER.com, by phone at 1-888-873-0086. | 5:30-6:00 pm Registration, Networking, and Appetizers<br>
6:00-7:30 pm Main Meeting<br> | | | Holiday Inn - North Campus<br>
3600 Plymouth Road<br>
Ann Arbor<br>
Phone: (734)769-9800<br> | $15.00 for PMI-HVC members<br>
$20.00 for Non-members<br> |
| | | Marlena Reigh Presents:
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<b>Can Your Voice Impact the Success of Your Projects? </b>
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Within seconds people decide whether to listen to you, trust you, and believe you based on the sound quality of your voice. Do you know where you stand? What does your speaking voice say about you? What do you need to know to make a great impression every time you speak?
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How you use your voice has a major impact not only on how you are perceived but the way others respond to you. You have a choice and that is what this program is about. Learn the keys to having a great speaking voice as well as powerful and easy techniques and exercises that can lead from ordinary to extraordinary communication. Vocal methods like using speaking volume, range and speed can emphasize and draw attention to important points and get others to take action.
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Enhance retention to the ideas and information you’re conveying. Gain more credibility and confidence when speaking to a group or one-on-one. Walk away with new insights that help you become a master voice communicator when you are engaged in all speaking situations.
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Beware! This is a highly interactive program - so get ready for exercises, unique experiences, and lots of learning to help you get heard, put your point across and leave them wanting more.
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<li>Three voice keys that grab your listener’s attention
<li>Exercises that develop vocal muscle for a voice others want to listen to
<li>Ways to having a voice that lasts for hours
<li>Methods in utilizing voice energy for motivation and persuasion
<li>Creating the vocal image that gets you the professional results you desire.
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About Marlena Reigh
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As a voice image specialist with over 20 years of coaching, speaking and seminar leading on voice improvement, Marlena Reigh has worked one-on-one with over 1,000 voices and is a published author with books and tapes on voice image and presentation skills. Ms. Reigh’s diverse professional background of singing, acting, college teaching and a number of business ownerships, give her a unique perspective on voice quality and knowing how to sound our best and making the right impression.
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Marlena, owner of Radiant Communications in Ann Arbor, Michigan, since 1993, focuses on personal communication skills. She teaches unique, effective and powerful voice techniques that are critical in getting results whether we are speaking one-on-one or to a group. Her experience includes programs and executive coaching in the areas of: presentations, sales, and telephone skills. A few of Marlena’s clients include: General Motors, Met-life, Mead Paper Corporation, Key Bank, and Pfizer International.
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She is a member of the National Speakers Association, International Association of Communicators, and Chartering Past President of the Ann Arbor chapter of the National Association of Career Women.
| 5:30-6:00 pm Registration, Networking, and Appetizers<br>
6:00-7:30 pm Main Meeting<br> | | | Holiday Inn - North Campus<br>
3600 Plymouth Road<br>
Ann Arbor<br>
Phone: (734)769-9800<br> | $15.00 for PMI-HVC members<br>
$20.00 for Non-members<br> |
| | | We’ve brought together a number of top PM employers in one place. Talk directly to companies that are looking for your experience, expertise, and enthusiasm. If you are one of the following, this is a great chance for you to meet representatives from companies that are looking for your skills:<br><br>
PMP or actively working toward certification<br>
Experienced in managing projects with a specific scope, budget, or deadline<br>
Experienced in managing the balance between scope, budget, and schedule in a business environment<br><br>
Participating companies include: Pcubed, PlanTech,Inc., Compuware, EDS, Menlo Innovations, IMSI, Eprize, Jawood Management Associates, and Sogeti.<br><br>
Recruiters will be onsite AND we will have a presentation from different firms discussing their needs, where they see the market going for Project Managers, and what every PM should be doing to beef up their marketability.<br><br>
To forward your resume to participating employers in advance of the job fair, please forward your resume to jozgomoll@comcast.net
| 5:00-5:30 pm Registration, Networking, and Appetizers<br>
5:30-7:30 pm Main Meeting<br>
5:00 - 9:00 Job Fair with Interviews in the adjoining conference room | | | Holiday Inn - North Campus<br>
3600 Plymouth Road<br>
Ann Arbor<br>
Phone: (734)769-9800<br> | $15.00 for PMI-HVC members<br>
$20.00 for Non-members<br> |
| | | Kevin has a BSME, an MBA, is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP®), and is a graduate of the elite Business Professionals Course. | 5:30-6:00 pm Registration, Networking, and Appetizers<br>
6:00-7:30 pm Main Meeting<br> | | | Holiday Inn - North Campus<br>
3600 Plymouth Road<br>
Ann Arbor<br>
Phone: (734)769-9800<br> | $15.00 for PMI-HVC members<br>
$20.00 for Non-members<br> |
| | | Take a look at the non-profit arena and offer your Project Management skills. Everything we choose to do does not come with a dollar sign in front. Many life-long connections are made outside of the for-profit world. PMI recognizes this and offers PDU's for volunteer work . . . here is an easy way to find a multitude of opportunities to help.<br><br>
Marianne Clauw is a long time friend of the PMI-HVC chapter and also Director of Board Programs for the Non-Profit Enterprise at Work (NEW). NEW's mission is to help other
nonprofits succeed, through workshops,
technology programs, a resource library, consulting, and board of
trustees development programs.<br><br>
Join Marianne and discuss the value to you and the community of volunteering in the non-profit sector. We will also look at the possibility of PMI-HVC members joining non-profit boards to help manage their direction and growth through a matching program called BoardConnect.<br><br>
How many times have you seen a non-profit endeavor that was just missing some good project management? Come to the May 15th meeting and consider making a difference. | 5:30-6:00 pm Registration, Networking, and Appetizers<br>
6:00-7:30 pm Main Meeting<br> | | | Holiday Inn - North Campus<br>
3600 Plymouth Road<br>
Ann Arbor<br>
Phone: (734)769-9800<br> | $15.00 for PMI-HVC members<br>
$20.00 for Non-members<br> |
| | | In Project Management the Theory of Constraints (TOC), laid out in Goldratt’s best-known books “The Goal†and “Critical Chainâ€, has many readers but few practitioners. The main reason is that TOC literature makes a good read as theory, with intriguing promises like cutting the lead time of projects with 40%, but at the same time seems to depart so radically from “how business is normally done†that most readers’ fascination stops on the moment the books get closed.<br><br>
Ernst Meijer continues to develop practical and operational translations of the main concepts of this theory for Project Management in an automotive environment. In “Critical Flow†he describes these concepts and resulting practical methods and will argue that they can be utilized as powerful Risk Management tools that radically refocus the way Project Management is done.<br><br>
Ernst Meijer received his Masters in Agricultural Sciences from the Agricultural University in The Netherlands and his EMBA degree from Michigan State University. He headed the Contracting and Project Management department of an engine development company in Ann Arbor until 1998 when he became consultant for Ford Motor Company. Since August 2004 he joined Ford as Engineering Throughput Management supervisor.
Ernst lives with his wife, Lydia, son Marijn and 15 pets and farm animals on a hill near Saline. In his spare time he shuffles manure.
| 5:30-6:00 pm Registration, Networking, and Appetizers<br>
6:00-7:30 pm Main Meeting<br> | | | Holiday Inn - North Campus<br>
3600 Plymouth Road<br>
Ann Arbor<br>
Phone: (734)769-9800<br> | $15.00 for PMI-HVC members<br>
$20.00 for Non-members<br> |
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6:00-7:30 pm Main Meeting<br> | | | Holiday Inn - North Campus<br>
3600 Plymouth Road<br>
Ann Arbor<br>
Phone: (734)769-9800<br> | $15.00 for PMI-HVC members<br>
$20.00 for Non-members<br> |