©2011 PMI

What is New with PMI –Building for the Future

Harry Stefanou, PhDMay 13, 2011Region 14

© 2011 PMI

Presentation outline

• History– Supporting the profession

• Building for the future – Pipeline initiative– Organization market strategy– Value to and support for the chapters’

involvement

© 2011 PMI

PMI’s early and continuing commitmentSupporting the Profession

• Command and control of an esoteric and systematicbody of knowledge

• Education and Research– Constant review and refresh the bok– Elevated and controlled entry

• Code of Ethics• Autonomy of practice• Norm of altruism• Control of the name• Authority over clients• Distinctive occupational Culture• Recognition by the community and law.

StandardsResearch

AccreditationProfession Development

Research

Certification

PMI Family of Standards

Research Program• Research Grants

– 28 completed– 16 active

• Working Sessions• Survey Links• Dedicated Networking Website• Biennial Research Conference• Research Publications

– Available to members at no charge• Project Management Journal

© 2011 PMI

PMI Family of Credentials

• Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM®)• Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP®)• Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMPSM)• Project Management Professional (PMP®)• Program Management Professional (PgMP®)• Agile --- coming soon to a test center near you

ISO accredited provider of globally accepted certifications

© 2011 PMI

Agile Certification

TO

Cross-functional roles, high collaboration, iterative and results

• April: Examination Content Outline available• May: PMI to begin accepting and reviewing applications

• Q3: Agile Certification exam available• Q4: First Agile Certifications will be awarded to successful pilot candidates

Learn more at http://agile.vc.pmi.org

© 2011 PMI

The Future is Here

• Population shifts• Challenges to organizations and countries• PMI’s response

9

Demographics

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

1950 1970 1990 2010 2030 2050

EU

China

India

J apan

USA

Canada

Retirement-Age Populations in Major Countries (%)UN Population Division, World Population Prospects: 2004

Global Leaders in Gross Fixed Capital Formation

1. China ($3.2 trillion)

Source: EIU Views Wire December 2010

2. USA($2.0 trillion)

3. Japan($1.2 trillion)

4. India($.59 trillion)

5. Germany($.55 trillion)

6. France($.48 trillion)

7. Brazil($.42 trillion)

8. Canada($.37 trillion)

8. Italy($.37 trillion)

9. Australia($.35 trillion)

10. UK($.34 trillion)

Global Total for 2011: $14 trillion

The Impact of the emerging gap

Locally declining work force Need for increased investments

Study of 11 major economies for PMI: 8.2M new project-oriented employees needed by

2016 $4.5T additional GDP from projectized industries Up to $200B at risk from PM skills shortage

© 2011 PMI

Drivers of Organizational Needs

• Pace of change increasing• Need for Innovation of all types• Complexity

– What skills are necessary

12

• EIU study commissioned by PMI• 600 senior executives worldwide said:

– 95% - Skilled talent needed to be successful– 75% - Lacked skills critical to success

Skills Gap Research

Skills Gap Research

Project Management skills

Over the next five years, which of the following skills will be most important to your company’s success?

© 2011 PMI

PMI’s Response

• Key Goals – Growth and retention1. Address the pipeline/gap issue

• Stimulate Academia/Professional Development

2. Address the skill needs of organizations• Drive organizational adoption• Drive organizational project management excellence

3. Accelerate eminent influence value proposition• Partner with our supply chain –

– chapters/– REPs/RCPs/RxPs

4. Provide Value for leaders/volunteers/Members

15

© 2011 PMI

Address the pipeline - Academic Relations Program Objective

“Expand the number of teaching, research and degree programs in project management through, awareness marketing, outreach via channel partners, and resource support of the academic community.”

School Census Research1994• Primarily construction management degrees• 2 Bachelor and 9 Master level PM degrees

Current Global Census*• 3,348 institutions teaching 5,769 PM courses

• 481 schools with 649 PM degrees

• 206 schools with 276 certificate programs

BUT - 4,617 Schools with no PM at all

GAC Accredited

Schools with Degree Programs

but no accreditation

Schools with only certificate programs but no degree programs

Schools with full PM courses but no degree or certificate program

Schools with no PM or only embedded PM in courses

The A

.E.P.S

. Aca

dem

ic Re

lation

s Goa

l

Goals

© 2011 PMI

AEPS Program Chapter Partnership

• PMI is SIFE partner– Students, faculty, industry leaders use projects skills to deliver business

value to community– 16 workshops now include a pm modules

• Academic Resources Program– Collaborate with researchers– Gain first use of results and researcher at chapter meeting

• Academic Relations– Chapters as partners in outreach -Academic Workshops

• Preplanned in region• Engage Academia, Organizations

– Provide content and interim lecturing

©2011 PMI

Phase 2 – Academic Relations Program Pilot

• Field test APPROACH, MATERIALS AND RESOURCES WITH 10-15 CHAPTERS

• Identify Pilot Chapters– Previous experience in academic relationships– AR team in place– High concentration of target schools in area (PM oriented

disciplines, PM teaching status: AEPS database information)– English speaking (primarily NA and EMEA)– Willingness to commit resources and assign high priority

©2011 PMI

• PMI Minnesota Chapter’s Education Alliance Program– Nine local academic institutions are benefiting– In addition to aiding these schools with their PM offerings

• Organized job fairs for students• Educational dinner meetings for faculty and students• Advertizing the schools’ offerings• Mentorship program• Guest lecturers

“We are incorporating project management [teaching] across the business college. The relationship allows students to come away with adaptive skills learned directly from PMI folks who come into our classroom” Joel Schuessler, Chairman IT Management Program, Concordia University, St. Paul, MN

PMI Chapters as Academic Partners

© 2011 PMI

Summary

• The pipeline and skills gap is being addressed by the AEPS program

• Opportunities exist and more will come for collaboration in the program– Adjunct faculty– Workshop partnership– Partner with researchers– ???

© 2011 PMI

Organization Market Strategy

Global Corporate Relations Program

Global Executive Council

Registered Education Providers

Registered Consultancy

Providers

Registered Tool ProvidersChapter Network

PMI

Global Government Relations Program

© 2011 PMI

Global Executive Council –striving for excellence

• Community of elite and influential

organizations

• Program agendas focused on:

– Thought Leadership

– Research

– Networking

• Tangible offerings for organizations (e.g.,

benchmarking)

• Council is influential in PMI and the PPPM

community

Local Community

Networking

Best Practice Research

Local Community Section of Website

Local Community Section of Website

Nth Local Community

Implementation

Council (Annual Global

Conference

& Website)

Thought Leadership

Executive DevelopmentExecutive Development

Best Practice Research

Benchmarking

Local Meetings &Workshops

Local Meetings &Workshops

Benchmarking

Implementation

Networking

Thought Leadership

Global Executive Council

© 2011 PMI

New introductions by GOC

• Supporting the goals of Growth and retention and pm excellence– Standards Navigator– Standards benchmark

26

© 2011 PMI

PMI Standards Navigator

Presentation Title

• Designed for organizations that already understand and use project management

• Provides the information needed to – increase productivity– encourage sharing of project management– knowledge and deliver business results

• Ensures alignment across all the PMBOK® Guide domains, knowledge areas and processes

www.PMIStandardsNavigator.com

© 2011 PMIPresentation Title

PMI Standards Benchmark

A survey-based product for project and program management where organizations can quickly see where they are and where they need to improve.

Features include• Creation of a baseline• Comparative reports to accurately measure improvement• Identifies areas to improve using the PMBOK® Guide’s nine knowledge areas and The Standard for Program Management

www.PMIStandardsBenchmark.com

© 2011 PMI

Summary

• The organizational market strategy– Focus on adoption, growth and excellence

• Account relationships• The Council• Navigator• Benchmarking products

© 2011 PMI

Value Delivery

Chapters

GOC programs

Practitioners,Their employers,Their suppliers

© 2011 PMI

• Communities of P ractice– Sh ift focus from transition to Value

• Drive awareness to website(User Based Access Model – UBAM &SEO)• Drive engagement (MYP MI, new features)• Chapter Benchmarking• Volunteer Service Excell ence• Mobile AP Ps (PMNet, congress program p ilot at EMEA)• Leadershi p Devel opment• Automated DEP• In itial exploration of web hosting model s for chapters in need

Delivering value through the Web channel

Practitioner value

Chapter value

© 2011 PMI

UBAM Solution

– Increase visibility of PMI content, products and services by offering abstract/teaser views to all user types and search engines (redefining paywall restrictions)

• Helps enable PMI’s Knowledge Strategy: be the preferred source and resource for knowledge of the profession for all customer segments

– Drive and incentivize individuals to increase their engagement with PMI up to the highest levels

• Greater access to knowledge drives improved satisfaction drives improved membership growth and retention drives increased revenue

© 2011 PMI

Chapter benchmarking reports

• Evolved from SAPR

• Rolling out in 2011

© 2011 PMI

Effective Practices for Chapter value delivery- Growth and Retention

• SAS evolves to learning vehicle for effective value delivery– From Compliance reporting to excellence models– Census of member satisfaction against core and extended services– Online anonymous report– Regional Mentor and staff transparency

• Broker partnerships in the chapter network– Peer to peer consultation

• LIM workshops by BIC’s

© 2011 PMI

• Increase Leadership Institute Program (LIP) value– Develop plan to integrate

Regional meetings into LIP• Provide increased region support• Clearly defined volunteer

positions and requirements (skills, competencies and duties)

Volunteer Service Excellence

PMI Core ValueVolunteers and effective volunteer partnerships with staff are the best way to accomplish the Institute’s goals and objectives.

© 2011 PMI

Volunteer Service Excellence

• Leadership development framework

aligned to roles

• Consistent recognition for volunteers

• Tools and resources for volunteers and staff

• Staff training to provide uniform quality

support

To find out more, log on to www.pmi.org and click on “Get Involved.”

© 2011 PMI

Volunteer Service Excellence - Delivery• Volunteer Management System

– Role clarity/standardization– Suitability of qualifications– Application status transparency– Provide for high quality training

• Volunteer Development Center – PMI learn– PMI Learn moves to Learning Management System

• Developing in current role• Moving up to next challenge• Link roles to training and experiential learning

© 2011 PMI

Mobile Apps -Congress Application

• Available now in the App store and at some location for Android users!

• Functionality includes– Daily Schedule– Session details and survey– Speaker listing– Attendee Networking– Exhibitor Info– Exhibit hall and area maps

• More to come!

© 2011 PMI

DEP – What’s New?

• Provides more Functionality • IT has provided a utility (Windows only) that

Chapters can use to access the service– Runs 10x faster– Runs in interactive mode– Runs in cmd line mode (allows chapter to use the

utility to automate their download process)

© 2011 PMI

Chapter Website Hosting

• Efforts are underway to define the requirements and the value proposition that would allow PMI to offer a turnkey solution for Chapters– Provide Web Application Framework – Provide Hosting

• Participation by Chapters will be optional • Core Team including Business Owner and Project Manager

has been created. • Core Team has received approval to proceed with building

the Business Case to support the effort.

Chapter Website Hosting

Marketing supportfor

Strategy Implementation

PMI.org/Marketing Portal

Marketing Planning & PMI Brand Identity – Region 5 – January 2011

Choose your business objective

Select Brand Resources

You’ve chosen your role

PMI.org/MarketingPortal

PMI.org/Marketing Portal

© 2011 PMI

Summary

• PMI has a robust ongoing program to support the profession– Standard, research, credentials,– Organizational Market strategy

• Our drive to support the value-delivery networks – Chapters– SAPR benchmark, Volunteer service excellence,– Technology enablers– One team approach for outreach

• Coordination, tools, training and materials for market impact

© 2011 PMI 46

Thank You

Questions?

2009 Project Management Institute, Inc. All rights reserved

Key Vice President contacts:Practitioner Market: Brian.Weiss@pmi.orgOrganization Market: Craig.Killough@pmi.orgGlobal Alliances and decision support : Harry.Stefanou@pmi.orgTechnology: Frank.Schettini@pmi.orgBrand Management: Lesley.Bakker@pmi.org