2017 Professional Development Day Thursday, June 8 ......accomplished project manager and holds PMP...

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PMI – Sun City (El Paso), Texas Chapter

P.O. Box 1

El Paso, TX 79940

2017 Professional Development Day – Thursday, June 8th – Schedule of Events

Training Seminars

Time: PDUs Choices include:

How To Get Executives To Act For Project Success –

Michael O’Brochta Stop Playing Games: A Project Manager’s Guide to

Successfully Navigating Organizational Politics! –

Rick Morris Agile 101 – Mastering the Fundamentals of Agile:

Real World Skills & Clarity About Agile in the

PMBOK® Guide Sixth Edition – John Stenbeck

Self-Study

Prework

4 Students may claim up to 4 PDUs if they completed the

online Prework assignment at GR8PM.com Schedule:

07:00 AM Check-in opens

07:45 AM Pastries and coffee/tea service

08:30 AM Classes Begin

12:00 – 01:00 PM Lunchtime Keynote and Networking Keynote – Michael O’Brochta, Why Bad Projects Are

So Hard To Kill!

01:10 PM Classes Resume

04:45 PM 6 Classes End

Total

= 10

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PMI – Sun City (El Paso), Texas Chapter

P.O. Box 1

El Paso, TX 79940

2017 Professional Development Day – Friday, June 9th – Schedule of Events

Projects that Changed Our City!

Time: PDUs Professional Development Day

07:00 AM Check-in Open;

07:30 – 08:25 AM 1 “Power Start” Keynote – Major Adam Brady, Battalion

Executive Officer, Ft. Bliss Army Base, Leading and

Learning: Drilling the Right Way Before the Live Fire

Action Begins!

08:25 – 08:40 AM Chapter Welcome & Ground Rules

08:40 – 09:40 AM

(book signing

afterwards)

1 Opening Keynote – Rick Morris, Making Emotional

Conversations Unemotional – Transforming

Frustration and Apathy Into Forward Progress!

09:55 – 10:55 AM 1 Keynote – Gregory McNicol, AIA, Associate Vice

President – Life on Both Sides of the Fence - UTEP’s

Amazing Campus Transformation

11:00 – 12:00 AM 1 Keynote – James R. Snyder, PMI Founder, Fellow of

the Institute, first President and Past Board

Chairperson, Reflections on the History of Project

Management and the Project Management Institute

12:00 – 01:15 PM 1 Lunch Keynote – John Stenbeck, Unlocking Your

Leadership DNA – Time-tested Keys for Technical

Professionals!

01:20 – 02:20 PM 1 Keynote – Bob Bielek, DPA, P.E., District Engineer,

TxDOT, Program Manager, What it Takes to Lead a

High-Impact, Long-Term Project like GO 10!

02:35 – 03:35 PM 1 Keynote – Richard Turner, VP - Renewables

Development – El Paso Electric’s Commitment to Clean

Energy … One Project at a Time!

03:40 – 04:40 PM 1 Closing Keynote – Andy Stuart, Director of Quality,

Category and Customer Support for HP Americas, and

Past President PMI-Houston – Ground Rules for High

Performing Teams

04:40 – 05:00 PM Total

= 8

Wrap-up & Grand Prize Raffle

Training ∙ Coaching ∙ Consulting

PMP, PgMP, CAPM, PMI-ACP, PMI-SP, and PMI-RMP are registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.


Agile 101 – Mastering the Fundamentals of Agile Real World Skills & Clarity About Agile in the PMBOK® Guide Sixth Edition

One-day Seminar • Concentrated High-value Learning

The PMBOK® Guide Sixth Edition is unleashing a silent tsunami by shifting the tectonic plates of the

Project Management profession. The release of the new PMBOK® Guide

with Agile in every Knowledge Area … is the biggest change in 20

years! It confirms that Agile is now mainstream, that it is the hottest

skillset in project management, and that your PMP may get you the

interview, but – and it is a very big but – Agile expertise gets you the

job!

The PMI-ACP® is the fastest growing certification in PMI history with

more than 14,000 certification holders. This is not a fad! It is the new

reality!!

The good news for most PMP®’s is they are more

qualified than they realize. You may not be using

Scrum vocabulary, but you are using core Agile

practices like Rolling Wave Planning, Progressive

Elaboration, and Decomposition.

This is an opportunity for you to achieve clarity about

if, when, and how you should use Agile! This

energized, activity-based experience includes lots of

time for Q&A in a true “immersion” experience.

WHAT OTHER’S ARE SAYING

“The amount of content covered in 1 day was simply amazing!” Melvin W. (Anthem Blue Cross, VA)

“The best part was the reality of the exercises that I can apply

to my teams.” - Ron S. (Test Engineers, Inc., CA)

“The group exercises were very helpful to see how to create

User Stories, MoSCoW clusters, Release Plans, and Sprints.”

Carrie B. (Lands End, Inc., WI)

“For once – a powerful, practical seminar that was not

boring! We had fun because the delivery pace kept everyone

engaged which improved my learning.” - Monica J. (Blue

Cross/Blue Shield, NY)




Course Outline:

Module 1: Founding Principles

• How Agile aligns with PMBOK 6th Edition

• How you are already using Agile

• Why it matters to YOU!

Module 2: User Stories

• Capturing critical input

• Guiding stakeholders to use them

• Exercise: Apply it, master it!

Module 3: Estimating

• Managing uncertainty & complexity

• Creating statistically reliable forecasts


Module 4: Scheduling

• Developing robust, reliable schedules

• Creating derived schedules with calculated

baselines


Module 5: The Agile World

• The “Big 5” Frameworks

• Roles and Rules for success!

• Integrating Test-Driven Development

Module 6: Tips and Tricks

• Organizational case studies that delivered

excellent results!

• Applying Agile in YOUR specific setting

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

John G. Stenbeck, PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM, CSP, is the Founder of GR8PM and an

Amazon #1 Best Selling author. His first two books achieved over $1 million in

sales and his most recent one – the Agile Almanac – was ranked the Amazon #1

Best Seller in Agile Project Management and the Amazon #2 Best Seller in Project

Management, where it trails only the PMBOK Guide.

He has been a guest on Good Morning America, the Today Show and the Oprah

Winfrey Show. He has been featured on the front page of the Los Angeles Times

and the San Diego Union.

He recently recorded 71 video lectures in Agile Government Contracting and Agile Project Management

for Villanova University’s online certificate and degree programs.

Training · Coaching · Consulting



Stop Playing Games: A Project Manager’s Guide to Successfully Navigating Organizational Politics!

Based on Rick’s new book “Stop Playing Games” this authoritative seminar teaches you how to identify the key issues of the day-to-day world of Project Managers and then exposes the unique, often overlooked shortcuts or workarounds for successfully dealing with projects, sponsors, and stakeholders!

This seminar covers: 1. The State of our Profession (Project

Management) • The Halo Effect • Not Everyone Can be a PM

2. Finding Value in Project Management • Why is it difficult to articulate value? • The issue with project selection • Budget, Business Value and Capacity,

Oh My! 3. The Pricing Game

• Utilizing PERT to get the right estimates • Using Risk and Risk Information • Coming under budget can be just as bad!

4. Guess the Truth! • Learning to craft proper messages • Force the Decision, ask for what you

need. • Learn how to make proper assumptive

statements 5. Grapevine

• Communicate often

• Change your methods of communication • The Issue Log game

6. The Right Price • Pricing Estimator • Fixed Price vs. T&M contracts

7. Hit the Rodent • Scheduling tool frustration • Without data, how do you know what

you need? 8. Marco! Polo!

• Running a project without a project plan • Not Calling out true mistakes • Losing the forest because of the trees

9. Armchair Quarterback • Stop calling out other project managers!

10. Rules of the Game • Key insights on how to play the games

11. How to Win the Game • Lessons Learned on becoming a real

project manager

This seminar will bring to life true issues and fixes to help YOU avoid the games Project Managers are frequently forced to play. Rick will leverage his years of successful experience to show you how to get stronger, more process oriented… and receive the respect you deserve for the work you do! Rick will offer real world advice to help you implement techniques immediately to positively impact your projects, charge up your ability to influence without authority, stop “end runs” around your projects and get back to the basics of being a professional Project Manager doing the right things the right way! Don’t miss this amazing seminar. It will supercharge your future career results!

Training · Coaching · Consulting



ABOUT THE SPEAKER Rick A. Morris, PMP, ITIL Practitioner, consultant, author, mentor, and project management evangelist has an insatiable appetite for knowledge and passion for the profession! He is an internationally sought after speaker delivering keynote presentations for large conferences and PMI events around the world. He is an accomplished project manager and holds PMP (Project Management Professional), MPM (Masters of Project Management), OPM3, Six Sigma Green Belt, MCITP, MCTS, MCSE, TQM, ATM-S, ITIL, and ISO certifications. He has also recently became a John Maxwell Certified Speaker, Trainer, and Coach. Rick is the Owner of R2 Consulting, LLC and has worked for organizations such as GE, Xerox, and CA, with over 100 implementations of PPM systems including Clarity, Project Server, Planview, Primavera, Daptiv, and Workfront.

Rick books include The Everything Project Management Book, Project Management That Works! and most recently Stop Playing Games! He also hosts a weekly, live talk radio show, The Work/Life Balance, Fridays at 5 PM EST on the Voice America Business Network. Rick is also an active PMI member, PMI Leadership Institute Masters Class (LIMC) graduate and Mentor to the 2012 PMI LIMC.

Rick is no stranger to being center stage in front of large groups of people. At the early age of 11, Rick was a Walt Disney World Performer in their seasonal shows. In high school, he worked at MGM Studios on various projects including the New Mickey Mouse Club. Taking the experience of his youth and blending it with the knowledge he attained throughout his career, Rick has been able to inspire and mentor many project managers. His blend of real world experience and down to earth delivery style makes his passion for the profession contagious.




How to Get Executives to Act for Project Success Becoming a World-class Project Manager by Managing UP!

One-day Seminar • Concentrated High-value Learning

The simple, painful fact is that unless key stakeholders and executives act before it is too late project

success is unlikely … and your career gets outsourced! The trap of being blamed for project failure

because of inaction, or worse yet – counteraction, by key stakeholders and executives can be avoided.

During this unique, succinct seminar you will receive the keys for unlocking executive inaction and

motivating them to quickly contribute to project success. During this workshop you will see the research

that explains why executives fail to form a strong mutual partnership with project managers. You will

receive a research-based “Top 10 PM Actions” list to supercharge an action-bias in your key

stakeholders and executives. And you will hear the “insider secrets” the Instructor used to drive projects

to success at the CIA!

This powerful experience gives you solid training and practical information to:

• Understand the underlying reasons for executive inaction or counteraction.

• Identify the actions your executive can take for your project success.

• Recognize the barriers to executive action and project success.

• Determine what you can do to get your executive to act for project success, and how to do it.

When you finish you will be well equipped to help your executives act for your project and career

success.

WHAT OTHER’S ARE SAYING

This seminar has drawn overflow audiences at PMI Global

Congresses in North America, Europe, Asia, and South America.

It has drawn audiences of 500 to 1,000 when offered as a webinar.

The presenter’s work, upon which this seminar is based, has

been featured in the PM Network magazine.

“Mike left me so much better equipped after his seminar that I felt

more optimistic about my projects and my career then I had in a

long time.” Jes O., Humana, Baltimore, MD

“Now I know what to do and how to do it; this seminar not only gave me the concepts that I needed, but

it gave me practical actions that I could take to implement them.” Frank T., DOE, Knoxville, TN

“Thank you Mike for making the seminar so interesting and enjoyable; you have a knack for sharing

important information in an entertaining way.” Chidi I., Nestle, Lagos, Nigeria




COURSE OUTLINE

Becoming a World-class Project Manager by Managing Up

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:

Mr. O'Brochta is President of Zozer Inc., where he helps organizations raise

their level of project management performance. He has managed hundreds of

projects during the past forty years, and is an experienced line manager, author,

lecturer, trainer and consultant. He holds a Master's degree in Project

Management, a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, and is certified as a

PMI-ACP and PMP. He is a graduate of PMI’s Leadership Institute Master

Class program.

As senior project manager at the Central Intelligence Agency, he led the drive

to mature practices agency-wide. Mr. O'Brochta's recent work includes leading

the development of standards and courses for the new U.S. Federal Acquisition

Certification for Program and Project Managers (FAC-P/PM).

Mr. O'Brochta serves the community and PMI membership as Chair of the

Ethics Member Advisory Group, and by presenting papers at every PMI North American Global

Congress during the past decade-and-a-half as well as at many international and regional conferences.

At the chapter level he led in building the international PMIWDC Chapter-to-Chapter program. His

current passions include getting executives to act for project success and, and following his recent climb

of another of the world’s seven summits, exploring the relationship between project management and

mountain climbing.

Module 2

IDENTIFY EXECUTIVE ACTIONS:

Examine Executive Actions

Servant Leadership

Module 1

EXAMINE THE PROBLEM:

Project Success and Executive

Underlying Problem Causes

Module 3

IDENTIFY BARRIERS:

Examine Barriers

Use a Behavior Model

Module 4

WHAT CAN PMs DO & HOW:

Examine Actions

How To Implement Them

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