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
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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
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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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
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
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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
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“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.
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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
By: Steve Martin