A SUPPLEMENT TO PM NETWORK PUBLISHED BY PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE MARCH 2017

A PMI Strategy Refresh Begins

Global Volunteers Gather,
Get Ready for Change

INSIDE
Learn and Adapt: 3
Project Leaders Need to
Transform with Technology
PMI China News 11
Events Calendar 14
Show Your Pride in Pro Bono/ 17
Volunteer Projects

T
Chapter Links 18
he news that PMI has begun PMI is choosing to proactively pursue
2017 Pulse of the a strategy refresh excited our change from its position of strength
Profession global volunteers, gathering for in the global project management
Organizations their annual planning meeting. These Continued on page 7
Are Seeing More changes will put a strong focus on
Success with individuals who select project, program
Implementing or portfolio management as a profession.
Strategic Many attendees praised this effort as an
Initiatives
affirmation of PMIs roots.
See page 12
Available online for PMI members only at PMI.org

PMI-598 PMITodayMarch2017(P).indd 1 2/10/17 10:02 AM

 Page 2 PMI Today March 2017
Worldwide, organizations will embrace, value and utilize project
management and attribute their success to it. PMI Envisioned Goal
Editorial and Advertising Offices
Address manuscripts and other editorial submissions,
mailing list rental queries, requests for reprints,
bulk copies, submissions, letters to the editor or
reprint permission to:
Project Management Institute
Publications Department, 14 Campus Blvd.,
Newtown Square, PA 19073-3299 USA
Tel: +1 610 356 4600 Fax: +1 610 356 4647
Editorial: editorial@pmi.org
Website: www.PMI.org
Unless otherwise specified, all letters and articles sent to
PMI are assumed for publication and become the copyright
property of PMI if published.
Vice President, Brand Management
Cindy W. Anderson cindy.anderson@pmi.org
Publisher
Donn Greenberg donn.greenberg@pmi.org
Director, Thought Leadership and Content
Christine Perovich christine.perovich@pmi.org
Editor In Chief
Dan Goldfischer dan.goldfischer@pmi.org
Publications Production Supervisor
Barbara Walsh barbara.walsh@pmi.org
Product Editor
Roberta Storer roberta.storer@pmi.org
Advertising Sales
advertising@pmi.org
PMI Today Design and Production
Cetlin Design Group
Publication and Membership
PM Network (ISSN 1040-8754) and PMI Today are
published monthly by Project Management Institute.
PMI Today is a supplement to PM Network. Canadian
agreement #40030957. Postmaster: Send address
changes to:
PMI Today, 14 Campus Blvd.,
Newtown Square, PA 19073-3299 USA
Tel: +1 610 356 4600 Fax: +1 610 356 4647
PMI Todays mission, as the official membership news
publication of Project Management Institute, is to provide
a forum for communication among Institute membership
and about volunteerism and policy. All articles in PMI Today
are the views of the authors and are not necessarily
those of PMI.
PMI is a not-for-profit professional organization dedicated
to advancing the state of the art of project management.
Membership in PMI is open to all at an annual dues of
US$129. For information on PMI programs and membership,
to report a change of address or for problems with your
subscription, contact PMI at the addresses listed.
PMI GLOBAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
PMI and members of the influential Global Executive Council believe that project, program and portfolio
management deliver a strategic advantage that helps organizations do more with less. The elite organizations
selected for participation in the Council are well-positioned to have the most direct influence on the direction
and future of the project management profession.
To learn more, please visit www.PMI.org/Business-Solutions/PMI-Global-Executive-Council.aspx.
PMI-598 PMITodayMarch2017(P).indd 2
2017 PMI
Board of Directors
Chair
Mark Dickson, MBA, FAICD, PMP
+61 407 933 110 mark.dickson@bod.pmi.org
Vice Chair
Project Management Institute
Caterina (Cathy) La Tona, BCS, PMP, PfMP
14 Campus Blvd., Newtown Square, PA 19073-3299 USA
+1 248 703 9810 cathy.latona@bod.pmi.org
Tel: +1 610 356 4600; Fax: +1 610 482 9971
Email: customercare@pmi.org Secretary-Treasurer and Chair, Audit and
Website: www.PMI.org Performance Oversight Committee
Toll-free: 1 855 746 4849 (United States) Jennifer Tharp, PMP
1 855 746 4849 (Canada) +1 415 385 1749 jennifer.tharp@bod.pmi.org
1 800 563 0665 (Mexico)
Chair, Strategy Oversight Committee
PMI Asia Pacific Service Centre Cecil White, EdD, MBA, PMP
Singapore +1 876 533 6714 cecil.white@bod.pmi.org
Tel: +65 6496 5501
Email: customercare.asiapac@pmi.org DIRECTORS
PMI Europe, Middle East and Africa
(EMEA) Service Centre Tony Appleby, MBA, PMP
Dundalk, Ireland +1 510 468 9658 tony.appleby@bod.pmi.org
Tel: +353 42 682 5610
Randall T. (Randy) Black, P.Eng., PMP
Email: customercare.emea@pmi.org
+1 587 988 9917 randy.black@bod.pmi.org
PMI India Service Centre
New Delhi, India Margareth Carneiro, MBA, MSc, PMP
Tel.: +91 124 4517140 +55 61 8175 3455 margareth.carneiro@bod.pmi.org
Email (membership-related queries): customercare.india@pmi.org
J. Davidson Frame, PhD, PMP, PMI Fellow
Toll-free Numbers
+1 703 623 0035 davidson.frame@bod.pmi.org
00 800 7464 8490: Austria, Belgium*, Bulgaria*, Czech
Republic*, Denmark, Estonia*, Finland, France, Germany, Teresa A. (Terri) Knudson, MBA, PMP, PgMP, PfMP
Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia*, Lithuania*, Luxembourg, +1 507 259 9568 teresa.knudson@bod.pmi.org
Malta*, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovak
Republic*, Slovenia*, Spain, Sweden*, Switzerland, United Wagner Maxsen Jose de Oliveria, PMI-RMP, PMP
Kingdom, Vatican City +45 21247673 wagner.maxsen@bod.pmi.org
00 800 4414 3100: Cyprus, Greece
Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez, MBA, PMP,
07 810 800 7464 8490: Russia* Immediate Past Chair
+353 42 682 5610 (toll number): Andorra, Belarus, Bosnia +32 479 80 94 18 antonio.nieto.rodriguez@bod.pmi.org
and Herzegovina, Croatia, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Moldova,
Kathleen P. Romero, MBA, CSM, SAFe PM/PO, PMP
Monaco, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Ukraine
+1 804 677 7674 kathleen.romero@bod.pmi.org
*Use the toll number (+353 42 682 5610) from mobile phones in
these countries. W. Stephen Sawle, PE, CMC, PMP, PgMP
+1 312 209 5512 steve.sawle@bod.pmi.org
Other Locations
n Beijing, China n Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Roberto Toledo, MBA, PMP
n Bengaluru, India n So Paulo, Brazil
+52 55 5416 7214 roberto.toledo@bod.pmi.org
n Brussels, Belgium n Shanghai, China
n Buenos Aires, Argentina n Shenzhen, China Thomas Walenta, Dipl.Math, PMP, PgMP, PMI Fellow
n Dubai, United Arab Emirates n Sydney, Australia +49 171 3358938 thomas.walenta@bod.pmi.org
n London, England n Washington, D.C., USA
n Mumbai, India
STAFF EXECUTIVE
See www.PMI.org/AboutUs/Pages/Customer-Care.aspx for
contact details. President & Chief Executive Officer
Mark A. Langley
2017 Project Management Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. +1 610 356 4600 mark.langley@pmi.org
PMI, the PMI logo, CAPM, PMP, PMBOK,
PM Network, and Project Management Institute
are registered marks of Project Management Institute, Inc.
For a comprehensive list of PMI marks, please refer to
the PMI List of Marks found on our website at
www.pmi.org/~/media/PDF/Media/PMI_List_of_Marks.ashx
or contact the PMI Legal Department.
2/10/17 10:02 AM
 PMI Today March 2017 Page 3

from the Board

Learn and Adapt:

Jennifer Tharp, PMP, Kathleen Romero,
Secretary-Treasurer MBA, CSM, PMPO,
and Chair, Audit
and Performance
Oversight Committee
SPC, PMP Project Leaders
NEED TO
Transform
WITHTechnology
PMI Today: What is artificial Disqus uses neural networks to find As tools have become more accessible,
intelligence (AI) and why is it important spam. Think of how much more youd AI has exploded. Cloud computing and
for project managers to know about it? get done if your car drove itself! Many other tools have made neural networks
cities are seeing self-driving cars on the available to everyone. Weve been
Ms. Tharp: What we call artificial
road, driven by artificial intelligence. Continued on page 4
intelligence is when a machine seems
to be learning and problem solving on
its own. So really its just the evolution
of computer capabilities.
But its growing fast! Research firm
Markets and Markets estimates that
the AI market will grow from US$420
million in 2014 to US$5.05 billion by
2020, thanks to the rising adoption
of machine learning and natural
language processing technologies in
the media, advertising, retail, finance
and healthcare industries. So if its
not affecting your world yet, look out,
because its coming your way soon.
OpenDNS uses machine learning to
identify new cybersecurity threats.
Pinterest uses artificial intelligence
to show you more craft projects that
are like the ones youre interested in.

PMI-598 PMITodayMarch2017(P).indd 3 2/10/17 10:02 AM

 Page 4 PMI Today March 2017
From the Board Continued from page 3
collecting a lot of data for a long
timewe now have the advanced
statistical techniques (deep learning)
and faster computers to learn from
this data.
AI automates a lot of things we take
for granted. How do we know what
assumptions to put in our project
charter? Intuition and experience. But
a machine comes to conclusions in a
much more methodical fashion. We
dont think about the algorithms and
subconscious decision trees that make
an idea obvious to us. So we may be
working on a project in an industry
using artificial intelligence, and soon,
artificial intelligence will be making our
work as project managers easier.
Ms. Romero: I think of AI as
computers conducting experiments
using data and algorithms in trial-and-
error analysis, with feedback applied
to the next experiment for better
outcomes. It is like agile for machines.
Today people interact with well-known
AI-enabled technology. For example:
Apple's personal assistant Siri, which
n autopilot systems for planes and
uses machine-learning technology
to get smarter and be better able to
predict and understand our natural-
language questions and requests to
PMI Fact File
TOTAL MEMBERS
477,616
in 207 countries
and territories
PMI has 283 chartered and
12 potential chapters
PMI-598 PMITodayMarch2017(P).indd 4
The goals of AI are very closely
aligned with the goals of good
project management. What
do we want? Repeatable,
consistent, positive results.
Jennifer Tharp, PMP
help find information, give directions,
send messages and so on.
n Amazon AI for shopping, Netflix AI
for movies and Pandoras AI-enabled
musical DNA.
n Everything from anti-lock braking,
autonomous vehicles, computer
search functions, maps, language
translations from handheld devices,
to predicting financial risk and
medical diagnostics.
More than 5 Million PMBOK Guide Editions Now in Circulation!
CREDENTIALS/CERTIFICATIONS
Total Active Holders of:
CAPM Certified Associate in Project Management
PMP Project Management Professional
PfMP Portfolio Management Professional
PgMP Program Management Professional
PMI-RMP PMI Risk Management Professional
PMI-SP PMI Scheduling Professional
PMI-PBA PMI Professional in Business Analysis
PMI-ACP PMI Agile Certified Practitioner
You may have heard about IBMs
Watson computer. At the Memorial
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center,
diagnostic tasks normally carried
out by oncologists are now being
transferred to IBMs Watson computer.
By absorbing 600,000 medical
evidence reports, 1.5 million patient
records and clinical trials and 2
million medical journal text pages,
Watson can compare each patients
individual symptoms, genome, and
family and medical/medication history
to diagnose and develop treatment
plans most likely to succeed. IBM
emphasizes that Watson will empower
rather than replace health care
professionals, while others believe
that Watson and successors will make
many medical occupations obsolete.
It is important for project managers to
know about AI if they want to remain
relevant and employed, and the use of
AI in project management can improve
performance. In CIO magazines April
2016 article, The Augmented Project
Manager, Treb Gatte describes
AI-enabled changes in three project
management areas: planning, resource
allocation and tracking. Bots, machine
learning and AI are capabilities that
should be incorporated in the [project
management] toolbox, he said.
Statistics through 31 January 2017
PUBLISHING
33,026
759,065
407
1,811 5,487,220
3,931 Total copies of
all editions* of the
1,621 PMBOK Guide
1,214 in circulation
*includes PMI-published
14,542 translations
2/10/17 10:02 AM

PMI Today: What sort of attitude
should project managers take about
AI, machine learning and other
transformational technologies?
Ms. Tharp: The goals of AI are very
closely aligned with the goals of good
project management. What do we
want? Repeatable, consistent,
positive results.
Weve all had the experience where
we know what path to take, like
a hunch, but we cannot explain
exactly why that is the right path to
take. Thats because our brains can
recognize patterns before we really
understand them. The sophisticated
pattern matching of an experienced
project manager is what makes him so
valuable to the team.
These are exciting times, with lots
of opportunities to stretch and grow
our ways of thinking. It makes it more
critical than ever for project managers
to see the big pictureto understand
the strategic objective the project is
trying to address, and to discover new
tools for achieving that.
Ms. Romero: Continual education
is a must, so I recommend a curious
and motivated attitude with learning
goals. According to Amazon CEO
Jeff Bezos, Its hard to overstate
how big of an impact AI is going
to have on society over the next
20 years. We should learn about
transformational technologies
relevant to our professions. Just
learning about something can spark
new ideas to put things together in
new ways that others havent done
before (called mash-ups). Engage with
others who know more than you do,
read, go to meetings, watch webinars,
volunteer at a workshop. For example,
I volunteered at a school to work in
the Beta Box, a visiting grant-funded
technology lab environment with 3-D
printers and laser cutterswhere kids
PMI-598 PMITodayMarch2017(P).indd 5
PMI Today March 2017 Page 5
learn about, become comfortable an important role. Ill just have a buddy
with and use technology to create helping me out.
physical things.
Ms. Romero: In legal services,
PMI Today: Could AI take over intelligent algorithms perform tasks
routine tasks of professionals such previously done by paralegals and
as project managers? What about lawyers. AI-enhanced e-discovery
non-routine tasks? software can analyze documents using
key words and phrases in a fraction of
Ms. Tharp: Many problems we face
the time for a fraction of the cost as
as project managers require us to
humans. If AI can assist doctors with
operate with incomplete or uncertain
diagnostics and treatment plans, and
information. Artificial intelligence can
expensive lawyers are assisted with
actually make our work as project
cheaper software on e-discovery tasks,
managers much more effective. I
it is likely that AI will improve or take
dont know about you, but doing
over some project management tasks
the administrative part of project
such as cost estimates, hiring and
management is not where I want to
risk management.
spend my time. Instead of dragging
myself through creating another PMI Today: How can AI be used to
status update, or wondering what allow project managers to focus on
the likelihood really is that my data higher-value work?
center will be attacked by a hurricane,
Ms. Tharp: Its more important than
that task could be outsourced to AI-
ever that projects are aligned with
powered computers.
organizational strategy. Theres a place
How nice to have more time to for us here to do things that machines
focus on the interesting part of my are not currently coded to do
job! I can afford to be more creative Continued on page 6
coming up with ideas, I can manage
my stakeholders more effectively, or
at least I can maybe have time to go
out to lunch instead of shoveling in a
terrible sandwich at my desk.
In the world of artificial intelligence,
our software becomes smarter over
time, as it experiences the kind of
issues that teach us to be smarter
over time. When I was first starting
out, I had a few mentors who helped
advise me when the going got rough.
Wouldnt it be nice to have a smart
mentor again, someone (or something)
who can recognize the patterns that I
cant see yet, and might help me make
a better decision?
It will be a while before my AI starts
showing the kind of leadership skills
I need to get everyone on my team
working together well. So Ill still have
2/10/17 10:02 AM
 Page 6 PMI Today March 2017
From the Board Continued from page 5
evaluating change requests in the light
of overall strategic objectives, ensuring
that project constraints and outcomes
take into account sustainability
objectives, and boosting our risk
management practices so that were
operating at a higher level.
Ms. Romero: The use of AI will
transform project management
decision making. Efficiency gains in
activities such as project monitoring
will allow project managers to focus
on areas where AI falls short, such as
ensuring strategy realization, team
building and people management.
A primary source of value creation
in todays world is the processing of
information through AI.
PMI Today: Can AI programs and
robots ever replace smart teams led
by skilled project managers?
Ms. Tharp: Years ago, I was designing
a project management methodology
for a large biotechnology company.
There were a couple dozen project
managers who all had different levels
of experience. We needed to get to
the point of developing repeatable,
excellent results, and we couldnt
wait until everyone on the team
was certified.
So what to do? I ended up working
with a software engineer to design a
simple program. A project manager
answered a bunch of yes-or-no
questions related to risks in the project.
Had this project been undertaken
before? How big was the team?
Was this super critical, like a failure
could mean loss of life? The answers
to those questions spit out a list of
deliverables the project manager
needed in order to plan his project
effectively. I had basically coded
a project managers wisdom and
experience into a simple program!
Now imagine if my little program
got smarter over time, if it was able
PMI-598 PMITodayMarch2017(P).indd 6
The use of AI will transform project
management decision making.
Efficiency gains in activities such
as project monitoring will allow project
managers to focus on areas where AI falls
short, such as ensuring strategy realization,
team building and people management.
Kathleen Romero, MBA, CSM, PMPO, SPC, PMP
to improve itself based on what Chablis state that the quality that
happened in the project. Wouldnt that makes for a smart team (as opposed
be amazing? to smart individual) is, their ability to
consider and keep track of what other
The best teams work better than if each
people feel, know and believe. In a
of the individuals on the team work
word, empathy. Without the ability to
on their own. You know how good it
know what humans feel or believe, it is
feels when your team shows collective
difficult to believe that AI systems or
intelligence that is smarter than any one
robotsno matter how intelligentwill
person on the team. That kind of smart
ever replace a smart team.
team would be very difficult to code,
as it doesnt come from any one team PMI Today: Bottom line: Can these
member. Empathy and collaboration technologies eliminate some project
those are tough things to encode. Thats management positions altogether, or
why some branches of AI say that it will they just replace tasks?
wont be mature as a field until we start
Ms. Romero: Emerging technologies
teaching machines human psychology.
and AI have the potential to eliminate
Will we get there? I just dont know.
more junior project management
Machines sure do a lot more than I
positions, replacing some tasks,
imagined when I was a child!
while also presenting opportunities
Ms. Romero: I think AI programs and in other areas.
robots will assist and augment smart
Gartners Top 10 Strategic Technology
teams led by skilled project managers,
Trends for 2017 notes that Rich digital
more so than replacing them. Effective
services will be delivered to everything,
teams are greater than the sum of their
and intelligence will be embedded in
human components and possess a
everything behind the scenes. We call
measurable collective intelligence
this mesh of people, devices, content
that can be greater than the average
and services the intelligent digital
or maximum individual intelligence
mesh...as a leader seeking to exploit the
of their individuals.
digital mesh, you must respond to the
In a 16 January 2015 New York Times disruptive technology trends enabling
web article Why Some Teams Are this future.
Smarter than Others, Anita Wooley,
My advice: Be like AIlearn and adapt.
Thomas W. Malone and Christopher
2/10/17 10:02 AM
 PMI Today March 2017 Page 7

Global Volunteers Gather, Get Ready for Change Continued from page 1
community, and that information
energized the volunteers.
PMIs new approach to organizations
and academia was also of keen interest
to the senior-level volunteers. Entities
in these important markets for the
project management profession will
now be treated as partnerships, rather
than as customers in a buying or selling
relationship. The volunteers learned
that this will enable PMI to focus on the
individual project practitioner.

PMI President and CEO Mark A. Langley

Sustainable Success Our primary role is to deliver value to

As PMI Chair Mark Dickson, MBA, FAICD, our stakeholders. If we deliver value we
PMP, told attendees, PMI is an enviable will remain relevant and if we remain
success story for any organization. relevant, we will grow. It isnt about
To continue to be successful, we growing just to grow. We have the
must evolve, and we must make sure opportunity to transform what it means
our success is sustainable. We must to be a professional association that
continually strive to be current and advocates for and represents people who
relevant to the project management select project, program and portfolio
profession, and make changes to create management as a profession.
PMI Chair Mark Dickson, MBA, FAICD, PMP a sustainable organization. Mr. Dickson assured the attendees that
the transformation wont change the fact
About LIVPM that volunteerism is an essential part of
PMI. It is part of our culture, one of our
PMI has a strong corps of global-level volunteers who advise staff and other
values and a competitive advantage.
volunteers on many of its programs and services. Once a year, these senior
It is part of our North Star.
volunteers look forward to the Leadership Institute Volunteer Planning
Meeting (LIVPM), a face-to-face confab in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. This Three Pillars
year, 175 of 184 leaders (30 attending LIVPM for the first time) made the trek and, PMI President and CEO Mark A. Langley
unlike several meetings in the past few years, there was no snowstorm to make told the senior volunteers that PMI has
travel interesting. formed a strategy department to further
At this event, dedicated volunteers involved in almost two dozen advisory groups develop our strategy competency.
and committees that support the PMI Board of Directors assemble to plan their Murat Bicak, senior vice president,
year and work toward their chartered goals, all with the aim to move PMI forward. strategy, is heading this department.
LIVPM also offers its attendees many opportunities to network with the other Operationalizing the Boards strategic
global-level volunteers and share lessons learned. decisions will require mastery of three
Continued on page 8

PMI-598 PMITodayMarch2017(P).indd 7 2/10/17 10:02 AM

 Page 8 PMI Today March 2017
Global Volunteers Gather, Get Ready for Change Continued from page 7
strategic pillars over the next five years
strategic focus, customer centricity
and organizational agility:
n PMI will examine its slate of prod-
ucts and programs to see how they
fit within the new focus, with an eye
on the products that best meet the
needs of the individual practitioner.
n Customer centricity means chang-
ing our offerings based on customer
needs. The backbone of this effort
will be customer segmentation. By
developing clear customer profiles
and robust value propositions, we
can deliver improved customer expe-
riences and scale to meet the needs
of tomorrows customer.
n Organization agility enables a
quick response to the voice of the
customer, as well as better change
and risk management, according to
Mr. Langley. PMI plans to strengthen
and integrate its sensing capabilities,
enable product innovation capability,
explore new growth opportunities,
and assess and revise metrics
as needed.
Our message is
resonating with
the U.S. federal
government.
In December,
the Program
Management
Improvement and
Accountability
Act (PMIAA)
was signed into
law. It calls for
an emphasis on
best practices in
federal projects
and programs.
This magazine, with a cover story featuring
Mr. Langley also
PMI, was given to attendees at the World
reported that
Economic Forum.
the new U.S.
government administration includes a
director of strategic initiatives, former
Microsoft executive Christopher Liddell.
PMI-598 PMITodayMarch2017(P).indd 8
He reiterated an Institute aspiration he
shared in past LIVPMsPMIs desire
to have a role in the World Economic
Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Mr.
Langley said PMI is getting closer to
attending. He said attendees at the 2017
Davos event all received a publication
of European CEO magazine with a cover
story featuring PMI.
Team Building and Analysis
An important priority of the senior-
level volunteers attending LIVPM
and project managers everywhere
is building a successful team. Attendees
all benefited from a keynote session on
team building and analysis, presented
by Adrian Furnham, PhD, professor of
psychology, University College, London,
and the author of 700 scientific papers
and 50 books.
Prof. Furnham noted the team issues
that can occur when technical people,
for example, are promoted beyond
their skill set. He said the biggest team
issues hes seen are trust, having the
ability to disagree (not being frightened
of conflict) and Keynote speaker Adrian Furnham, PhD
accountability.
His talk went He suggested appointing a neutral
through many observer to comment on team
aspects of team members behaviors that might not
behavior and otherwise be noticed. Prof. Furnham
team success, also said that brainstorming works
including emotional better as an individual exercise than
intelligence, the something done as a group, and is
conflict between better for problems with a definite
cooperation and answer, not for problems with
competition, many answers.
individualistic
The bottom line on teamwork,
versus collectivistic
according to Prof. Furnham, is how
cultures, and
you work with other individuals. The
personality types
dynamic of a team is important. How
and teamwork.
can a team be more functional? By
High-performing
making sure its members are happier
teams have clear
and more productive.
goals and plans,
enhanced communications, and timely The bulk of the five-day meeting was
decision making; manage conflict well; taken up by individual group working
and are clear on team members roles, sessions, where the almost two dozen
he said.
2/10/17 10:02 AM
 PMI Today March 2017 Page 9

Board support committees and advisory

groups planned how they will progress
their chartered goals. However, there
were also numerous opportunities to
network with the other global-level
volunteers and share lessons learned.
One such opportunity was an offsite
reception at the Barnes Foundation, the
art institution famed for its extensive
collection of Impressionist and early
modern paintings. Prior to the opening
of the galleries, Barnes Executive Vice
President, CFO and COO Peg Zminda
gave a short talk on the complex project
of moving the entire collection from
its former home in Merion Station,
Pennsylvania to the current site in
Philadelphia. The project was completed
on time, under budget and with no LIVPM attendees enjoyed a dinner and networking event with a beach theme.
damage to the art.

LIVPM always has a component of fun.

PMI-598 PMITodayMarch2017(P).indd 9 2/10/17 10:02 AM

 Page 10 PMI Today March 2017
Global Volunteers Gather, Get Ready for Change Continued from page 9
Attendee Perspective
Alo Odefa Obasi, CAPM, and Emily
Luijbregts, PMP, are both first-time
LIVPM attendees and members of
the PMI Community Champions
Advisory Group. This team will provide
recommendations on
a new program aimed
at building productive
relationships
with exceptional
members of the
ProjectManagement.
com community, Ms. Obasi
with the end goal of
improving community
offerings and
removing barriers to
participation. Both
joined this group
to give back to the
project management
Ms. Luijbregts
community.
I strongly believe in being the change
that you want to see and, when the
opportunity came to help PMI with its
Champion program, I jumped at the
chance, said Ms. Luijbregts. I am very
excited in helping coordinate the strategy
for the champion role and being involved
in defining what a champion is, and
selecting and keeping champions. She
thinks the new PMI focus on individuals
is good for the champions program and
makes PMI stronger.
Ms. Obasi said she was touched
by the support she sees from other
volunteers and staff at LIVPM. Her
favorite moment was meeting Mr.
Langley, especially in light of his signing
her Certified Associate in Project
Management (CAPM) certificate. She
is looking forward to seeing the strategy
refresh at work.
PMI-598 PMITodayMarch2017(P).indd 10
Jeffrey Smithson, PMI-ACP, PMP, Anna Maria Felici, PMP, and Bernard
and Nagesh Ramamurthy, PMP, have Wong, PhD, PMP, are members of
been members of the PMI Professional the new International Organization for
Awards Member Advisory Group for Standardization (ISO) Member Advisory
multiple years. Mr. Smithson said he Group (MAG). Both have a passion
finds LIVPM always interesting and for standards. Both were chapter
informative, and said its great to see leaders and looking for the next step in
his PMI friends year after year. Mr. volunteer opportunities.
Ramamurthy said each year he is
Dr. Wong said that he
amazed at the number of new changes
has had a long history
introduced at LIVPM.
in the quality assurance
What I really like is not doing my job field. This ISO MAG is
in a vacuum, gathering a great opportunity to
best practices and apply my passions.
lessons learned from
Dr. Felici was a content Dr. Felici
other groups here
contributor for A
at LIVPM, said Mr.
Guide to the Project
Smithson. I volunteer
Management Body of
for many organizations
Knowledge (PMBOK
and I dont see them Mr. Smithson
Guide), third through
rising to the level they
sixth editions, and
could if they met face
very much enjoys the
to face, as the groups
collaboration of global Dr. Wong
do at LIVPM.
volunteering.
Mr. Ramamurthy
Dr. Wong praised LIVPM, saying it is
enjoys the opportunity
great to meet the other attendees who
to informally mentor
are so focused on the global intent of
new people in all Mr. Ramamurthy
PMI. Its not just networking, he said
volunteer groups.
of LIVPM. I had no idea it would be so
Mr. Smithson, like many at LIVPM, big. Its very important work.
progressed to global-level volunteering
He thinks advisory groups role is to
after being president of his local
do just thatadviseand both he and
chapter. He likes to tell chapter leaders
Dr. Felici say their group is not about
that there are other roles outside of the
making decisions. They both feel that
local chapter to aspire to, and that they
staff members helping their group
should continue to grow as a
set the agenda for the year are very
PMI volunteer.
respectful of volunteers limited time.
Regarding changes coming up for PMI,
Dr. Felici said it is very important
he said that we are in a good place
that PMI focus on individuals now,
to undergo change now. We shouldnt
especially because individuals
just sit back. We need to find new
themselves, rather than their
roads forward.
organizations, define peoples careers.
2/10/17 10:02 AM
 PMI Today March 2017 Page 11

PMI China News c on gre sse s | c on fe re n c e s | se mi n ars | symposi ums | e- Learning

Volunteering in China Continues to Grow

T he year 2016 was a flourishing
one for PMI China, as volunteering
activities were continuous and
two new volunteer teams were set up in
Ningbo and Chengdu City. Hundreds of
people joined to strengthen the power
of the PMI China volunteer team.
After the two new volunteer teams
were formed, they helped conduct
two activities,
themed on
a business
analysis sharing
session in
Ningbo and a
volunteering
salon in
Chengdu.
aspects of team management: project
team selection, team costs and outputs,
balance of team working and learning,
and balance of the team performance.
Its exciting to see fresh blood in the
development of Chinese volunteering.
We hope to see more people join the
PMI China volunteer team. This team,
expected to get stronger, will promote
Jojo Xu, PMI China community specialist,
more interactions and services for project
introduced information about PMI,
management in China.
including PMI certifications, the growth
and development of the PMI China
Community and the construction of the
Chengdu volunteer team. At the end of
the salon, volunteers asked questions
regarding project management. As the
activity was first held in Chengdu, the
volunteers were inspired by the salon
and looked forward to participating in
future events centered around project
management in this area.
Zhang Chang, PMP

The business
analysis sharing
session of
Bruce Yu
PMI China
Ningbo volunteers team was supported
by Bruce Yu, supervisor of Union
Pay and Zhang Deyou, PMI China
senior community commissioner.
Mr. Yu gave a keynote talk entitled
Business Analysisthe Edge Tool for
Strategic Docking and Requirement
Ningbo volunteer team
Management. He comprehensively
analyzed the value of business analysis
in project management. The volunteers
considered the session a great
networking opportunity and a chance for
them to learn about PMI and its news.
In Chengdu, Zhang Chang, PMP, senior
project manager, joined the volunteering
salon and carried out discussions
with the attendees about project
management. He gave a keynote speech
about the key project management skill
of team building. Mr. Zhang shared four Chengdu volunteer team

PMI-598 PMITodayMarch2017(P).indd 11 2/10/17 10:02 AM

 Page 12 PMI Today March 2017
2017 Pulse of the Profession
Organizations Are Seeing More Success
with Implementing Strategic Initiatives
T here is good news from our
annual Pulse of the Profession
research: For the first time in five
years, more projects are meeting original
goals and business intent and being
completed within budget.
More good news from Pulse: There
has also been a significant decline in
money wasted, 20 percent from a
year ago. Poor performance is causing
organizations to waste an average of
$97 million for every $1 billion
investedless than in any of the nine
years PMI has been doing Pulse research.
Figures are U.S. dollar amounts, but
represent a percentage that applies to
any currency.
Our findings confirm what we have
learned in the past: When proven
project, program and portfolio
management practices are implemented,
projects are more successful.
This report, PMIs annual survey of proj-
ect management practitioners and lead-
ers, aims to advance the conversation
around the value of project manage-
ment. The research represents feedback
from 3,234 professionals globally who
represent different levels within organi-
zations from diverse industries.
What Is Success?
The definition of success is evolving.
The traditional measures of scope,
time and cost are no longer sufficient
in todays competitive environment.
Realizing expected benefitsthe ability
of projects to deliver what they set out
to dois just as important. So, for the
first time, when determining project
success, we looked at levels of benefits
realization maturity as well as the
traditional measures. Through this wider
PMI-598 PMITodayMarch2017(P).indd 12
Project Performance Averages
of champions versus underperformers
Average percentage of projects completed on time 88%
UNDER-
CHAMPIONS PERFORMERS
24%
Average percentage of projects completed within budget 90% 25%
Average percentage of projects that meet original goals/business intent 92% 33%
Average percentage of projects experiencing scope creep 28% 68%
Average percentage of projects deemed failures 6% 24%
Average percentage of budget lost when a project fails 14% 46%
lens, we identified two new performance professionals (i.e., the PMI Talent
levels among responding organizations: Triangle), with 32 percent of survey
respondents considering both technical
n Champions: Organizations with 80
and leadership skills a high priority
percent or more of projects being
a 3 percent increase over last year.
completed on time and on budget,
and meeting original goals and busi- n Benefits: More attention is being paid
ness intentand having high benefits to benefits realization management.
realization maturity. One in three organizations
(31 percent) reports high benefits
n Underperformers: Organizations
realization maturity.
with 60 percent or fewer projects
being completed on time and on n PMOs and Strategic EPMOs:
budget, and meeting original goals Organizations can bridge the chasm
and business intentand having low between high-level strategic vision
benefits realization maturity. and implementation with a project
management office (PMO). Among
As expected, champions have higher
organizations in our survey that have a
project success rates (92 percent, versus
PMO, half report having an enterprise-
33 percent of underperformers) and
wide project management office
enjoy more successful business out-
comes: They waste significantly
less money due to poor project
performance. These findings suggest
that organizations are becoming more
mature with their project management
practices and are investing in several
factors that distinguish more successful
project performance:
n Talent: Organizations are stressing
the importance of developing the
technical, leadership, and strategic and
ONE IN THREE ORGANIZATIONS REPORT
business management skills of project HIGH BENEFITS REALIZATION MATURITY
2/10/17 10:02 AM

(EPMO). And those that align their
EPMO to strategy report 38 percent
more projects meet original goals and
business intent and 33 percent fewer
projects are deemed failures
n Executive Sponsorship: What is the
top driver of whether projects meet
their original goals and business in-
tent? Our research shows it is actively
engaged executive sponsors. Survey
respondents indicated 62 percent of
their organizations projects had ac-
tively engaged sponsors, compared to
59 percent in the previous year.
n Agile: Organizations increasingly are
embracing agile as a technique for
managing projects. A full 71 percent
of organizations report using agile
approaches for their projects, either
sometimes or more frequently.
Driving Decisions and Outcomes
Every day, executive leaders are driving
decisions and outcomes to make
improvements in their organizations.
Many are making the connection that
projects and programs are the core of
their strategic initiatives.
Leaders in our 2017 survey classify
more of their organizations projects as
strategic initiatives (50 percent, versus
38 percent in 2016). Yet, one in four
(28 percent) of those strategic initiatives
failed outright.
The primary cause of failure was a lack of
clearly defined objectives and milestones
to measure progress (37 percent),
which suggests a lack of discipline when
implementing strategy.
CHAMPIONS
Organizations with 80% or more of
projects being completed on time and on budget,
and meeting original goals and business intentand
having high benefits realization maturity
(7% of organizations in study).
PMI-598 PMITodayMarch2017(P).indd 13
PMI Today March 2017 Page 13
Trends Creating
Growing Need for
Project Leadership
A number of dramatic
shifts are causing
organizations to
pause and reevaluate
their relevance and
their ability to meet
current and future
market demands. The
shifts are creating
opportunities for
project managers
to elevate their
value as a strategic
partner in business
success. These
project leaders are
helping to drive
optimum project
performance
when faced with the following
trends and issues:
and opportunities, including an
n Digital advancements, such as robotics increased need for skilled and
n High customer expectations, pushed experienced project leaders.
by instant feedback on social media
As noted, Pulse research aligns with the
n Disruptive organizations, such as increased emphasis to be more agile,
those in the share economy customer-focused and competitive.
n Changing workforce demographics, Throughout 2017, PMI will explore these
with mean age of the workforce goals further in relation to issues of agile
going down transformation, including in the PMO,
that are driving business change. We
The trends may change the nature of the
will focus on how people, process and
work, but the competencies demanded
culture are being impacted in the pursuit
by them are critical project management
of greater agility and the demand for
capabilities. Organizations and project
greater innovation.
professionals will make the most of the
disruptionsnot just react to them. The 2017 Pulse of the Profession report
Change, after all, creates new projects includes quotes and case studies
from leaders in a
variety of prominent
UNDERPERFORMERS organizations such as
Organizations with 60% or fewer of Caterpillar Inc., Telstra
projects being completed on time and on budget, Corporation, Michelin,
and meeting original goals and business intentand Teradyne and CH2M.
having low benefits realization maturity The report is available
(12% of organizations in study). for download at
PMI.org/pulse.
2/10/17 10:02 AM
 Page 14 PMI Today March 2017
Events Calendar
PMIToday Deadlines:
MAY 2017......................................... 15 MARCH
JUNE 2017........................................... 14 APRIL
Free listings in the PMI Today Events
Calendar are reserved for activities organized
by PMI, its communities and its cooperating
organizations. For information on how to
purchase a paid advertisement in this
calendar, email advertising@pmi.org.
Please see PMIs online Events Calendar at
PMI.org/events/calendar for more events.
MARCH 2017
2324 March
PMI Mass Bay Chapter
9th Annual Professional Development
Day North 2017
Wakefield, Massachusetts, USA. Each year the
PMI Mass Bay Chapter brings together talented
speakers and quality product and service firms
to produce a high-caliber professional develop-
ment conference, and increase awareness of
the positive impact of project management on
profitability, competitive advantage, strategic
change and employee engagement. pmimass-
bay.org/professional-dev-day.
APRIL 2017
7 April
PMI North Saskatchewan Chapter
2017 Professional Development Day
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Ready,
Set, Grow! The 2017 Professional Develop-
ment Day will feature Alan Mallory (Project
Everest), Lee Genier (Saskatchewan Rush) and
Interested in having a FREE
PMI Today event listing on this
page? Please go to
PMI.org/events/calendar
and click on the link for
submitting events.
Your listing will be considered
both for the PMI.org
online calendar and the
PMI Today calendar.
PMI-598 PMITodayMarch2017(P).indd 14
UPCOMING >
PMI CONGRESSES AND EVENTS
PMI EMEA Congress
Rome, Italy
13 May 2017
PMI.org/emeacongress
PMI Global
Conference
Chicago, Illinois, USA
2830 October 2017
PMI.org/global-conference
Jolene Watson (Clarity Coaching & Develop-
ment), speaking on a wide range of project
management topics aligned to the PMI Talent
Triangle. Earn eight PDUs when you join us
for this event filled with learning, networking,
great professional development and fun.
pminorthsask.com.
78 April
PMI Northeast Florida Chapter
2017 PMI Northeast Florida Chapter
ConferenceExpand Your Horizons
Jacksonville, Florida, USA. Enhancing your
leadership and management skills while keep-
ing up with business trends is essential for all
professionals. Whether you are new to your
profession or have many years of experience,
our PMI Northeast Florida Conference is the
place to be. Come join us for this signature
event to enrich your skill set, network with
like-minded individuals and expand your ca-
reer horizons. pmi-nefl.org/2017-conference.
1819 April
PMI Southwest Ohio Chapter
Mega Event 2017Navigating Projects
in Turbulent Times
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Mega Event keynote
speakers will be delivering morning sessions
offering new insights that apply to the current
market place in turbulent times. Afternoon
workshops in themed tracks include change
management in a dynamic business environ-
ment, the impact of agile on implementing
projects, how to blend traditional and agile
projects and real transformational leadership.
Networking receptions each day.
me17.eventbrite.com.
19 April
PMI Canadas Technology
Triangle Chapter
An Evening with Jim Snyder
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Join PMI Founder
Jim Snyder, PMI Fellow, with guest Peter
Monkhouse, PMP (a former PMI Chair) for a
discussion of PMIs beginning, current trends
and where project management is heading as
a profession. pmi-ctt.org.
20 April
PMI Southern Ontario Chapter
An Evening with Jim Snyder
Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Join PMI Founder
Jim Snyder, PMI Fellow, with guest Peter
Monkhouse, PMP (a former PMI Chair) for a
discussion of PMIs beginning, current trends
and where project management is heading as
a profession. soc.pmi.on.ca.
28 April
PMI Great Lakes Chapter
PMI-GLC 16th Annual Spring Symposium
Novi, Michigan, USA. PMI-GLCs annual
symposium is an educational and networking
2/10/17 10:02 AM
 PMI Today March 2017 Page 15

c on gre sse s | c on fe re n c e s | se mi n ars | symposi um s | e- Learning

forum designed to facilitate continued

2023
professional development in the latest tools, M
D enver, arch
techniques and advancements made in the SeminarsWorld Events Colora
do, US
field of project management. The annual 36 Ap A
spring symposium is one of the highlight Leading subject matter experts share their experience Montr r il
e
events the chapter has offered for the last and deep knowledge on a variety of emerging topics. Canad al, Quebec,
15 years. The 2017 theme is Mastering Whether you are looking to build your leadership a
Complexity in Project Management. skills, work on soft skills such as communications and 14 M
ay
pmiglc.org/content.php?page=Symposium. collaboration or delve deeper into agile, these events P hiladel
Pennsy phia,
provide unique opportunities to learn and connect lvania,
JUNE 2017 USA
with the project management community. 45 M
ay
57 June Rome,
Learn more about SeminarsWorld courses Italy
PMI Parana Chapter being held in these locations and throughout 2629
12th annual Brazilian Conference of the world. Use PMIs search tool for project Mega S June
em
Management, Projects and Leadership management training matched to your O rlando inarsWorld
, Florid
Curitiba, Brazil. With the support of other 14 specific needs. Visit learning.PMI.org. 1720 a, USA
PMI chapters in Brazil, the events objective Indiana July
is to provide its participants an excellent Indiana polis,
opportunity to improve their professional , USA
skills, and stimulate networking and
business opportunities for entrepreneurs
and companies. The three-day event will
feature lectures with renowned professionals,
workshops and interactivity among the
participants. cbgpl.org.br.

AUGUST 2017
17 August
PMI Honolulu, Hawaii Chapter
Professional Development Day 2017
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Save the date! We
welcome our project management community
and anyone interested in leadership and
professional development. pmihnl.org.

Live Webinars from ProjectManagement.com

As a valued member of the ProjectManagement.com community, you can access webinars that provide insight from the industry's most respected
voices on the most relevant and important topics todayand earn PDUs.

16 March, 3:00 p.m. EDT (UTC 4)
Project HEADWAY: What We Still Get Wrong
About Team Building
The idea of team building has been around for more than 50 years.
So has the dominant model of team building. The only problem is
that it doesnt actually work. We will revisit what we knowand
should knowabout building effective teams. Presented by Mark
Mullaly, PhD, PMP.
21 March, 1:00 p.m. EDT (UTC 4)
Emerging TechnologiesThe New Norm
for Projects
Industry and subject matter experts believe that we are in the early
stages of an era of technological advancement that will dwarf the
internet era. Having a basic understanding of these technologies and
their current status will provide program and project managers with
the tools they need to move forward. Presented by Kevin Coleman.

For more information and to register, visit ProjectManagement.com/Webinars.

PMI-598 PMITodayMarch2017(P).indd 15 2/10/17 10:02 AM

 Advertisement
Page 16 PMI Today March 2017

PMI-598 PMITodayMarch2017(P).indd 16 2/10/17 10:02 AM

 PMI Today March 2017 Page 17

Award Applications Due 15 May

Show Your Pride in
Pro Bono/Volunteer Projects
I n keeping with the focus of the PMI
Educational Foundation (PMIEF),
Project Management for Social Good,
the PMIEF 2017 Community Advance-
ment Through Project Management
the PMI Professional Awards Gala at
PMI Global Conference.
The Individual Project Manager recipient
also receives an all-expenses-paid trip
n

n
How the project was
identified, planned and executed
How available resources
were managed
to the PMI Professional Awards Gala at n How the nonprofit/
Award recognizes pro bono/volunteer
PMI Global Conference, and, his or her nongovernmental agency partner
project management contributions
nonprofit partner receives a US$5,000 demonstrated the incorporation
to nonprofit/nongovernmental
cash award. of the use of project management
organizations. The deadline to submit
applications is 15 May 2017. skills in the organization
The representative of the nonprofit/
nongovernmental organization receiving n Completion of a pro bono/
Project managers and project
pro bono project management guidance volunteer project that has a
management teams completing
from the Corporation/Government high-value, mission-catalyzing,
successful pro bono/volunteer projects
Agency recipient will receive a US$5,000 organizational impact
over the last three years (January
cash award and an all-expenses-paid trip
2014May 2017) are encouraged to For more information visit pmief.org,
to the PMI Professional Awards Gala at
submit applications in one of three go to Scholarships, Grants and Awards,
PMI Global Conference.
categories: PMI Chapter, Individual and click on Awards. Or, view a video
Project Manager and Corporation/ An independent panel of expert judges highlighting one of last years recipients
Government Agency. will evaluate the projects submitted in at pmief.org/get-inspired/stories-
each of the categories on: collection/caterpillar.
Project managers and their nonprofit/
nongovernmental organization (NGO)
partners are recognized for a significant
volunteer achievement that applies proj-
ect management principles to increasing
a nonprofit/NGOs competencies, and,
through the completion of a project,
improves the capacity of the organization
in the delivery of its important services.
The PMI Chapter Category is
accelerated by Hewlett Packard
Enterprise. One representative of
the PMI chapter recipient receives
an all-expenses-paid trip to the PMI
Professional Awards Gala at PMI
Global Conference. One representative
of the nonprofit/nongovernmental
organization receiving pro bono project
management guidance from the From left, Suketu Nagrecha, PMP, PMIEF 2016 board chair; Tracy McKinney, 2016 Community
chapter receives a US$5,000 cash Advancement Through Project Management AwardIndividual Project Manager Category recipient;
award and an all-expenses-paid trip to Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez, PMP, PMI 2016 Board chair.

PMI-598 PMITodayMarch2017(P).indd 17 2/10/17 10:02 AM

 Page 18 PMI Today March 2017
Chapter Links
PMI Karachi Pakistan Chapter pmikarachi.org
Dual and Relevant Themes for IPM Day Celebration
By Sana Waqar, PMP, director, publications and Tashbeeh Zehra, volunteer, publications
T he PMI Karachi Pakistan Chapter
celebrated International Project
Management (IPM) Day 2016 with
a full-day event capped by presentation
of its annual project management awards.
The conference had two session themes:
Project Management Culture and
Entrepreneur Project Management.
2016 Chapter President Asghar Ali Syed,
in his welcoming address, told attendees
that the chapter has been operating very
consistently for the last 10 years. Based on
its high performance, it was named one of
three finalists in its size category for the
PMI Chapter of the Year Award in 2016.
Prof. Ahsan Iqbal, minister of planning,
development and reforms, through his
special message, appreciated the chapters
approach for organizing events on themes
The Project Award of Corporate Excellence, given to the
organization with the most chapter and PMI members for the year,
was earned by Pakistan Petroleum Ltd. for the third time.
PMI-598 PMITodayMarch2017(P).indd 18
news | people | projects
that are much needed in todays age of
competitiveness. He expressed that the
event themes have direct relevance in the
current scenario of megaprojects, such
as the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
(CPEC), which will help Pakistan stand
prominently among emerging economies.
Leading organizations across the world
are embracing project management as an
instrument to deliver goals in an effective
and timely manner. Fortunately, Pakistan
is not lagging behind in any way, Prof.
Iqbal said. He added that entrepreneurs
all over the world are considered national
assets, and Pakistan has much to celebrate
with young entrepreneurs making it to the
forefront of the global stage
Prof. Iqbal noted that CPEC is the first
project of its type, involving more than
15 ministries and autono-
mous bodies in its imple-
mentation. The project
offers new dimensions
and brings forth enormous
learning opportunities
for project management
practitioners, he said.
The event was honored by
the presence of renowned
industry professionals,
speakers and experts.
Farrukh Iqbal, PhD, dean
Advertisement
and director, Institute of Business Admin-
istration, and Mohsin Sheikhani, chair,
Association of Builders and Developers of
Pakistan, were the invited chief guests. Dr.
Farrukh Iqbal showed how countries with
better project management cultures are
the ones with faster economic develop-
ment and growth. He recommended cer-
tifications and training for project teams,
and use of project management software
and formal project management units to
run projects.
Mr. Sheikhani said that the current most
important need is to prepare the people
for upcoming challenges and provide
them training for successful survival in the
market. Management skills have become
important for businesses to achieve goals
effectively, he said.
Panel discussions were held on Chang-
ing the World as Project Manager and
Entrepreneur Project Manager. In the
former, panelists noted that project teams
comprise different people with different
mind-sets. For project success, a leader
should be able to minimize these differ-
ences by managing and instructing in such
a way that results become achievable.
In the latter discussion, industry leaders
expressed that entrepreneurship is not
just limited to start-up firms anymore. For
survival, it is important that owners should
be able to organize, manage and make
2/10/17 10:02 AM

Chapter Links
optimum use of resources. They con-
cluded that to avoid the chance of failure,
entrepreneurs need project managers to
go to the next level. Project managers
streamline systems for entrepreneurs to
progress well in their domain, they said.
This friendship of project management
and entrepreneurship will have positive
impacts in the long run.
Experts and audience took a keen interest
in the discussion and recommended that
PMI Long Island, NY Chapter pmilic.org
Podcast Brings Value to Member Experience
By Brian K. Wagner, MBA, PMP, vice president, marketing
P MI Long Island has added to the
member experience by sponsoring
a podcast called Scope of Success.
Each episode delivers business life
lessons and educates the audience
one interview at a time. The podcasts
are hosted by chapter Vice President,
Marketing Brian Wagner, MBA, PMP,
and chapter Director of Marketing James
Kittle, PMP. The aim of each episode
is to bring out guests perspectives on
From left, Brian K. Wagner, MBA, PMP, and James
Kittle, PMP, hosts of the podcast Scope of Success.
PMI-598 PMITodayMarch2017(P).indd 19
the chapter and its collaboration partners
develop programs for both entrepreneurs
and project management professionals.
Chapter Executive Vice President Fahad
Ahmed, PMP (now chapter president)
presented the vote of thanks. He
especially recognized and appreciated
volunteers contributions, noting that
they are the lifeblood of the chapter and
of project management community.
business techniques, as well as strategies
on finding employment and keeping
employment, all in a fun, humorous way.
The guests who appear on Scope of
Success range from students, beginning
professionals, CEOs and even politicians.
Some guests are directly related to
the chapter and give opinions on
the importance of membership and
certifications.
One of the best PMI Long Island, NY
Chapter membership perks is having a
speaker from a monthly chapter meeting
on the show after their presentation.
This gives meeting attendees a more in-
depth and entertaining discussion on the
subject matter they had just heard.
Scope of Success is not limited to any
professional field or demographic, but
since the hosts are Project Management
Professional (PMP)-certified, they do
speak with authority and discuss their
own experiences.
Advertisement
PMI Today March 2017 Page 19
news | people | projects
The IPM Day celebration coincided
with the 10-year anniversary of the PMI
Code of Ethics & Professional Conduct.
To mark this event, Zahara Khan, PMP,
a member of the PMI Ethics Member
Advisory Group and past president of the
chapter, conducted the Who Wants to
Be a Smiley-onaire game. Through this
fun game, event participants got to test
their knowledge of the Code while earn-
ing smileys. The game also highlighted
the recently launched PMI Ethics Toolkit.
Since podcasting started becoming
popular around 2001, this audio blog
format has become a major force in
how businesses, entrepreneurs and even
individuals reach out to others and share
information and ideas. Listening to these
podcasts gives you a candid insight into
the interviewed person and provides
a more in-depth view into the subject
matter of your interest.
Remember, if you do listen to a podcast
and enjoyed it, please provide and share
the feedbackthis is how the listener can
participate in the collaboration process.
Find Scope of Success at pmilic.org/
index.php/audio-podcast.
2/10/17 10:02 AM
 Page 20 PMI Today March 2017

Chapter Links news | people | projects

PMI Tampa Bay, Florida Chapter pmitb.org

Booth at Jobs Fair Boosts PMI Veterans

Hiring Initiative
P romoting the awareness and
value of the Project Management
Professional (PMP) and Certified
Associate in Project Management
(CAPM) certifications, the PMI Tampa
a military liaison and
support program
for their community
outreach. PMI believes
that service members
Bay, Florida Chapter had a booth at and veterans have
a recent jobs fair for veterans. This already performed
event, sponsored by RecruitMilitary and project and program
Disabled American Veterans, included management, just
over 70 exhibitors and educators utilizing military
offering job opportunities and career methods and
insights. More than 500 participated. An terminology. Through
article by Jay Hicks, PMP, the chapters the PMI Program for Jay Hicks, PMP (right) presents the PMI challenge coin to chapter
member and veteran Glenda Kenneth, CAPM.
military liaison, in the January issue of Preparing U.S. Military
RecruitMilitary greatly enhanced interest for Project Management veterans, 12 participants at the job fair
in learning about PMI and the value Careers, chapters can assist military committed to joining the PMI Tampa
associated with getting the PMP. personnel and veterans to get certified Bay, Florida Chapter new member
I am so impressed with how much and obtain rewarding civilian jobs, while orientation night. Chapter leaders
project experience service men and enabling the civilian workforce with believe this is the next logical step in
women have. It is such a natural fit for high-quality project professionals. service members becoming familiar with
them to pursue the PMP, which helps The interest in the PMP and CAPM and pursuing PMI certification.
them go for great jobs in the commercial [certifications] was overwhelming For more information on the PMI
market, said Sandy Cobb, PMP, PgMP, it was non-stop activity said Mr. Hicks. Veterans Program, check out Take
PfMP, who has advocated and supported It was wonderful to see some chapter Your Military Experience and Transition
PMIs military liaison effort since its members come by and thank us for to a Career in Project Management,
inception in 2014. being at the job fair. We even presented available at PMI.org/MilitaryTransition.
Along with the PMI Tampa Bay, Florida two challenge coins to two of our
Chapter, almost 70 other U.S. chapters veteran Tampa Bay members, one for
have joined PMIs initiative of adopting achieving the PMP certification (Robert
Handzus) and the other
for achieving the CAPM
certification (Glenda
Kenneth). The chapter
created the PMI
challenge coin in honor
of military challenge
coins given for
excellence and carried
to prove membership
and trust.
In the spirit of
increasing outreach to
Mr. Hicks presents a challenge coin to chapter member and veteran military personnel and
Robert Handzus, PMP. The PMI booth.

PMI-598 PMITodayMarch2017(P).indd 20 2/10/17 10:02 AM