December 2006 Newsletter
We do not have a meeting this month, but we wanted to remind you about the PMP Preparation Workshop next month. There is also information below on the January meeting.
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PMP Exam Preparation Workshop - January, 2007
The Wichita Chapter has asked Lee Towe to return again to present his PMP Exam Preparation Workshop. The dates for the workshop are Tuesday and Wednesday, January 16 and 17. If you are wanting to earn your PMP certification, this is a great opportunity to ensure success.
If you are unfamiliar with the PMP certification you'll find the details on PMI's site under the Professional Development & Careers section. PMI has established both educational and experiential requirements that must be met before taking the exam. You will need to have 35 contact hours of project management education. If you have a baccalaureate degree, you will need to document 4,500 hours of leading and directing project tasks over 36 months. With a high school diploma, you will need 7,500 hours of experience over 60 months.
PMI has an on-line application form for documenting your education and experience hours. Many find completing the application to be a challenge in itself as the experience hours are reported by project. You don't have to complete the application in one sitting.
PMI will process on-line applications within 5 business days of when you submit it for review. If you are deemed eligible, you will receive further information about scheduling the exam. You will have a year to take the exam. PMI audits some applications, primarily by a randon selection process. If selected for an audit you will need to provide supporting documentation for your education and/or experience.
If you already have the required educational and experience hours, applying prior to the workshop will allow you to schedule the exam shortly after you take the workshop while all is fresh in your mind.
If you do not have the 35 hours of education, the PMP Prep Workshop will count, but you will not be able to apply until after the workshop.
If you do not have the hours of experience yet, you may want to start your collection of project experience documentation now.
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Wichita Chapter of PMI 2007/2008 Board of Directors Elections
The following slate of officers were elected at the Annual Meeting on November 21st, 2006*******************************************************************
Tuesday, January 16th Chapter Meeting
Networking
Dinner: 6:00 PM
Meeting
Opening: 6:25 PM
Presentation: 6:30
PM
Transforming Lessons Learned Into Lessons Applied
Lee Towe, PMP
President
Innovators International, Inc.
Want to focus and shorten the lessons learned process into something that leads to improved project management at your organization? Start by focusing first on retrieval and application, then how to document lessons in ways that support those goals. The ability to capture and apply lessons learned on an organizational level is one of the most important aspects of a centralized project function, such as a project management office (PMO).
This session provides a list of 20 categories that every organization can use as its starting point for an application-oriented library of lessons learned. You will practice classifying information using this structure. Then half of the session participants prepare a brief project plan using the suggested system while the other half will use a more typical arrangement of previous project information.
Plus you will practice creating a basic parametric model that quantifies lessons learned for faster and more accurate estimating on future projects. Finally, you will learn how to lead a short interactive learning activity designed to convince skeptics how the new lessons learned structure would save them time.
At the end of this session, the attendee will be able to:
• Establish a lessons learned system that emphasizes ease of retrieval and usage as project management teams prepare their next project plans.
• Begin quantifying lessons learned and place them into a model that generates faster and more accurate initial estimates for subsequent projects.
• Demonstrate to others in their organizations the benefits of the new system by leading a 20-minute experiential learning activity provided during the session.
Lee Towe, PMP, is President of Innovators International, Inc., a Charter Registered Education Provider with PMI. He spends most of his time facilitating training workshops and providing consulting services in the area of project management. Lee served on the leadership team for PMI’s Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge® 3rd Edition and was primary author of the Human Resources area. Lee has managed projects for 25 years and trained others for more than 15 years. His SeminarsWorld presentations have earned high ratings (for example, his presenter rating was 4.9 out of 5 at MegaSeminarsWorld 2004) and his 2001 PMI Congress session score was among the highest that year. He is the author of two books: Why Didn’t I Think of That? and Strategic Planning Handbook.
Fee:
No Fee
Dinner is ordered off the menu at the menu price.
Please be sure to RSVP so that we can plan appropriately.
RSVP:
Dave Krofssik
by
5 PM Monday,
January 15th
online
at http://www.pmiwichita.org/meeting_rsvp.html
or
email
to rsvp@pmiwichita.org or
by
phone at 316-250-0586
Location:
Loft 150
above the River City Brewing Company
150 North Mosely
(see map below)
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