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COMMUNITY OUTREACH Give Back To The Community! Earn PDUs! Network! Develop Your Leadership! We are calling all PMI – Houston Chapter members and friends! We will be partnering
with Rebuilding Together Houston this Fall to complete several home improvement projects on October 20th and October 27th. Rebuilding Together Houston is seeking experienced Project Managers to lead work crews, as well as individuals to participate on work crews. You and your PM skills are needed!
IN THIS ISSUE: Community Outreach 1
New Outreach Director‐at‐Large 2 Recognition: Volunteer of the Quarter 3 COMING IN AUGUST
Events/Training Programs 4
Featured Dinner Events 5
Announcements 6‐7
Sponsors 8Motto: A safe and healthy home for every person Mission Statement: Bringing volunteers and communities together to improve the homes and lives of low‐income senior and disabled homeowners.
Work crews typically consist of 10 – 20 people, logistics, tools, expertise, human needs, safety review, motivation and training. All construction materials are provided for each project. No construction skills? No problem. There are opportunities for painting, landscaping and general clean‐up work! Expectations are a commitment to complete the assigned work, focus on safety of all involved, make the work fun by measured challenges, engage the homeowner, relish in the successes, and have pride in the results! Send an email to [email protected] to express your interest in either leading a crew or participating on a PMI – Houston Chapter work crew. Additional information will be provided to you over the next couple of weeks.
SEPTEMBER 2012
Volume 02, Issue 09
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myPMI-H NEWS SEPTEMBER 2012 Introducing Ram, PMI Houston’s new Director-at-Large for Outreach
Earlier this year, the PMI-H Board of Directors identified the need of expanding our Outreach program to increase the visibility of our chapter with local corporations, community, and academic organizations. “The outreach program was previously part of the chapter’s marketing function, however, due to its broader impact to the chapter, the PMI-H Board decided to create a director-at-large position, which would be solely focused in the outreach program” said Karen Duncan, PMI-H VP of Marketing. The month of August marked an interesting and welcome development for our Outreach Programs. We have a new leader for the Outreach arm of PMI-Houston. Ram Iyer is our newly appointed Director-at-Large for Outreach and will
spearhead the core mission of Outreach - to increase local visibility of the Chapter, seize opportunities to advance the project management profession, and to actively engage our membership in these initiatives. The mission of Outreach will be achieved by delivering successful initiatives across the three silos – Academic, Community and Corporate. Ram is currently employed with Hewlett-Packard where he leads the implementation of key programs and initiatives focused on improving the quality of products and processes. He has a diverse set of experiences across the value chain ranging from Industrial engineering, Process Re-engineering, ERP implementation program management, Product Data Management, New Product Introductions, Quality PMO and People Management. Ram has a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering, a Master of Business Administration and is also a Project Management Professional (PMP). Ram believes that Outreach is a powerful way for PMI-Houston to “make a difference”. By becoming more visible across the three building blocks of corporate, community and academic; we not only create a positive branding for PMI but also drive home the fundamental knowledge or project and/or program management best practices. “We are very pleased to have Ram joining our team. Ram is bringing new ideas to the board and I am certain that the results of his contributions will be seen in the next few months”, said Rita Barrantes, PMI-H VP of Communications. We welcome Ram to the PMI-Houston Chapter Board and look forward to working closely with him in the coming months.
Above: Ram Iyer, PMP, is the new PMI-H Director-at-Large for the chapter’s outreach program.
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myPMI-H NEWS - Announcements SEPTEMBER 2012
Bushra Khokhar was selected as the PMIH Volunteer of the 2nd Quarter Award because she was instrumental in helping prepare the Chapter of the Year (COY) award for 2012. As part of her role:
• She participated in numerous conference calls and meetings to review progress. • She prepared Board of Director communications, sent them out and followed up with
each Director to gain the appropriate information. • She reviewed and analyzed all COY input for accuracy and appropriateness. • She helped finalize the COY submission with time to spare for a final review. • She was able to accomplish this with a busy schedule and positive attitude. Her availability and willingness to work on a very large and diverse project dealing with the upper level management of PMIH chapter was outstanding; she did it with professionalism, a true example of the fine qualities of a great volunteer. PMI Houston Chapter shows our appreciation by selecting Tammy Hong as our Volunteer of the 2nd Quarter.
PMI Houston is currently accepting Project of the Quarter applications for the 1st Quarter of 2012 through March 31st. The Project of the Quarter award recognizes, honors, and showcases the accomplishments of the project as well as the project team. Candidate projects exhibit superior performance and exemplify project management excellence. Eligible projects include those that were managed by a team based within the Houston community. You do not have to be a PMP or a PMI member to apply for the award. The project must have been successfully completed within the last 12 months. The winners will receive: • Recognition for their organization and the project team throughout the Houston community. • Feature article and interview in the monthly newsletter • Identification of the winners on the PMI-Houston website • Recognition and presentation of certificate at the PMI monthly Galleria meeting at the HESS Club
To apply for “Project of the Quarter”: complete the POQ Evaluation Worksheet available in our Web site at http://209.59.145.132/downloads.php and send via e-mail to [email protected]. Applicants will receive a confirming e-mail or phone call when their package is received.
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myPMI-H NEWS - Events & Training SEPTEMBER 2012
NORTH DINNER MEETING: Topic: TBA September 11, 2012 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM Speaker: TBA Dinner Meeting: Strack Farms Restaurant 5707 Louetta. Spring, TX 77379 GALLERIA HESS CLUB DINNER MEETING: Answered: Your Toughest Agile Questions September 12, 2012 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM Speaker: Julie Chickering Dinner Meeting: HESS Club 5430 Westheimer Road. Houston, TX 77056 Read More… SOUTHWEST MEETING: John Maxwell’s 5 Levels of Leadership: Your Key to Project Success September 19, 2012. 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Speaker: Carla Fair-Wright Schlumberger – Sugar Land Campus 210 Schlumberger Drive. Sugarland, TX 77478 Read More… DOWNTOWN MEETING: Topic: TBA September 27, 2012. 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Speaker: TBA Main Houston public library branch – Concourse level room 500 McKinney Street. Houston, TX 77002
RISK MANAGEMENT FOR PROJECT MANAGERS - ESSENTIALS (8 PDUs) September 7, 2012 8:00am to 5:00pm Tri Tech Surveying Company 10401 Westoffice Drive. Houston, TX 77042 Read More… MANAGING PROJECTS WITH MICROSOFT PROJECT 2010 - ESSENTIALS (14 PDUs) September 10-11, 2012 8:00am to 5:00pm EPM Architects Training and Solution Center 6300 West Loop South, Suite 570. Bellaire, TX 77401 Read More… MANAGING PROJECTS WITH MICROSOFT PROJECT SERVER 2010 (21 PDUs) September 17-20, 2012 8:00am to 5:00pm EPM Architects Training and Solution Center 6300 West Loop South, Suite 570. Bellaire, TX 77401 Read More… LEADERSHIP ESSENTIALS (7 PDUs) September 21, 2012 8:30am to 4:30pm Tri Tech Surveying Company 10401 Westoffice Drive. Houston, TX 77042 Read More… PMP® & CAPM® PREP – 4 day (Up to 35 PDUs) September 24 – 27, 2012 8:30am to 4:30pm Tri Tech Surveying Company 10401 Westoffice Drive. Houston, TX 77042 Read More… CERTIFIED SCRUMMASTER TRAINING September 25 – 26, 2012 9:00am to 5:00pm MicroTek/Texas Training 11200 Richmond Ave, Suite 100. Houston, TX 77042 Read More… PMI-ACP EXTENSION COURSE September 27, 2012 8:30am to 4:30pm MicroTek/Texas Training 11200 Richmond Ave, Suite 100. Houston, TX 77042 Read More…
For events and training programs please register online. Additional information about coming
events and training is available at http://www.pmihouston.org/meetinginfo.php
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myPMI-H NEWS - Featured Events SEPTEMBER 2012
Speaker
Julie brings more than 15 years of experience in the software development industry - most recently at Travelocity.com as an Agile team mentor and at a leading global Agile consultancy as a Senior Consultant.
: Julie Chickering is an Agile Coach with Rally Software in Boulder, Colorado. Her passion is coaching teams to a better, more fun work life. She has the proven ability to transfer job knowledge and skills to all levels, including distributed teams, and has a solid track record leading teams through the challenging transition from waterfall to Agile practices.
Julie is a board member of the Agile Project Management Network (APLN), dedicated to connecting, developing and supporting great project leaders. Julie is a co-founder of the Dallas chapter of the APLN. Julie is a Certified ScrumMaster and holds PMP and PMI ACP certifications, and has been an active PMI member for 6+ years.
Topic: Answered - Your Toughest Agile Questions . As the PMI embraces Agile project management practices, Project Management professionals are left questioning what it means for their career. Rally Software asked what PM’s wanted to know about Agile, and thousands responded with their most pressing Agile questions: How traditional roles change? How do distributed teams use Agile? How do I work with waterfall teams? In this presentation Agile coach Julie Chickering discusses these questions - and more - and provides real-life examples of what how Agile impacts PMs, their responsibilities and their teams.
Meeting Sponsor
www.rallydev.com
: Rally Software is the recognized leader in Agile application lifecycle management (ALM). We are dedicated to helping organizations embrace Agile and Lean development practices that increase the pace of innovation and improve product quality. The company’s experienced services group, including training through Agile University, guides companies through the organizational change required to become innovative, Agile businesses. For more information, visit .
Additional information about Chapter dinner events is available at http://www.pmihouston.org/meetinginfo.php
Did You Know? We have chapter meeting sponsor opportunities available. Please mention to your organization. For more information contact Giovanni
Fanduiz, VP of Programs at [email protected].
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Follow us on LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1844565&trk=hb_side_g for information about our coming social events and networking opportunities.
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myPMI-H NEWS – Sponsors SEPTEMBER 2012 We would like to acknowledge and thank our sponsors for their continued support to our Houston chapter: PLATINUM SPONSORS
Saudi ARAMCO GOLD SPONSORS
SILVER SPONSORS
BRONZE SPONSORS
