June Book Club
| We are excited to announce the ProjectManagement.com June book club! The book club provides an opportunity to participate in webinars and discussions around selected books relevant to the overall practice of project management. The book club occurs in three parts:
The first 25 PMI Members registered for the closing book club webinar will receive a complimentary copy of the book and will be notified via email. Additional participants will have the opportunity to purchase a copy of the book at their own expense. All community members will be able to view the book club opening webinar and participate in the discussion forum. PMI members and ProjectManagement.com premium members will be able to participate in the book club closing webinar. We will evaluate the content of each opening and closing book club webinar to determine the eligibility and breakdown for PDUs. Our book club book for June is Project Management for Small Projects, Second Edition by Sandra Rowe. Sandra F. Rowe, PhD, PMP, MBA, MSCIS is the author of Project Management for Small Projects, Second Edition and has over 25 years of project management experience. Her responsibilities include leading information technology and process improvement projects and developing project management processes and tools. Dr. Rowe provides virtual training for project management, program management, and leadership courses. She received both her MBA and Masters of Science in Computer Information Systems from University of Detroit Mercy and her PhD in Project Management from Capella University.
About the book: Important New Tools for Managing Your Small Projects as Part of a Larger Program! The first edition of Project Management for Small Projects introduced project management processes, tools, and techniques that are scalable and adaptable to small projects. Project managers learned a structured, disciplined approach to managing small projects sensibly and realistically. This new edition is updated throughout to reflect the PMBOK® Guide, Fifth Edition, balancing the particular needs of small projects with the project management methodology. Project managers who are proficient at managing and leading their own projects are increasingly being called upon to work collaboratively with other project managers to lead components of a program. In addition to knowing how to manage processes and how to lead the team, project managers must now also know how to collaborate and share knowledge with other project managers. A new chapter on program management offers important insights and guidance for managing a group of related small projects in a coordinated way to obtain benefits and control not available from managing them individually. Our 2016 book club host is Tolitha Lewis, PMP. Tolitha has been a PMI Volunteer Leader since 2008. She was elected as a Director to the PMI Information Systems Specific Interest Group (PMI-ISSIG) in 2008 and served until the completion of the transition to a Community of Practice (CoP) in 2011. In 2012, Tolitha was appointed to the Leadership Team of the Consulting CoP, now referred to as the Consulting practice area, and has been a leader in the webinar program ever since. Based in Indianapolis, Indiana, Tolitha is a Sr. Project Manager. To register for the closing live book club webinar, please visit the webinar page on ProjectManagement.com, find the book club closing webinar and click on the “Register for this webinar” link. Please visit the book club information and discussion on the Project Management.com books page. For additional questions, please visit the ProjectManagement.com Book Club FAQ page. |
Creator of the Philadelphia Papal Visit App Shares Best Practices—Only at the PMI Information Systems & Technology Symposium
| Learn how to deliver innovative enterprise applications in 30 days. Think you have risks and constraints? So did our keynoter, Neil Gomes, Vice President for Technology Innovation and Consumer Experience at Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health System. His team only had a few weeks to make sure 3,200 employees were staffed appropriately for the Philadelphia Papal visit. Their solution? The JeffBnB app in just three weeks. It involved assigning thousands of staffers to different rooms and campuses, while taking into account all the necessary details. That’s not the only innovative enterprise application Gomes has delivered in 30 days. He’s sharing more examples and tips on how to do this at the PMI Information Systems & Technology Symposium on 30 June 2016. Don’t miss it. Registration is exclusive and free for PMI members. Register now to hear practical examples of a team-driven project delivery system that has propelled innovative development at Jefferson in less than two years. You’ll learn how to analyze, design, develop, release, evaluate, and support innovative enterprise applications with small teams in less than 30-days.
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Increase Your Influence While Helping Your Peers!
| Have you developed content that would help other Project Manager's thrive? With a community numbering in the hundreds of thousands, there are many PMI members who are eager to learn from you! ProjectManagement.com thrives on the participation of our membership, and we are always on the lookout for great new content to share. What are we looking for? Everything from articles, white papers, blogs, webinars, and more. If you've ever wanted to share your thoughts, experiences, or expertise with other project managers, we want to hear from you! Read our Submission Guidelines to better understand what we are looking for. Have an Idea but not sure where to start? Post your idea in the Project Management Central discussion board to get feedback, support, or potential collaborators! You can find all of the details, including submission forms on the How to Contribute Content to Project Management page. A New Engagement Specialist Have you ever wondered who the people running the behind-the-scenes action here in the community are? Our Community Engagement team members focus on keeping the community "always open." for members on ProjectManagement.com and beyond. As we head into summer we've added a new Engagement Specialist to the team - Craig Dalrymple.
He's a father of three children, native resident of Michigan, and avid game player with friends and family. Craig is also a plant-based eater and dedicated vegan home-baker who enjoys surprising and delighting his friends and family with vegetable based comfort foods. You can get to know the rest of the team here. |
Craig joined PMI at the end of the spring, after working with multiple startups and leaders in Silicon Valley and Detroit. He's been actively involved in online communities for 26 years and working professionally in the field for over a decade. Craig likes to invest himself deeply in the communities he supports, with the goal of facilitating a strong connection between online communities and the professional teams who serve them.The Social Project Manager - New Episode Posted!
| Have you been following along with Peter Taylor as he dives into the world of social project management? If so, check out The Social PM Episode 5: Social Project World Challenges. In this episode Peter discusses the challenges of being a social project manager including finding the ability to trust in yourself, your project team and your process so that you can fully embrace social project management. Not familiar with The Social Project Manager series? View all episodes below or on our YouTube channel and follow along as Peter explores balancing the social collaborative world with need for centralized control and governance in project management.
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May Book Club
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| We are excited to announce the ProjectManagement.com May book club! The book club provides an opportunity to participate in webinars and discussions around selected books relevant to the overall practice of project management. The book club occurs in three parts:
The first 25 PMI Members registered for the closing book club webinar will receive a complimentary copy of the book and will be notified via email. Additional participants will have the opportunity to purchase a copy of the book at their own expense. All community members will be able to view the book club opening webinar and participate in the discussion forum. PMI members and ProjectManagement.com premium members will be able to participate in the book club closing webinar. We will evaluate the content of each opening and closing book club webinar to determine the eligibility and breakdown for PDUs. Our book club book for May is Driven by Difference: How Great Companies Fuel Innovation Through Diversity by David Livermore. David Livermore is a thought leader in cultural intelligence (CQ) and global leadership and the author of ten books on cultural intelligence and global leadership. He’s president and partner at the Cultural Intelligence Center in East Lansing, Michigan and a visiting research fellow at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Prior to leading the Cultural Intelligence Center, Dave spent 20 years in leadership positions with a variety of non-profit organizations around the world and taught in universities. He’s a frequent speaker and adviser to leaders in Fortune 500’s, non-profits, and governments and has worked in more than 100 countries across the Americas, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Europe. Dave has authored several other books, including the award-winning titles, Serving With Eyes Wide Open and Cultural Intelligence: Improving your CQ to Engage our Multicultural World (Baker Publ.). Dave loves to take research and make it accessible to practitioners. Dave and his wife Linda have two daughters, Emily, a film student at University of Southern California and Grace, a high school swimmer. Some of their favorite activities are traveling (fortunately!), hiking, and discovering new foods together.
About the book Diversity alone won’t magically spur innovation—it’s just the first step. Today’s workforce is more diverse than ever before. But despite new perspectives and talents, the promise of increased innovation rarely materializes. Why are so few businesses seeing results? Studies show that diverse teams are more creative than homogenous ones—but only when they are managed effectively. The secret is to minimize conflict while maximizing the informational diversity found in varied values and experiences. To do this, both leaders and team members need a high level of cultural intelligence, or CQ. Drawing on success stories from Google, Alibaba, Novartis, and other groundbreaking companies, Driven by Difference identifies the management practices necessary to guide multicultural teams to innovation. Cultural differences can lead to gridlock, or they can catalyze innovation and growth. This research-based plan turns diversity’s potential into economic reality. Our May book club host is Tolitha Lewis, PMP. Tolitha has been a PMI Volunteer Leader since 2008. She was elected as a Director to the PMI Information Systems Specific Interest Group (PMI-ISSIG) in 2008 and served until the completion of the transition to a Community of Practice (CoP) in 2011. In 2012, Tolitha was appointed to the Leadership Team of the Consulting CoP, now referred to as the Consulting practice area, and has been a leader in the webinar program ever since. Based in Indianapolis, Indiana, Tolitha is a Sr. Project Manager. To register for the closing live book club webinar, please visit the webinar page on ProjectManagement.com, find the book club closing webinar and click on the “Register for this webinar” link. Please visit the book club information and discussion on the Project Management.com books page. For additional questions, please visit the ProjectManagement.com Book Club FAQ page. |
