Message from the President Dear Member,
Last month, one of PMI-GLC’s active member and volunteer Mr. Marin Lassers, PMP, passed away. Mr. Lassers was serving the Chapter and project management community as Director in Professional Development committee. He played a key role in PMP Exam reviews, training material editing and compilation. Martin will be missed by PMI-GLC and many of us in project management community.
In the Effective Project Leadership seminar series, we have planned 3 seminars in the month of March apart from monthly dinner meeting and forum event. I would encourage you to check out the website and take benefit of on-line and in-class sessions of this seminar series.
As project management is one of the top skillsets demanded by organizations around the world, this is more important now than ever before. One-fifth of the world’s GDP, or more than $12 trillion, is spent on projects. And with many skilled practitioners leaving or scheduled to leave the workforce due to retirement — a trend the Society of Human Resources (SHRM) identifies as having a major strategic impact for 64% of organizations worldwide — there is a great demand for knowledgeable project managers. To remain competitive and enhance our knowledge, we are required to keep learning and expanding our experience. Every interaction with our fellow project and program professionals and industry peers offers us tips, insights and enables us to find out what is in demand. We can access this current trends and information from blogs, LinkedIn groups, etc. I am sharing some of the links with you that I find useful and ask you to share your links on PMOI-GLC’s LinkedIn group at linked in
Voices on Project Management - http://blogs.pmi.org/blog/voices_on_project_management/ - Glen Alleman’s Herding Cats - http://herdingcats.typepad.com/
- Project Management Hut - http://www.pmhut.com/
- Agile Management - http://www.noop.nl/
- A CIO’s Voice - http://arunmanansingh.wordpress.com/
- Better Projects - http://www.betterprojects.net/
- Bob Sutton’s Work Matters - http://bobsutton.typepad.com/my_weblog/
- Tom Peters - http://www.tompeters.com/
- Sander Says - http://sanderssays.typepad.com/
- The Tao of Project Management http://thetaoofpm.blogspot.com/
PMI-GLC offers many opportunities to learn and earn PDU throughout the year. Our professional development committee is working towards launch of PMI-ACP certification review course in coming months. Two important topics are offered through seminars in March are ‘What Got You Here Won’t Get You There’ and ‘Implementing Corporate Strategy’. Many have benefited from CAPM exam prep classes and another session is being offered in April.
Success of PMI-GLC is attributed to its active members and volunteers. PMI-GLC ensures that new and aspiring members & PMPs can get all the required information on opportunities and benefits this organization offers. These free of cost “New Member Orientation” sessions are intended to help new members. Next upcoming session is scheduled for May 14th. One of the biggest event is upcoming spring symposium on April 24th. It is attended by over 400 professionals, registration is still open and take benefit of reduced rates if you register early.
Thanks again,
Kulveer Virk President – PMI Great Lakes Chapter