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The PMI Central Ohio Chapter works to create new programs and improve existing ones for the benefit of the chapter and the local community. The success of the chapter and our ability to provide high quality programs is only achievable with the help of our members who volunteer. It is through the dedication and commitment of individuals like you that we are, and will continue to be, successful. We are always looking for volunteers to join our team as the Chapter continues to grow and broaden its services to the member community. You can volunteer on the leadership team or on one of the committees.

Programs - February 2010

February 2010 Central Ohio PMI Programs Theme: Managing Complexity – The Agile PPM

Organizations are beginning to take an enterprise view of projects and treating them as investments not as expenditures. As organizations mature with respect to managing its projects, attention has turned away from individual projects towards the portfolio of projects. Successful project execution continues to be a critical success factor and the choice of investments in those projects is now an integral part of corporate strategy. Ensuring your PM toolbox contains this knowledge is the driving reason for January’s theme: Managing Complexity – The Agile PPM. Each of February s events (Feb 11 Chapter Evening Meeting and Feb 12 One Day Workshop presented by Bob Wysocki; Feb 27 Saturday One Day Workshop presented by Gary Monti, and Feb 24 Morning Meeting presented by Andrew Burns) will address a different aspect of the theme.

02/11/10: Agile PPM – A Resource Constrained Approach

Program Note: Dr. Wysocki's presentation will be rescheduled due to a personal emergency.

We are pleased to have Greg Githens present "Program Management Tips for Implementing Strategic Initiatives. 02/12/10: Managing Complexity in the Face of Uncertainty

Program Note: Dr. Wysocki's presentation will be rescheduled due to a person emergency.

We are pleased to have Greg Githens present "A Toolbelt for Requirements Capture".

02/24/10: Fixing the Broken WBS

02/27/10: Decision-Making and Uncertainty: There Be Dragons! How to simultaneously address stakeholders and a no-scope environment

Presenters: Greg Githens, Gary Monti, and Andrew Burns

Programs - March 2010

March 2010 Central Ohio PMI Programs Theme: – Getting Results

Successful Project Managers know they are expected to get results. Successful project execution continues to be a critical success factor and PM’s are responsible for building quality relationships, handling conflict and controversy, ensuring customer satisfaction, and driving productivity, efficiency, and innovation. Leading-edge best practices can make all the difference between leading consistently successful projects and playing the victim with troubled projects. Project Managers need to be able to perform at their best, benefiting their projects, organizations, and careers. Ensuring your PM toolbox contains this knowledge is the driving reason for March’s theme: Getting Results. Each of March’s events (Mar 11 Chapter Evening Meeting - presented by Jeffrey Ford; Mar 17 Morning Meeting – presented by Rebecca A Ansley, PMP; and Mar 25 - 26 Co-Sponsored PD Workshop – presented by Clark A. Campbell) will address a different aspect of the theme.

03/11/10: 4-Conversations – Daily Communication that Gets Results

03/17/10: Deliverable Identification and Management

03/25/10: The One Page Project Manager (OPPM) – Day 1

03/26/10: The One Page Project Manager (OPPM) – Day 2

Presenters: Jeffrey Ford, Rebecca A Ansley, PMP, and Clark A. Campbell

Special Events

Date	Time	Event
02/03/2010	11:30AM - 1:30PM	Encapsulating the Agile Process

President's Message

2010 is the 35^th Anniversary for Project Management Institute Central Ohio Chapter (PMICOC). PMI was founded in 1969 by working project managers, and 2009 was its 40^th Anniversary. PMICOC was founded in 1975, behind the driving force of an OSU professor interested in project management and became the 3^rd chartered PMI chapter after Houston and San Francisco. Here are the history highlights of the first 35 years of PMICOC as I have been able to collect and compile.

PMICOC Certification Program

The PMI Central Ohio Chapter offers a PMP Certification Prep class at the Franklin University - Dublin Campus. The objective of this review class is to assist the candidate in preparing for the PMP certification exam. The exam covers the knowledge areas defined in PMI's Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). The class is intended to be a series of review sessions (10 total) for the exam and is not an introductory course in project management. Candidates should have some experience in project management prior to attending the seminar. Click here for more information about PMI Central Ohio Current Certification Programs and Dates.

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