May 26, 2023 - Breakfast Meeting - How to Implement Agile in Your Organization - How Not To, with (Bad) Examples

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Recording of the Breakfast Meeting held on May 26, 2023

Presentation Title:  How to Implement Agile in Your Organization - How Not To, with (Bad) Examples

In this presentation, Mike will recount 3 case studies of rolling out agile practices in various organizations, warts and all. We will then discuss how applying fundamental organizational change management principles will allow you to avoid all of the foibles Mike lived through and succeed in your own agile rollout!

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BIO: Mike Dewitt

Mike DeWitt is a seasoned IT professional skilled in synthesizing complex technologies into effective tools of business.  He has performed project, program, and portfolio management in finance, higher education, and insurance industries. He is an expert in several SDLCs, including Scrum and Kanban.  He has implemented project management methodologies in a number of organizations, all the while studiously avoiding the PMP exam himself.

 

May 19, 2023 - PMI Chapter Xchange - Brand to Win build your Brand as a Project Manager!

The #PMIChapterxchange is a collaboration of 24 PMI chapters across the globe about 4 chapters from each continent, 1 from the Middle east, and 2 from Latin America. This initiative serves as a platform for individuals belonging to the project management fraternity to share their ideas, network with each other, and learn from their peers across different countries and cultures.
One leader from each of these chapters is a part of the core team. Every month a new topic is proposed, voted on, and finalized. This month's topic is \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"BRAND to WIN - Build your brand as a project manager !\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"

Chapters of each continent nominate their representative for the panel discussion. 
 

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May 17, 2023 - Agile Series Part 2 - Agile Practices for All Projects (Expires June 17)

 

 

 

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Join PMI Phoenix and IIL Advantage Program as we embark on a two-part Agile series. During these sessions we'll dive into the importance of roles and responsibilities that should be represented on every Agile team. We'll also dive into the importance of Agile practices that can be applied to all projects. Agile will continue to dominate the workplace, so don't miss out on this opportunity to improve your Agile knowledge and experience! This event is free for PMI Phoenix members, and only $10/session for non-members.

Register for Agile Series, Part 1: Agile Roles and Responsibilities 

 

Part 2, Agile Practices for All Projects | May 17, 2023 at 1:00-2:00 AZ time/PDT

Agile methods are becoming increasingly prevalent, and have facilitated projects in reducing time to market, being adaptive to changing customer requirements, and increasing value to customers and organizations. These benefits have been implemented in both IT and non-IT environments to help all types of projects.

This webinar will present ways to leverage some Agile software development techniques and processes that can be readily incorporated into your projects to enable greater flexibility and higher productivity, while maintaining the traditional project lifecycle framework. The overall goal of the webinar is for you to be able to integrate appropriate Agile elements and/or techniques into any project in any environment.

 

What You Will Learn

After this one-hour session, learners will be able to:

  • Apply Agile development techniques in a project lifecycle framework
  • Establish ways to improve productivity

May 10, 2023 - Agile Series Part 1 - Agile Roles and Responsibilities (Expires June 10)

 

 

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Join PMI Phoenix and IIL Advantage Program as we embark on a two-part Agile series. During these sessions we'll dive into the importance of roles and responsibilities that should be represented on every Agile team. We'll also dive into the importance of Agile practices that can be applied to all projects. Agile will continue to dominate the workplace, so don't miss out on this opportunity to improve your Agile knowledge and experience! This event is free for PMI Phoenix members, and only $10/session for non-members.

 

Part 1, Agile Roles and Responsibilities | May 10, 2023 at 1:00-2:00 AZ time/PDT

Agile methods are becoming increasingly prevalent, and have facilitated projects in reducing time to market, being adaptive to changing customer requirements, and increasing value provided to customers and organizations. These benefits have been implemented in both IT and non-IT environments to help all types of projects.

Part of the success of Agile has been a restructuring of roles and responsibilities from the traditional approaches. The overall goal of this webinar is for you to relate the key responsibilities and accountabilities of these roles, and the part they play in a successful Agile project. Lastly, we will provide an overview of the common individual certifications that are available.

 

What You Will Learn

After this one-hour session, learners will be able to:

  • Explain the common Agile roles and responsibilities
  • Scrum Master
  • Product Owner
  • The development team
  • Distinguish the traits and attributes of a cross-functional team
  • Identify the common Agile certifications available

 

Register for Agile Series, Part 2: Agile Practices for All Projects

 

About the Speaker

Steven is a Project Management Professional, Instructor, Consultant, Writer, and Coach with over 50 years of experience in technology management, consulting, and marketing positions. He specializes in the design and installation of business-oriented accounting systems and databases for commercial and government clients in the distributed environment. Steven has a reputation for on-time, on-budget delivery of high-quality software products as well as great communication and interpersonal skills.

April 2023 - PMI Chapter Xchange - The Metaverse – Is it our New WoW

PMI Chapter Xchange Event The Metaverse – Is it our New WoW 2023 – third year of existing with COVID. Complex projects, an exhausted workforce, cost pressures, and looming recession are some added challenges that organizations face today. How does it impact our projects? What’s in and what’s out – Project management in 2023? How does a project manager’s role change in these challenging times? 

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