Delivering Quality Results in Information Technology Projects Email Registration Manager Duncan Smith, PMP at [email protected] to Register

In this Message First Notice of February 15th 2012 PD Seminar "Delivering Quality Results in Information Technology Projects" Location and Times PDU Claims for Full Day Registration Policy - Fine Print Other Planned Seminars for 2012 Successful Seminar held November 23, 2011 About the Society - Website www.vcn.bc.ca/pmprof Contact the Officers First Notice of February 15th 2012 PD Seminar "Delivering Quality Results in Information Technology Projects" The 57th PM Professional Day will be held on Wednesday February 15, 2012 at the Holiday Inn, Metrotown. Register now with Duncan Smith, PMP at [email protected] . Do not reply to this email; instead, send a new message to Duncan Smith. Our agenda for the day will include these presentations and workshop sessions: QUALITY METRICS FOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION DELIVERY PROJECTS - Marcel Chiriac, PMP - The PMBOK Quality Management knowledge area takes a generic approach to assessing quality and suggesting quality metrics. However, successful management of application delivery projects needs specific quality metrics that answer important business questions. DEBUNKING AGILE'S ALLURE - A NEOPHYTE'S PERSPECTIVE - Stuart Bourhill PEng, MBA, PMP . Through an analysis of the application of agile development practices in a "traditional" project management environment, this interactive workshop will seek to challenge agile best practices in light of the "classic triple constraint". A case study from the University of British Columbia. RUNNING WATERFALL AND AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WITHIN A PHASE/GATE PROJECT METHODOLOGY - Susan Bush, PMP. Reconciling waterfall and agile software development practices, while adhering to a phase/gate project methodology. This presentation will first look at an implementation of the Phase/Gate Project Management Methodology within a large organization. BALDRIGE CRITERIA FOR PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE - Marko Wolf-Pany, P.Eng., PMP - No matter the size or nature of your organization, the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence can help your organization align resources; improve communication, productivity, and effectiveness; and achieve strategic goals. COMBINING THE ROLE OF TECHNICAL LEADER AND PROJECT MANAGER - Duncan Smith PMP - An report on the presenter's experience in combining the roles of Technical Lead and Project Manager in high-tech development projects in small companies.The similarities of the soft skills required in these roles are vastly more unifying than the hard skills that separate the roles. For more information on the technical program and presenters, contact the Project Manager for the 57th Professional Development Seminar Judy Waywood-Cox, PMP at [email protected] [Top] Location and Times Holiday Inn Metrotown 4405 Central Boulevard Salon's A & B Wednesday, February 15, 2012 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM 7:45 AM Registration - Coffee, Juice, Continental Breakfast Buffet Lunch Inclusive fee: $80 Free underground parking at the hotel REGISTRATION WILL BE LIMITED TO FIFTY (50) ATTENDEES Registration Draw Cut-off: Midnight January 30, 2012 Cancellation Deadline: Midnight Wednesday February 8, 2012. [Top] PDU Claims for Full Day Seminar participants can claim seven PDUs for the day. In addition to the time they spend as participants, Presenters and Workshop Leaders can claim a PDU for each hour spent performing those roles, including preparation time This is a full-day seminar. If you register it is understood that you plan to attend for the entire day. If you leave early it is a discourtesy to your fellow professionals. Another PMP from the wait-list has been denied the opportunity to attend, and the presenters at the end of the day are slighted. [Top] Registration Policy - Fine Print As an incentive - and reward - for service, the November 25, 2009 General Meeting of the Society approved a priority system which gives preferential access to seminar registration. Presenters, workshop leaders, management team volunteers, and retired officers will be given first priority for available seats for a period of time following their service. The remaining seats will be assigned through a lottery as has been done in the past. The list of individuals eligible for first priority seating, along with the rules for assigning available seats, can be downloaded at http://www.vcn.bc.ca/pmprof/A-List.PDF For the February 15, 2012 seminar, once seats have been assigned to the presenters, the management team for the day, and the priority applicants, a lottery shall be used to determine which of the remaining applications for registration are chosen for acceptance, in accordance with the rules set out below. Registration for a seminar does not open until a registration notice, such as this one, is broadcast. There is no provision for advance registration. Only those applications received after the time of broadcast will be considered. Each application received by the Registration Manager prior to midnight January 30, 2012 will be assigned to either an A-list pool or a regular pool. Each application will be given a random priority number within the pool. Available seats will first be awarded to those in the A-list pool in priority sequence. The remaining available seats will be awarded to those in the regular pool in priority sequence. Once the registration limit is reached, the remaining applications will be placed on a wait list in priority sequence, first A-list then regular. Each application received after midnight January 30, 2012 will be assigned the next sequential regular priority number in the order it is received, whether or not the applicant is on the A-list. Each application will be acknowledged and each acceptance will be confirmed by email. Each application received will be considered a firm offer to register and to pay the full fee. Cancellations will be accepted up to midnight, Wednesday February 8, 2012. Those on the waitlist will be accepted in priority order if spaces become available prior to the cancellation deadline. A waitlist candidate will be notified of acceptance by email. A waitlist candidate must cancel to be removed from the list. The Society will issue an email notice of acceptance to the address provided in the registration application, but is not responsible for ensuring that any registrant has received the notification of acceptance. Any registrant who does not show is expected to pay the full seminar fee. Accepted registrants who fail to pay the full seminar fee will be prohibited from applying for registration at future events until the payment is received. Payment by cheque is preferred. Cash is accepted; please try to bring exact change. There is an ATM in the hotel lobby. No credit cards or Interac (debit cards) are accepted. The Registration Manager for the February 15, 2012 Seminar is Duncan Smith, PMP [email protected] [Top] Other planned Seminars for 2012 Six more PD seminars are currently planned for the remainder of the year. Contact the Project Manager listed below for more information or to volunteer your services. March 21, 2012 "Document and Records Management" Ellyn Daly, PMP [email protected] Project Manager April 18, 2012 "Managing Projects Across Distances and Cultures." Duncan Wood, PMP [email protected] , Project Manager May 23, 2012 "Creating Organizational Capability and Individual Competence in Project Management." Lisa Batycki Downs, PMP [email protected] , Project Manager September 26, 2012 "Novel Approaches to Engineering-Construction Projects." Linda Flegel, PMP [email protected] Project Manager October 24, 2012 "ERP Projects - Avoiding the Seven Deadly Sins." John Cooke, PMP [email protected] Project Manager November 21, 2012 "Building and Maintaining Effective Project Teams. " & the Annual General Meeting Eva Blackham, PMP [email protected] , Project Manager There are opportunities for additional presenters, workshop leaders, and Management Team volunteers for these seminars. Those who provide service may earn preferred access to registration in future seminars. Please contact the Project Manager for a seminar or Kim Hunter, PMP, Society President to participate, Kim Hunter, [email protected] [Top] Successful Seminar - November 23, 2011 "Managing Organizational Change" and Annual General Meeting The agenda, organized by Project Manager Jim Marshall, PMP, included these presentations and workshop sessions: LIVELY LEADERSHIP - EQ IN THE WORKPLACE - Shannon Shackerley-Bennett, PMP PROJECT MANAGER AS CHANGE CHAMPION - Nicky Fried PLANNING A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM - Walter Wawruck, PMP STACKING THE ODDS: MAKING PROJECTS "STICK" - Chris Dennis, PMP COACHING AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE - Sue Drinnan Thank-you again, to all the Workshop Leaders, Presenters, Volunteers and Participants for making this a successful event. [Top] About the Society - Website Address The Society of PM Professionals is a voluntary, democratic organization of PMPRs in the Greater Vancouver area, who are dedicated to the achievement of their common purposes in the profession through mutual support, co-operation, and collective effort. There are more than 550 PMPs in the Vancouver area who receive notices of Society events. The Society holds at least three Professional Development Seminars in Vancouver each year. The Professional Development Seminars feature technical presentations and workshop facilitation by PMPs for the purpose of continuing professional development. The seminar is intended for PMPs. However, a PMP may invite guests who are committed to the advancement of the Profession. Practitioners who plan to become certified as PMPs are welcome in particular. For more information on the Society: http://www.vcn.bc.ca/pmprof/ [Top] Contact the Officers of theSociety At the November 23, 2011 Annual Meeting, the officers of the Society were elected for a one-year term. President: Kim Hunter, PMP [email protected] Secretary Treasurer: John Cooke, PMP [email protected] Registrar: Walter Wawruck, PMP [email protected] If you have not yet filled in a membership application, contact Walter Wawruck, PMP, download one from the website, or complete an application at the February 15, 2012 seminar Please let us know if you wish to receive notices from the Society at a different e-mail address. [Top]