2014.04 - PMI Netherlands Newsletter

Contents

Presidentrsquos Column 2

Welcome to the April Edition 3

Our Sponsors 4

Events Calendar 5

Take our PMP Exam Coaching Class Autumn 2014 edition 5

From the desk of the Director Events 6

A fabulous evening at our new Partner INSynQ 7

PMI Netherlands Summit 3rd

Edition 8

Planet Agile BPUG (in Dutch) 9

The Agile PMO and Winning Project Teams workshops 9

Welcome to our 850th member of PMI Netherlands 10

Call for Volunteers Assistance in development of a Serious Game on Project Management 10

PMBOK Guide Pocket companion 11

Recently certified PMI Netherlands members 12

Learn more about PMIrsquos newest practice guide Navigating Complexity A Practice Guide 12

Your Expertise is Needed to Create Valuable Content 12

PMI Journals 13

PMIs Communities of Practice Webinars March 13

Letrsquos stay in touch 14

Project Management Humor 15

April 2014

Volume 44 Issue 4

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

2

Presidentrsquos Column

Last month was an awfully busy month but it was fun as well as I needed a lot of my

project management skills and experience to rescue what we had worked on for month

Managing projects for me still is a synonym for fun as it means that you are working on

making a difference facilitating your customer or principal to accelerate their ambition

Thatrsquos what motivates me to do everything possible to deliver Why than did we need

severe action to rescue this project I think it has to do with the lack of understanding at a

supplier in this case what really matter to the customer what the project is all about

Project success for sure is much more than delivering agreed scope on time and within

budget To a certain extent with lots of comments that is precisely what the supplier did

Nevertheless supplier frustrated customer frustrated Project Manager the only happy

guy as in situations like this he can use the full wealth of his skills and experience We are

on track again but why is this happening so often Why did we hear similar experiences from the Greenery at

our latest chapter event at the premises of our new partner INSynQ Why are we very interested in real stories

about real projects

As in my example and in many examples you can think of project success and failure are very close so we

decided to have this as our Summit 2014 theme (see wwwpmi-netherlands-summitcom) We compiled a

program worthwhile at least considering of attending Seats are still available

Besides I could do with a bit of help in preparing myself for the Summit a kind crowd thinking so to speak I

need to provide a 10 minutes talk to introduce the Summit I would like to use this opportunity to share your

thoughts on project success and failure What is project success to you it that something we can measure or

alternatively can we define when we consider a project a failure So I need your input on this Join me on

linkedin Help me to define the thin line between project failure and success

Looking forward to you crowd thought and hope to see you at our Summit or at our chapter meeting that is

hosted by Kembit on May 21st Details in this newsletter and of course at wwwpmi-netherlands-chapterorg

Thatrsquos it for now Letrsquos keep up to good work Enjoy being a project manager enjoy being part of the PMI

community in the Netherlands

Cees Pijs President



3

Welcome to the April Edition

I have the pleasure to welcome you to the April PMI Netherlands Chapter

Newsletter This time the issue contains few invitations to events organized

by our friends We also welcome our 850 member and looking for volunteers

to assist creation of PM game

We encourage you to take a look at upcoming events chapter meetings

Summit and PMP exam Coaching Class

We have also some news from PMIorg and as always PM Humor

Cover Koningsdag 2014 by Paula Abrahao

Małgorzata Krakowian Director Marketing and Communications

Editorial Office

Małgorzata Krakowian

Karen Obi

Contact communicationpmi-netherlands-chapterorg



4

Our Sponsors

Thank you to all our sponsors for their generous support

GOLDEN SPONSORS

SILVER SPONSORS

PARTNERS

FACILITY SPONSORS

Want to become our sponsor Please check our website for more information



5

Events Calendar

Take our PMP Exam Coaching Class

Autumn 2014 edition We are happy to announce that next PMP Exam Coaching Class will take place on

11 October 1 November 15 November 29 November

Registration for the next PMP Exam Coaching Class is now open

Deadline for registration 24th September 1400

Already certified

Please forward this information to your colleagues

PMI Netherlands Chapter Other

May 2014

6 Program Management LIWg Revival More info

21 Chapter Meeting Decision making in political sensitive environments

More info

June 2014

12 PMI Netherlands Summit More info

October 2014 11 PMP Exam Coaching Class 14 More info

November 2014 1 PMP Exam Coaching Class 24 More info

15 PMP Exam Coaching Class 34 More info


May 2014

22-23 - New trends in Project Management - Agile and Lean Development (Sopot Poland)

More info

June 2014

10 Northern Star Consulting - Certified ScrumMaster class at Zeist

More info

September 2014

10 Threon - CAPM Certification Prep More info

November 2014

13 Synergy 2014 ndash PMI UK Conference (London UK)

More info

26 Threon - Project Portfolio Management More info



6

From the desk of the Director Events

Dear all

I would like to start this monthly update from the Events desk by informing you

once again about the upcoming May events

middot The Program Management LIWg Revival in Utrecht on May 6

middot The Chapter meeting with this time as topic Decision-making processes in

political sensitive environments on May 21 in Eindhoven

Please take a look at our website to find more details and to register

Results World Cafeacute discussions at the annual meeting

Our annual meeting combined with a world cafeacute in which we were asking for

your input was received very well and today we have a summary of the outcomes for you (thanks to Ben

Bolland who volunteered to write these down) What did we do We asked several question which were

answered in groups The groups then switched members to re-evaluate and sharpen the answers and

recommendations After a few table switches the chairmen of the different tables were asked to present the

results from their tables

A summary in key words

Question 1 What is happening in the current world of Project Management

- Increasing attention for environment health safety

- More demand for more standard solutions

- More requirements for (big) data (also for managing KPIrsquos) and reporting

- We see more PMOrsquos coming up (to support the demand for reporting measurement and admin work)

There were also some concerns that there is some devaluation of the PMP value but there is still an increased

need for more accreditation The team felt that Project Management is increasing to be seen as a lsquorealrsquo

profession which is asking for more certification

Question 2 What do these TRENDS mean to our profession

- Bringing Professional PM experience to the business (IT perspective)

- Shift from PM to value management (focus on results more self-steering teams) More selling the

project than doing PM

- Position the Chief Project Officer in the board to get also better recognition for project management as a

profession and standardization

- Need to keep change the way to execute projects Agile restrictions webbased training lean-mean

companies etc

Question 3 What could the PMI-NL Chapter do to support you even better

- Capture trends and provide info via PMI so to make sure we are frontrunners of the profession

- Offer Volunteering PM-services to communities (for good causes bv Roparun Alpdu6hellip)

- Facilitate broader events incl CUSTOMERS (ie not only internal attention but involving line

management more)

- More World Cafe-like interactive session is positive inspiring and refreshing

- Facilitate webmeetings on interesting topics and for sharing experiences (modern easy access no travel)

- Promote PM in the board rooms

- Promoting PM as profession bring it to high-schools and university Student membership

Henk-Jan Molenkamp

Director Events



7

I expect that you can see many of this recommended improvement coming back in our 2014 2015 program to

bring you the best value possible for your PMI membership

PMI Speaker at Oil amp Gas Conference

I have been asked as Director Events of the PMI Netherlands Chapter to be one of the speakers on the Global

Forum on Project Management for the Oil and Gas industry on June 2 and 3 in Amsterdam

This is great news because it will allow us to bring the importance of the certification and accreditation of

project management and the job of project management as a whole to the attention of senior managers in the

industry (see also outcome of the World Cafeacute session) Itrsquos my intention to give the attendees a view into the

current challenges of project management in oil and gas In addition it would be nice to provide them with an

overview of trends Trends that we PMI Netherlands Chapter see in the market and which we will support to

take shape Trends that can happen due to further collaboration increased expertise and great cooperation

within teams of project management professionals

And for this I need help

If yoursquore working in the Oil amp Gas industry please fill in our survey to present the latest and greatest to the

senior managers attending the conference

Go to httptinyurlcompmi-oil-gas and fill in the survey

By doing this you help us as your chapter to improve how we should support you but more importantly we

can make leaders in your industry aware on how they should improve facilitate or change their projects for the

better Thanks in advance for helping out

Let me end this article by asking for YOUR HELP once more we are always very much interested in interesting

speakers for coming chapter meeting Feel free to drop me an email when you have an interesting topic or an

gifted presenter speaker at eventspmi-netherlands-chapterorg

A fabulous evening at our new Partner INSynQ Our latest chapter meeting was hosted by our new partner INSynQ In parallel to the focus area of INSynQ the

meeting was all about SAP After a short introduction of INSynQ by Peter Oueumlndag Wim

van de Wiel and Huub Janssen discussed their project approach at the Greenery

They were able to turn a rather disastrous project into a success How What I learned

are a few simple lessons like practice what you preach turn it from push into pull donrsquot

forget about your users eventually they are all that matters and keep it stupid simple In

a very honest and open dialogue Wim and Huub took us into the real world of mushroom

logistics From that understanding and their passion for delivering success they start

building a very successful SAP implementation Simple thing nothing fancy Two feet in

the mud

After the break Jens Broetzmann explained why SAP embraced Agile adding

specific flavours to align it to the SAP needs Why Because Agile is all about

creating a dialogue with all parties involved is about short iterations to

ensure constant touch basing with business representatives is about

flexibility towards the deliverables is about prioritizing Is Agile then the

solution for everything Absolutely not but is fits in nicely into the SAP best

practices when comes to software development and process integration

Add a splendid buffet and enjoyable drinks at the end to this recipe and the

only conclusion can be that we had a great evening at our new partner

INSynQ Thank you speakers thank you partner

Cees Pijs President



8

PMI Netherlands Summit 3rd Edition

After the very successful and well-received first two editions the PMI Netherlands Chapter and CKC Seminars organize the 3

rd Edition of PMI Netherlands Summit on June 12

th 2014 at FIGI in Zeist

The PMI Netherlands Summit is the platform for ambitious Project Program and Portfolio professionals

To inspire and to be inspired The program provides high quality content to the project management community presented by national and international thought leaders and experts Central theme of the third edition is The thin line between project success amp failure

Members of the PMI Netherlands Chapter receive a special discount Sign up with your membership code and pay only euro 195- excl VAT

Check PMI Netherlands Summit webpage for more information

Silver Sponsors

An inspiring program of the PMI Netherlands Summit 2014 is guaranteed with keynote speakers such as

Jim Lawless One of the Worlds leading inspirational speakers author of Taming Tigers and CEO of the Velocity Corporation

Dr Thomas Juli Managing Director Thomas Juli Empowerment Partners

Martijn Jong Partner amp Director AMI Consultancy

Visitors of PMI Netherlands Summit

2014 receive a free copy of ldquoTaming Tigers Do things you

never thought you couldrdquo by Jim Lawless



9

Planet Agile BPUG (in Dutch)

Find more httpwwwbpugnlseminar-2014html

The Agile PMO and Winning Project Teams workshops

The Winning Project Teams is a highly practical workshop which enables you to use the latest developments in business psychology to create winning working relationships within the project teams and with all project stakeholders During this workshop you will learn about feedback communication and motivation as the key factors of successful collaboration Join the training in Amsterdam on May 22-23

For more details visit httpwptstamfordglobalcom

As a PMI Netherlands chapter member you can

save 10 on the tickets if membership is indicated on sign-up

During this workshop you will learn how to avoid common pitfalls of PMO implementations recognize new

opportunities for PMO and Agile project management and discover better ways of leading and sustaining

change through a strategic PMO The course is for you if you wish to increase your effectiveness learn how to

become more Agile and what use a PMO brings to an organization Join the training in Amsterdam on June

16-17 or in Munich on December 1-2

For more details visit httpagilepmostamfordglobalcom


save 10 on the tickets if membership is indicated in the sign-up



10

Welcome to our 850th member of PMI Netherlands My name is Annet Rozema I work at Astellas Pharma Europe BV in Leiden Astellas is

a midsize global pharmaceutical company with headquarters in Tokyo

In over 14 years working for Astellas I have had several positions in various

departments Since September 2012 I am a member of the Global Project

Management Department where I am one of the Project Managers of drug

development projects The ultimate goal of the drug development process is to

submit a regulatory dossier to the authorities (eg FDA EMA) to obtain marketing

approval of our new medicines and contribute to patientsrsquo medical need

My development project team is multifunctional as well as multicultural There is a physician in my team a

statistician a toxicologist project managers clinical pharmacologists drug development specialists the team

of 14 colleagues consists of no less than 8 nationalities That is why Astellas is for me ldquoa great place to workrdquo

As Project Manager my main responsibilities are to manage timelines and budget of the project(s) as well as

to coordinate project team meetings Drug development projects usually have a global focus and can last up to

10 years after the start of testing of the medicine in humans At this moment one of the ongoing clinical studies

in my project cover 45 countries worldwide Total development costs for new medicines exceed a billion Euro

and these costs are increasing every year

Astellas supports me in my intention to become PMI certified In the past months I participated in a PMP

coaching class which I found worthwhile It is my aim to take the exam somewhere this summer

Other Project Managers of our department are also PMP certified that is nice since it stimulates discussions

about PMI about the PMBOK principles and how these relate to our day to day work at Astellas

Call for Volunteers Assistance in development of a

Serious Game on Project Management Will you participate in creating a cutting edge serious game for training soft skills for project managers We are

looking for project managers junior and senior to assist in putting PMIrsquos project management knowledge into

the game Together with you we will design ways to implement project management knowledge into the game

in line with PMIrsquos PMBOK Guidereg

PMI Netherlands Chapter has partnered with Grendel Games

(wwwgrendel-gamescom) and M-engaged (wwwm-

engagedcom) to create a serious game for (project) managers

The purpose is to train soft skills like leadership communication

conflict handling negotiations etc The project goal is to deliver

a working demo version before the end of this year

The game is aimed at (junior) project managers To create a

successful game from PMIrsquos perspective project management

knowledge from the PMBOK Guidereg and experience based upon

this knowledge is needed



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The project includes the use of cutting edge motion capture techniques and facial expressions in a space

laboratory setting The study work has been done The first studio activities have taken place and game design

is underway Now it is time to include project management knowledge in

the scripts and the gameplay Yoursquore help is needed We want to discuss with you create scripts and game

situations and finally like you to test the prototype

The research on this project has taken quite some time but it

has now come to the final stage where development and

project management knowledge needs to be combined

Look at the images to get an impression where your project

colleagues can train soft skills in the future

In the project we (and maybe you) work together with

experienced game designers and developers Also part of the

project is a skilled psychologist

If yoursquore interested or have additional questions please contact Reneacute Vielvoije (operationspmi-netherlands-

chapterorg)

Bertrand Weegenaar Reneacute Vielvoije

M-engaged PMI Netherlands Chapter

PMBOK Guide Pocket companion

We are proud to let you know that Spanish speaking Chapters have joined our PMBOK Guide Pocket

companion initiative



12

Recently certified PMI Netherlands members The PMI Netherlands Chapter Board congratulates the following members with achieving their

credential in April

Name Credential

Mr Anton L Osinga PMP

Mr Laurens Johan Odekerken PMP

Mr Roel van Teeseling PMP

Sander van Oosterhout PMP

Veronika Ekstrand PMP

Rene Wolbers PMP

Great job

Learn more about PMIrsquos newest practice guide

Navigating Complexity A Practice Guide The PMI Standards area recently completed an informational webinar for CoP leaders on the new practice

guide Navigating Complexity A Practice Guide

This is a new PMI practice guide providing guidance to organizations and practitioners on how to manage

programs and projects that are impacted by complexity It is currently available free online for a limited time

If you would like to learn more about PMIrsquos newest practice guide you may listen to the recorded webinar

here

Your Expertise is Needed to Create Valuable Content

PMI is looking for individuals with expertise or experience in Requirements Management to help us create

much needed content Requirements Management touches on all disciplines and spans every industry across

the profession and the globe

The PMI 2013 Pulse of the Professionreg study reported that ldquopoor requirements management is a major cause

of project failure second only to changing organization prioritiesrdquo As a result this has become a priority topic

for the Institute generating high interest and great conversation

We need your contributions to create content that will be valuable to your peers and PM stakeholders and

help improve project success globally

bull Write articles or case studies

bull Review and edit content

bull Translate templates into another language

bull Present webinars

If you are interested in participating in this effort please apply through the Volunteer Relationship

Management System (VRMS) and search for opportunities under Communities of Practice Please send all

questions and comments to the Communities of Practice department



13

PMI Journals

PMIs Communities of Practice Webinars

March PMI Community of Practice webinars are available exclusively to PMI members and at no additional

cost

Participants may claim 1 Professional Development Unit (PDU) per one hour webinar

6 Benchmarking your HR Technology Roadmap

7 Cloud Computing An Overview for Project Managers

8 Building Information Modelling Roundtable

9 Stakeholders ndash Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice

12 Project Management An Essential Ingredient for Innovation

13 Developing a PM Standard for your Organization

14 Revisiting resistance to change

16 PM for Paradigm Shift in Business Management

20 Key Trends + Findings in New Product Development Processes

20 Project Risk Mgmt from a Financial Risk Mgmt Perspective

21 A framework for Strategy Execution integrating PMO and OCM

22 Just Enough LPM 5 Simple Ways to Get the Benefits

22 Seven Ways to Build Trust

26 Lean Scope Project Management

27 Building a 21st Century Diversity amp Inclusion Business Case

29 Ethics and Sustainability



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Letrsquos stay in touch

Our webpage is the main source of information about the PMI Netherlands Chapter

httppmi-netherlands-chapterorg

You can also sign up here to get Chapter news on your email

Join our LinkedIn group

httpwwwlinkedincomgroupsPMI-Netherlands-Chapter-130083

share your thoughts and join discussions We will also inform you about Chapter events Newletters issues

and other PMI news

You can also follow our company page

httpwwwlinkedincomcompanypmi-netherlands-chapter

Check out our Facebook Fan page

httpswwwfacebookcomPMINetherlandsChapter

which was set up to inform you about recent news and for community building purposes We will let you

know about Chapter events Newletters issues and share with you our meetingsrsquo impressions

Besides the website LinkedIn and Facebook you can follow us on Twitter httpstwittercompminlch

On a regular basis we send tweets to inform you about Chapter events news from PMI etc Have a look

and give it a go and join other followers Looking forward to tweet-connect

If you miss our Chapter meeting or want to hear it again now you can check our YouTube channel where

we publish recordings from our events httpwwwyoutubecomuserPMINetherlands

To make reading our newsletters more convenient for you wersquove created an Issue account where you can

find all our newsletters httpissuucompmi_netherlands_Chapter



15

Project Management Humor



2

Presidentrsquos Column

Last month was an awfully busy month but it was fun as well as I needed a lot of my

project management skills and experience to rescue what we had worked on for month

Managing projects for me still is a synonym for fun as it means that you are working on

making a difference facilitating your customer or principal to accelerate their ambition

Thatrsquos what motivates me to do everything possible to deliver Why than did we need

severe action to rescue this project I think it has to do with the lack of understanding at a

supplier in this case what really matter to the customer what the project is all about

Project success for sure is much more than delivering agreed scope on time and within

budget To a certain extent with lots of comments that is precisely what the supplier did

Nevertheless supplier frustrated customer frustrated Project Manager the only happy

guy as in situations like this he can use the full wealth of his skills and experience We are

on track again but why is this happening so often Why did we hear similar experiences from the Greenery at

our latest chapter event at the premises of our new partner INSynQ Why are we very interested in real stories

about real projects

As in my example and in many examples you can think of project success and failure are very close so we

decided to have this as our Summit 2014 theme (see wwwpmi-netherlands-summitcom) We compiled a

program worthwhile at least considering of attending Seats are still available

Besides I could do with a bit of help in preparing myself for the Summit a kind crowd thinking so to speak I

need to provide a 10 minutes talk to introduce the Summit I would like to use this opportunity to share your

thoughts on project success and failure What is project success to you it that something we can measure or

alternatively can we define when we consider a project a failure So I need your input on this Join me on

linkedin Help me to define the thin line between project failure and success

Looking forward to you crowd thought and hope to see you at our Summit or at our chapter meeting that is

hosted by Kembit on May 21st Details in this newsletter and of course at wwwpmi-netherlands-chapterorg

Thatrsquos it for now Letrsquos keep up to good work Enjoy being a project manager enjoy being part of the PMI

community in the Netherlands

Cees Pijs President



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Editorial Office


Karen Obi




4

Our Sponsors


GOLDEN SPONSORS

SILVER SPONSORS

PARTNERS

FACILITY SPONSORS




5

Events Calendar






Already certified



May 2014



More info

June 2014






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More info

June 2014


More info

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More info

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