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ISSUE 11 NOVEMBER 2013 VOLUME 3

LIM & Global Congress, 2013 – NEW ORLEANS PMI Houston Chapter is ‘Leading the Way’ in this year’s Leadership Institute Meetings… (Cont. Pg. No. 7).

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FRONTLINE: LIM & GLOBAL CONGRESS,

2013........................... 1

COMING IN NOVEMBER: EVENTS …………… ….2 TRAINING & PROGRAMS 4 PMI CHAPTER MEETING

FLYER ......................... 5

PMI EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ................11

SPONSORS .................. 12 ANSWERS .................... 13

MY MESSAGE CENTER: LIM & GLOBAL CONGRESS

2013 ...........................6

PROJECT OF THE QUARTER AWARD .........9

LET OUR PEOPLE TALK .8 E-BIZ COLUMN .............7

PM OF THE MONTH ......10

"Leadership is an Invitation to Greatness We Extend to Others, so I inspire as high as I ask others to inspire.” Mark Sanborn

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Coming in November Visit pmihouston.org website for November ‘latest’ meeting details

Usual PMI®-Houston Meeting Times and Locations Venue Time Description

North

Strack Farms Restaurant -

Banquet Hall 5707 Louetta, Spring, TX 77379

(Between Kuykendahl & Stuebner-

Airline Rd.)

http://www.stracks.com

Monthly on second

Tuesday Pre-dinner meeting

5:30 to 6:30 PM

Presentation with guest speaker.

Pre-dinner meeting is free to attend.

Monthly on second

Tuesday Dinner meeting

6:30 to 8:00 PM

Dinner Meeting with guest speaker.

Cost: $25 for members and $30 for non-

members. Walk-ins are an additional $10.

Galleria Area

HESS Club 5430 Westheimer Road

Houston, TX 77056

http://www.hessclub.com

Monthly on second

Wednesday Pre-dinner meeting

5:30 to 6:30 PM

Presentation with guest speaker.

Pre-dinner meeting is free to attend.

Monthly on second

Wednesday Dinner meeting 6:30 to

8:00 PM

Dinner Meeting with guest speaker.

Cost: $25 for members and $30 for non-

members. Walk-ins are an additional $10.

Southwest

Schlumberger Sugar Land Campus

210 Schlumberger Drive

Monthly on third

Wednesday Time: 5:30 to 6:30 PM

Presentation with guest speaker.

This meeting is free to attend.

The Woodlands

Sam Houston State University

Center 3380 College Park Drive, 4th Floor

The Woodlands, TX 77384

Monthly on third

Thursday Time: 6:00 to 7:00 PM

Presentation with guest speaker.

This meeting is free to attend.

*Newest PMI Houston meeting venue.

Downtown

Houston Library Main Houston Public Library

Branch

Concourse Level Meeting Room

500 McKinney Street

Houston, TX 77002

Monthly on last

Thursday Time: 5:30 to 6:30 PM

Presentation with guest speaker.

This meeting is free to attend.

West - Agile

SYSCO 1390 Enclave Parkway Building

1390, Houston, TX 77077-20255

Joint meeting with Agile

Leadership Network (ALN)

Houston Chapter, formerly APLN.

Quarterly on third

Thursday Time: 6:00 to 8:00 PM

Presentation with guest speaker

This meeting is free to attend. For latest

schedule and registration please visit ALN

Houston at www.aplnhouston.org

ALN meets monthly. Meetings in March,

June, September, and December are

promoted jointly by PMIH and ALN.

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Coming in November University of Houston College of Technology

Houston, TX

Monthly on fourth

Tuesday

(during Fall and Spring

semesters)

Time: 5:30 to 6:30 PM

Resuming UH meetings. Presentation with

guest speaker.

This meeting is free to attend.

No meetings on June, July, November, and

December.

Brazos Valley College Station, TX

Every other month.

Presentation with guest speaker.

This meeting is free to attend.

Toastmaster Club Name Location Time

Houston Galleria Project Management Toastmasters

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Atwood 2 Building, Room 215

7502 Fondren Rd.

Houston, TX 77074

First, Third, and Fifth Wednesday

6:15 to 8:00PM

North Houston Project Management Toastmasters

DDeennnnyy''ss RReessttaauurraanntt

12697 N Gessner Dr

Houston, Texas, 77064

First, Third, and Fifth Tuesday

6:15 to 8:00PM

For ‘DETAILS’ on each meeting venue… visit pmihouston.org

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Training Schedule Training Schedule of Classes for November

Date Class Level Location Cost Register

November 2 - December 14, 2013

MOVED!! 6 Saturday PMP & CAPM Prep Intermediate Fluor Daniel $1400.00 -

$1700.00 Register

November 4 - 8, 2013

Managing Projects with Microsoft Project Server 2010 Intermediate EPM Architect Training and

Solution Center $1795.50 Register

November 18 - 22, 2013

Managing Projects with Microsoft Project 2010, Essentials Intermediate EPM Architect Training and

Solution Center $1795.50 Register

November 18 - 21, 2013 PMP & CAPM 4-day Prep Intermediate Tri Tech Surveying Company $1400.00 -

$1700.00 Register

November 25 - 26, 2013

Managing Projects with Microsoft Project 2010, Advanced Intermediate EPM Architect Training and

Solution Center $1795.50 Register

November 25 - 26, 2013

Managing Projects with Microsoft Project Server 2013 Intermediate EPM Architect Training and

Solution Center $895.50 Register

November 2 - December 14, 2013

MOVED!! 6 Saturday PMP & CAPM Prep Intermediate Fluor Daniel $1400.00 -

$1700.00 Register

To see the full list of course offerings please visit the Events tab - http://www.pmihouston.org/meetinginfo.php

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Meeting Information November’s Dinner Meetings:

North -Tuesday Nov 12 & Galleria - Wednesday Nov 13 (5:30 to 8:00pm)

Pre-Dinner Presentation: Keys to Successful Communication in a Global Project Environment

The objective of this presentation is to present to the audience a real life discussion on successful communication in a global project environment and the importance of being authentic and intentional in building relationships in a virtual environment where technology is constantly evolving.

Speaker: Abby Hodge, PMP, MPM Abby is the Director of the Project Management Office for Stage Stores, Inc. in Houston, Texas. Abby has experience in functional team management, Project Management and Business Systems Analysis that has enabled her to perform many roles professionally and personally in various corporate and professional organizations.

Abby has over 20 years in the retail industry with 14 years in the retail information technology space whereby primarily managing projects supporting an array of system development and implementations. Abby holds a Master’s in Project Management from Western Carolina University, Project Management Professional certification, a Six Sigma Green Belt and is a member of Toastmaster’s International. Abby is also a past presenter at the ProjectWorld and World Congress for Business Analysts Conference (November 2009 and September 2013).

Dinner Presentation: Stories, Group Norms, and Culture

Stories create culture by default or by design. When you share true stories of shared values you can embed cohesive team culture, positive habits and group norms that reinforce personal responsibility, collaboration, conflict resolution and meeting deadlines.

Learn to model authenticity with a personal story that illustrates “who you are” and “why you are here.” Consciously providing examples of expectations demonstrates and reinforces the values you seek. Choosing stories with intention ensures stories of mission and values outnumber the naturally high number of entertaining war stories and stress stories we tend to share.

Dinner Meeting Speaker:

Annette Simmons is a vibrant keynote speaker, consultant and author of four books: The Story Factor named as one of The 100 Best Business Books of All Time, Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins , A Safe Place for Dangerous Truth (AMACOM, 1998), and Territorial Games: Understanding and Ending Turf Wars at Work. "The people you want to influence don't want more information, they want faith. Faith in you, your ideas, your plans, your story. How can you tell your story in a way that is compelling? believable? long lasting? Discover how to tell a story that awakens people's faith in you." Annette started with a business degree from Louisiana State University in 1983, spent ten years in Australia in international business, attained a M.Ed. from NC State in 1994 and started Group Process Consulting in 1996. Annette is surprisingly honest, ferrets out hidden opportunities, joyfully takes risks and tells a good story.

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IInnssttiittuuttee.. (Source: www.pmi.org) At PMI, we value our volunteers and want you to succeed and grow your leadership skills. That’s why we have created an

extraordinary program to develop you as a leader: The Leadership Institute.

Through the Leadership Institute, you will find that the time investment you put into volunteering for PMI pays huge dividends.

Leadership Institute offerings are designed to both expand your network and provide you knowledge to develop as a leader in your

PMI community and in your professional career. As a volunteer leader active with PMI communities and project teams, you can

take advantage of numerous programs and activities, such as:

Leadership Institute Meetings – Global face-to-face meetings where chapter and community of practice leaders

collaborate in productive, curriculum-driven educational sessions.

Leadership Institute Region Meetings – Smaller-scale face-to-face meetings to support chapter leaders within their

respective regions.

Leadership Institute Master Class – Intensive leadership development and training for experienced leaders.

Leadership Institute Volunteer Planning Meeting – Annual planning and development meeting for our global Advisory

Groups and Board Support Committees to interact, plan their programs for the year and provide valuable strategic input to

the PMI Board of Directors.

Leadership Institute Virtual Seminar Series – A new program of live webinars and on-demand learning designed to

support chapter leaders to be more effective in their volunteer roles by providing a standardized orientation and training

program.

PMI Learn - An online learning environment, available at no cost to our volunteers, to help you enhance your leadership

skills. PMI's extensive course catalog consists of courses authored by SkillSoft and the Harvard Business Review.

“I thoroughly enjoy going to the Leadership Institute Meeting because there is no other

project manager conference that has over 1,000 volunteers from all over the world

giving back to the organization that has delivered so much value and knowledge to its

members. PMI is the project management standard and the connections, best

practices, and skills revealed at this annual event cannot be matched.”

David Thomas, PMP. 2013 Conference Project Manager

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My Message Center E-Biz Monthly Column:

Get the most out of PMI.org (Part 1 of a series)

How often do you log into PMI.org and utilize the tools available? You probably don’t realize the wealth of knowledge available as part of your membership. Over the next few months we will highlight the sections and share with you what you can find. Let’s start with PMBOK Guide and standards, select from the menu ribbon. You have free access to download the 5th edition. Not only is the PMBOK located here but also Practice Guides on PMI Standards. As seen below available now “Managing Change in Organizations”.

Within this tab you will locate various Practice Standards and Frameworks including Program Management, Portfolio Management, Risk Management, WBS to name a few. There are 3 Standards Extentions specific to project or industry types for Software, Construction and Government.

Also available from the dropdown in this area is the PMI Lexicon of Project Management Terms. If your studying for the PMP this helpful list contains 145 terms are unique to the profession. The terms are also downloadable. If you have ever wondered how standard are derived see Current PMI Standards Projects. This area describes the process and tells you how you can participate in the process. Take advantage of your membership and download some of these items today. Remember they are free with your membership and can be stored and read from a computer, reader or Ipad. You just use your PMI password to access the PDF on your device. Next month we will take a look at the Knowledge Center tab.

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My Message Center ‘Let Our People talk…’ This is a new section that I have introduced in our monthly newsletter so that YOU can voice your idea of something that may

prove to be worthy of EVERYONES attention. I hope you all enjoy it and learn a bit from all the great input provided.

J.E. Farfán, MPM, PMP- Vice President of Communications. PMI Houston Chapter, Inc.

Timely Tips… ‘LEAN’

Did you know an organization can provide Lean Yellow Belt training as a starting point for a company’s process improvement training program? The Lean Yellow Belt course provides a foundation in the tools for executing Lean Six Sigma techniques. No prior training is required to attend a Lean Yellow Belt course.

Here is PMI Houston October question. Test ‘LEAN’ your knowledge.

What is the difference between a Project Manager and a Lean Six Sigma (LSS) Green Belt (GB) during Thanksgiving? a.) The Project Manager (PM) is like your Mom organizing who is to bring what to the Thanksgiving dinner and did they get there on time.

b.) The LSS Green Belt brings the pumpkin pie and creates a pie chart to describe the size of the proportion they are to get based on their age and weight.

c.) After Thanksgiving dinner, the Project Manger takes a break, while the LSS Green Belt creates a value chain on how to efficiently clean the table in a timely manner.

d.) Shopping for Christmas after Thanksgiving, the Project Manager maps out what to buy at each store, the Green Belt researches each item to buy, compares the price and quality.

e.) All of the above

*Answer and explanation to the answer are at the end of this newsletter. Content Provided By:

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My Message Center Project of the Quarter Award Submissions:

PMI Houston is currently accepting applications for its "Project of the Quarter" award until

Tuesday, December 31, 2013.

The purpose of this award is to recognize, honor, and publicize the accomplishments of an outstanding project, its Project Manager and

the project team. Candidate projects exhibit superior performance and exemplify project management excellence.

Eligible projects include those that were managed by a Project Manager based within the Houston community and have been

successfully completed within the last 12 months. The Project Manager does not have to be a PMP or a PMI member.

Winners Will Receive

Recognition for their organization and the project team throughout the Houston community.

Feature article and interview in the monthly newsletter

Identification of the winners in PMI-Houston website

Recognition and presentation of certificate at the PMI monthly HESS Club meeting (5430Westheimer)

To apply for the Project of the Quarter, please complete the application and send it via e-mail to ProfessionalAwards@pmihouston.org

by Tuesday, December 31st. (Request application via email: ProfessionalAwards@pmihouston.org)

Applicants will receive a confirmation e-mail or phone call when your application is received.

Additional questions can be addressed by sending an e-mail to ProfessionalAwards@pmihouston.org

Project Management Exchange22

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The conference was held at Texas A&M's beautifully renovated Memorial Student Center. With workshops, an evening social, more sessions and more speakers, PM Exchange was bigger than ever before. Three keynote sessions featured presentations from industry leaders including Texas A&M University System CIO Mark Stone. Three session tracks offered something for everyone. Two Houston chapter members, Bruce Garrett and Steve Schuster represented the PMI Houston chapter as a silver sponsor of the conference. Over 200 attendees were treated to workshops and presentations about the latest project management practices.

The Brazos Valley venue holds regular meetings in the Texas A&M community with support from the Houston chapter. The next meeting is scheduled for Nov.

11, 2013.

Brazos Valley Meeting: Am I Doing it Right? 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM at the CAPSHER Technology 1604 Crescent Pointe Pkwy College Station, TX 77845

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My Message Center Project Management Practitioner of the month:

Fabiana Manzo, PMP

I formally started my career in project management when I decided to enroll into the Masters of Science in Technology Project Management at the University of Houston. I did not know exactly what I was going to be exposed to, but I was pursuing two main goals. The first goal was to learn how to developing soft skills, because of my engineering background; and the second goal was to obtain tools and techniques that could help me as an employee, to communicate with management and colleagues. Good news, I found what I looking for... However, by the time I finished school, I found a new world to me within the project management profession. Where I’m at now: I started Consulting at Halliburton’s PMO in January 2012. This role has allowed me to apply the knowledge I learned at the University. In addition, I have had the opportunity to train my colleagues in the use of the Project Management tools we use in our group. During this training, I introduce the team to the Project Management tool here at Halliburton, at a very high level, and highlight the importance of knowledge sharing and team work. Introduction is followed by a guided creation of a project, which will go throughout the project life cycle using the tool. Getting Certified: Having fulfilled the experience needed to qualify for the PMP certification, I then completed my application and submitted it to PMI. The application was audited at the second check point established by PMI. When I received the notice by email, I was already enrolled in a training course to take the exam. This time was right before the transition to the PMBOK 5th edition, and I was preventing any delay because I studied, and was familiar, with the PMBOK 4th edition better. Moreover, I had to request two letters of my experience from Venezuela, and I knew it was going to take some time to get this done. I was very nervous. Never the less, I took the training, and about two months later, I took the examination with a positive result. I hope my journey can inspire you as I am glad to share with all of you that I am now a certified Project Management Professional (PMP®). I am very thankful for the support I have received from my family, friends, manager, colleagues, and PMI. Sincerely, Fabiana Manzo

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My Message Center

Scholarships and Awards*

PMI Educational Foundation’s Scholarships and Awards Program supports development of the best and

brightest future project management professionals and other professionals worldwide through learning

opportunities.

The program is open to:

College and university students - High school seniors and students at the bachelors, masters, and

doctoral levels who are studying project management and related fields are eligible for our college

and university scholarships

Educators - Primary and secondary school teachers and administrators who wish to implement

project-based learning in the classroom

Non-Profits - Employees of non-profits and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) who wish to

improve the effectiveness and efficiency of their operations

Professionals - Project management practitioners who wish to improve their professional capabilities.

Awards are given to encourage study of the theory and application of project management by students and practitioners.

1. The James R. Snyder International Student Paper of the Year (ISPY) Award is available to bachelors,

masters, and doctoral students. ISPY award recipients receive a US$500 cash prize plus complimentary

registration, travel and lodging to attend the PMI Global Congress in their region. Winning papers are

published in Project Management Journal, PMI’s academic research quarterly.

2. The Donald S. Barrie Award which recognizes the paper that best advances the project management

body of knowledge in the field of design, procurement and/or construction by providing a useful

contribution to the engineering and construction industry. The award of US$500 is announced at PMI

Global Congress—North America.

3. The Kerzner Award, sponsored by the International Institute for Learning, Inc., is granted to project

managers who most emulate the professional dedication and excellence of Dr. Harold Kerzner, PhD, MS, MBA.

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Sponsors Platinum

Gold

Silver

Bronze

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Answers Let Our People Talk- Timely Tips ‘LEAN’ Answer

Question: What is the difference between a Project Manager and a Lean Six Sigma (LSS) Green Belt (GB) during Thanksgiving? Timely tips “LEAN" answer is ….. (E) The PM directs a project’s completion, whereas the GB uses analytical skills too on the project For the following reason: a). The Lean Six Sigma Green Belt works with the Project Manager to support the timely success of an event b.) Using graphics the LSS GB can make sure no left over pie will happen at this Thanksgiving dinner c.) Creating efficient, time saving, methods for cleaning dishes, is part of the LSS GB’s eagerness to watch the next football game. d.) A LSS Green Belt uses analytical tools to assess product quality and pricing, while the PM gives focus for completing the tasks in a timely fashion; e.g., avoiding last minute shopping for gifts.