Veteran Value as PM
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Transcript of Veteran Value as PM
Speaker Biography—Jay Hicks
• IT PMO Director at USSOCOM • 10+ Years Delivering Innovative Solutions
• LTC USA………retired
• Active Community PMI Volunteer
– PMP® Certified– dd mm yyyy (#xxxxxx)
– PMI Military Liaison Tampa Bay Chapter
Email: [email protected]
Hooah /ˈhuːɑː/
Military slang "referring to or meaning anything and everything except no".
2. What to say when at a loss for words. 3.a. Good copy. b. Roger. c. Solid copy. d. Good. e. Great. f. Message received. g. Understood. h. Acknowledged. 4.a. Glad to meet you. b. Welcome. 5. "All right!" 6.a. I don't know the answer, but I'll check on it. b. I haven't the foggiest idea. 7. I am not listening. 8. "That is enough of your drivel; sit down!" 9. Yes. 10. "You've got to be kidding me!" 11. Thank you. 12. Go to the next slide. 13. You've taken the correct action. 14. I don't know what that means, but I'm too embarrassed to ask for clarification. 15. Squared away (He's pretty hooah.) 16. Amen!
Offers a standardized set of frequently used project, program, and portfolio management terms with clear and concise definitions.
Included are 145 terms that have a
in the profession and
to its vocabulary.
MILITARY
Force Reduction 2012 - 2017
Army (120,000)
Marines (30,000)
Air Force (25,000)
Navy (6,200)
5 Year Total (181,200)
1.2 Million over the 5 year period will exit service
451,871 25,404
615,443
1,034
2,696
1,167
5,511
Statistics through April 30, 2014, PMI Connection & PMI Today, January 2014
Project Management Talent Gap Report, March 2013
2010-2020 Economic Footprint: Project Management Profession growth
USD$6.61 trillion
By 2020, double-digit growth results in demand for PM jobs
Salary Increase
with PMP®
16%
, spoke
directly to the project management opportunity for military personnel by stating that “…many veterans have project management experience – just under a different name.” Your skill sets need to be translated and repackaged so that hiring managers spot your skills. Terms like “mission-related” often translate to “projectized”. According to Mr. Langley, both the government and military are “highly projectized environments, which makes many veterans a natural fit in the project management world.”
Why Veterans Make Good Project Managers, January 30, 2012, Fox Business. Http://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/2012/01/30/why-veterans-make-good-project-managers/
A mission is to a military professional, as a project is
to a civilian project manager
• Grass roots establishment of a PMI Military Transition Liaison Volunteer Position at each chapter that has a co-located military base.
– Inform, Translate, Mentor, Network, Assist in certification
– Discounts to events (dinners, conferences)
• Offer certification discounts [goal]
• Gain acceptance at National level for PMI
Military PMI
mission — The task, together with the purpose, that clearly indicates the action to be taken and the reason therefore. A duty assigned to an individual or unit; a task.
project-- A project is temporary in that it has a defined beginning and end in time, and therefore defined scope and resources. A specific set of operations designed to accomplish a singular goal.
Troop leading procedures - A dynamic process used by small-unit leaders to analyze a mission, develop a plan, and prepare for an operation.
Project Management Process - The management process of planning and controlling the performance or execution of a project.
OPORD, Paragraph 5 – Operations Order, Command and Signal (formerly Command and Control)
Communications Management Plan - A component of the project management plan that describes how, when and by whom information about the project will be administered and disseminated.
Commander’s intent - A clear and concise expression of the purpose of the operation and the desired military end state that supports mission command
Strategic Plan - Document used to communicate with the organization the organizations goals, the actions needed to achieve those goals and all of the other critical elements developed during the planning exercise.
Top Project Managers Military
Foresight Ability to Read the situation “Good Read”
Know how to lead Leadership “Lead, follow or get out of the way”
Good communications Briefing and addressing unit “silver tongue” “golden pen”
Pragmatic “Can-Do Attitude” “All the way”
Empathic Understand how to motivate others
Quick sifting abilities Getting to the facts, quick learner
Set, observe, and re-evaluate project priorities Make a decision, even if it’s wrong “adjust fire if necessary”
Ask good questions and listen to stakeholders Quick learner, education and tech savvy
Predictable communications schedules Training schedules, briefing schedules
Consensus-building skills Team work, “Do or Die” “Get it done”
Informal networks Team Building “buddy system”
Look forward to going to work Devotion to Duty “Gets the job done”
Organized Professional – “Got his shit together”
Source: CIO magazine
Leadership
Diversity
Team Players
Educated and Tech Savvy
Quick Learners
Security Clearances / Drug-free
Performance Under Pressure
Willing to Relocate
Discipline
Global Perspective Adaptability
• PMO talent needs the same attributes
• Seek military service members
• Seek out these attributes in your candidates
Hiring Panel
Hiring Manager
Project Manager
Career SME (Technology)
Ask the personal and insightful questions
Ask for justifiable team, skills and experience through value statement
Vet career based knowledge through experiential vignettes
• Discover skills, knowledge points and attributes within yourself
• Plan your value statement for each
• Highlight your capabilities specifically during interviews through experiential examples
• Pre-Interview
• Understand Marketplace, Company • Know yourself (skills)
• Skills • Environmental characteristics • Personal characteristics
• Understand job description • Timing – be ready
Interview
• Prepare questions about position, company, advancement
• Inquire to project management methodologies, toolsets, maturity
• Be prepared for the good, the bad, the ugly (about yourself)!
