July 26, Monday
Luncheon Meeting (Columbia, MD)
7 Ways to Leverage SharePoint 2010 for Project Management Success
Presented by Dux Raymond Sy, PMP
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In this presentation, you acquire the practical knowledge of how SharePoint 2010 can address common project management challenges such as inefficient communication among stakeholders, poor document management practices and undefined project collaboration standards that can compromise project success. SharePoint 2010 provides a framework that can empower project managers to create a standards-based PMIS. In this presentation participants will be able to: - Identify the benefits of leveraging SharePoint 2010 as a PMIS - Quantify the advantages of using SharePoint 2010 as a PMIS compared to other tools - Enhance project team collaboration and communication with SharePoint 2010 With over 15 years of experience in Information Technology and Project Management, Dux (you're right, it's pronounced as "ducks") has earned a reputation as among the leading experts in leveraging technology to enhance project management. A certified Project Management Professional (PMP), he is currently a managing partner and the chief evangelist of Innovative-e, Inc., a Microsoft-certified, business technology consulting and services company that employs a business-first approach to successfully implement SharePoint for clients. As a thought leader in maximizing project team collaboration, he is the author of "SharePoint for Project Management" published by O'Reilly Media. He is focused on empowering organizations on how to leverage the benefits of SharePoint technologies with quantifiable goals such as: Increasing productivity and efficiency, decreasing collaboration redundancies and streamlining electronic communications.

July 28, Wednesday
Site Luncheon Meeting (Wallops Island , VA)
Critical Resource Optimization in Project Management: Positive Psychology in the Workplace
Presented by Adjunct Professor Jocelyn Davis, University of Maryland
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The science and application of positive psychology (the science of human flourishing) hold some of the keys to unlocking project success. Learn what science knows that will help you improve your individual performance and that of your team members: employee engagement and enhancing key performance metrics; the three key characteristics of high performance teams; supporting creativity and innovation in the PM workplace; sustaining performance in high stress work environments; the key drivers of motivation (it’s not what you think!), and more. Join us for an engaging, interactive learning opportunity. Leave this meeting with ideas you can put in practice tomorrow.

July 28, Wednesday
Site Dinner Meeting (Fruitland, MD)
Critical Resource Optimization in Project Management: Positive Psychology in the Workplace
Presented by Adjunct Professor Jocelyn Davis, University of Maryland
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The science and application of positive psychology (the science of human flourishing) hold some of the keys to unlocking project success. Learn what science knows that will help you improve your individual performance and that of your team members: employee engagement and enhancing key performance metrics; the three key characteristics of high performance teams; supporting creativity and innovation in the PM workplace; sustaining performance in high stress work environments; the key drivers of motivation (it’s not what you think!), and more. Join us for an engaging, interactive learning opportunity. Leave this meeting with ideas you can put in practice tomorrow.

August 12, Thursday
Dinner and Networking Meeting (Aberdeen, Maryland)
Getting the Most out of your PMI Membership
Presented by Roger A. Moore, P.E., PMP
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Come join us for an informative presentation and an interactive discussion about the benefits of your PMI membership and the future of the Aberdeen Site.

August 19, Thursday
Seminar - Lambert Consulting (Phoenix, Md, 21131)
AVOIDING AND/OR RECOVERING CHALLENGED PROJECTS
Presented by Lee Lambert
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Breathing Life Into A Potentially Dead Project.
Are you the last one to know your project is in trouble? Do you find out too late to have an impact? This real-world based learning program will look at the 'critical triggers' that should be carefully created and closely watched to determine when/if a project (and maybe you) is headed for the graveyard. Some projects are born dead and others die a long and painful death. Now you can learn how to avoid a project fatality by gathering, analyzing and projecting 'status' indicators.
8 PDUs.

August 19, Thursday
Dinner Meeting (Hanover, MD)
Business Analysis and Project Management – Convergence and Divergence
Presented by Rick Hammond, PMP. and Rick Straub
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Rick Hammond: He is the Practice Manager, Business Performance Improvement, for UMBC Training Centers. Prior to joining UMBC Training Centers, Rick was an independent consultant/ business owner for nearly 29 years. During his consulting career, Rick worked closely with a variety of large clients to modify their business processes and to supply their people with the skills needed to be a success. Recently, the bulk of his efforts have pertained to improving clients’ project management and business analysis processes and skills. Rick Straub: In 2007, Rick established the Baltimore Chapter of the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA®). In 2009, Rick was appointed as the IIBA's US Chapter Ambassador Rick has gained significant IT management experience with organizations such as Vision Technology Services, Babe Ruth and Sports Legends at Camden Yards Museums, Loyola Federal Bank, Carling National Breweries, Group 1 Software and Statutory Benefits Management Corporation.

August 23, Monday
Luncheon Meeting (Columbia, MD)
A Case for Project Revenue Management
Presented by Peter Varani, PMP
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The complex nature of today’s business environment requires many businesses to use project management processes to deliver products and services to their client (Service Delivery Projects). Such service delivery projects are quite common in the telecommunications and information technology business sectors. But these are not the only business sectors employing such projects today. Since these projects involve delivering a product or service to a client, the projects contain a revenue component. Simply put, the client or receiver of the product or service is paying for these services. In some cases, full payment is due upon project completion when the full product or service has been provided. But in many cases, client payment is provided at multiple points throughout the project typically as key milestones are achieved. Today’s project managers find themselves working more and more with finance and accounting to grasp the intricacies of revenue management. This presentation introduces this project management area of expertise by describing the need for a Project Revenue Management (PRM) knowledge area within the PMBOK. In addition, it explores and breaks down the PRM processes consistent with other knowledge areas described in the PMBOK. Mr. Varani has 15 years of project management experience in the telecommunications and IT industries. He has managed full scale network deployments, launched new products, and implemented global private networks for Fortune 500 accounts. As a Program Manager for Unisys, he manages a team of project managers supporting various design and deployment projects for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Federal Protective Service (FPS). Prior to Unisys, he was General Manager for a wireless communications company in the U.S. Virgin Islands. A PMP since 2003, Peter has a B.E. in Electrical Engineering from the State University of New York Maritime College and an MBA Finance from Loyola University.

August 27, Friday
2 Day Seminar (Columbia, Md. 21045)
PMI PMP & CAPM Exam Prep Boot Camp
Presented by Mary NcNally - Project Training Plus
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ARE YOU PREPARED TO SIT FOR THE CAPM OR PMP EXAM?
You’ll want to attend this 2-day course if you’re familiar with the PMBOK Guide 4th Edition and need an intense and quick refresher before sitting for the CAPM or PMP credential exam.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
• Individuals seeking to be CAPM or PMP certified and meet exam eligibility requirements
• PMPs interested in earning PDUs and obtaining a focused review of the PMBOK 4th Edition.

14 PDUs

Non PMI Members $699
PMI Members $529
PMI Baltimore Chapter Members $429

September 11, Saturday
PMP Prep Training Course (Timonium, MD 21093)
PMP Exam Prep Course
Presented by PMI Baltimore Chapter PMP Instructors
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Six Saturdays in a row, September 11, 2010 and ending October 16,2010. Time start 8:15 AM end 4:45 PM See additional information for details. Non Members $999.00. Discount for for PMI members $899.00 and additional discount for Chapter. members $799.00. Directions:I-695 to I-83 North (Harrisburg Expressway). Exit 16A, Timonium Road East. Greenspring Drive is the first right turn after leaving I-83. The Graduate Center parking lot is the second right turn.

September 13, Monday
2 Day Seminar (Timonium, MD, 21093)
Earned Value & MS Project 2007: Using Microsoft Project to Collect, Track and Report True Earned Value
Presented by Steve Edwards - Edwards Project Solutions
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Earn 15 PDUs learning how to use MS Project 2007 to track Earned Value metrics. Do you have a requirement to track Earned Value metrics on your project?

Have you ever built a detailed schedule plan in Microsoft® Project only to toss it away because you can’t properly track the required Earned Value metrics?

This 2-day, instructor-led course will present you with a very clear step-by-step process for setting up, tracking and reporting Earned Value Metrics using Microsoft® Project 2007. The skills and best practices that you will learn are engaging and sustainable. Make this course your first step toward better planning and effective reporting!

What You Will Learn
• A full-life cycle, PMI® based, project management methodology for scheduling with MS Office Project.
• Create and manage a project resource pool.
• Set up and manipulate project and resource calendars.
• Set up and modify task relationships
• Assign project resources to tasks
• Set up performance and level-of-effort (LOE) tasks Understand task types and the schedule formula
• Resolve resource conflicts and baseline the project
• Track project progress (in good times and bad)
• Create project reports and analyze project, resource and task data
• Track and Report Earned Value metrics at both detailed and summary task levels.
• Best Practices for Baseline Management, Scope Management and Resource Management

September 16, Thursday
Dinner Meeting (Timonium, MD)
Achieving Project Management Success in the Government
Presented by Jonathan Weinstein, PMP & Tim Jaques, PMP
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“Achieving Project Management Success in the Government” is based on the research and experience of the authors of the book of the same name. The session will provide attendees with practical lessons from real success stories across all levels of government, different organization types, and across the spectrum of project management processes and practices.

Jonathan Weinstein, PMP, has worked in a variety of roles in the project management and management consulting arena in his nearly 20 year career. His project experience spans the private sector organizations from insurance to IT and the public sector including agencies at all levels of government – local, state, and federal, civilian and defense. Mr. Weinstein has been a featured speaker at US and international conferences and seminars. Tim Jaques is a PMI certified Project Management Professional (PMP)who has spent more than a dozen years helping clients tackle tough problems applying the discipline of project management. He has worked in a variety of federal and state government agencies where he has managed projects, developed project management methodologies and PMOs, and delivered training in a variety of subjects.

Jon and Tim co-authored, “Achieving Project Management Success in the Federal Government” (Management Concepts, 2010), as well as chapters in two recent books and numerous articles on project management and other topics. Jon and Tim are founding partners at Line of Sight (www.line-of-sight.com). The firm delivers project management, process reengineering, and organizational change management services to government and private sector clients.

6:00pm - Networking; 6:30pm - Dinner; 7:30pm - Presentation

September 16, Thursday
Dinner & Networking Meeting (Frederick, Maryland)
Project Management in the Middle East - Adventures of an Airport Project in Egypt
Presented by Steve Andrews, PMP
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As Senior Project Manager for the new Cairo International Airport - Terminal Building 3 - IT project, Mr. Andrews gained much insight into how to get the job done in the Middle East. While PMP standards are used throughout the world, many aspects of project management have to be "adjusted" when working in a different country. Cultural, religious, financial, and socioeconomic differences have to be identified and respected. Cost, Quality, & HR Management ... all take on a challenging new role while working abroad. Process, procedures, & standards that may work in the United States may require creative modifications to be effective in the Middle East. Communications is a key challenge with language barriers to be addressed. Regarding Risk Management … there were lots of opportunities to address risk and to avoid risk. Just driving on the roads of Cairo for two years is enough risk for a lifetime.

ARINC, an Annapolis, Maryland based company won the contract to install all Information Technology systems in this new terminal, built to handle 11 million passengers per year. Fourteen systems were installed including some state-of-the-art technology never used before in the Middle East. Check-in desk computers, self-serve kiosks, biometric gates, flight information display monitors, LAN infrastructure, wireless LAN, telephony, information kiosks, and the host of servers that form the "brains" of airport operations (flight scheduling, passenger data, baggage handling, baggage reconciliation, resource scheduling, and more). While the construction phase took 18 months longer than planned, once the IT deployment could begin ... the installation, testing, training, and production-readiness of systems took almost 12 months to complete, with many challenges along the way.

Mr. Andrews' career in IT has spanned 29 years with the last 12 years as an Engineer, Project Manager, and now Senior Program Manager at ARINC, which provides communications, engineering and integration solutions for commercial, defense and government customers worldwide. Mr. Andrews has been a PMP since June 2006 and am currently pursuing RMP certification. He is also a member of the PMI Baltimore chapter and resides in Annapolis, Maryland with strong ties to the mountains of western Maryland.

September 22, Wednesday
Dinner Meeting (Annapolis, MD)
Lean & Agile Project Management: For Large-Scale Programs and Projects
Presented by Dr. David F. Rico
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Dr. David F. Rico will give a presentation on "Lean & Agile Project Management: For Large-Scale Programs and Projects," which is a new model for managing high-risk, time-sensitive R&D-oriented new product development (NPD) projects with demanding customers and fast-changing market conditions. Dr. Rico will establish the context, provide a definition, and describe the value-system for lean and agile project management. He’ll provide a brief survey of popular lean and agile project management approaches, describe a step-by-step methodology, and illustrate the mechanisms for scaling the lean and agile project management model up to large-scale, distributed projects. Dr. Rico will illustrate basic, burnup/burndown, cost estimating, business value, earned value management, and advanced metrics for agile methods including real options (as well as some intriguing, high-profile lean and agile project management case studies). This briefing has been warmly received and set attendance records for multiple Baltimore-Washington, DC-area PMI chapters and will be presented at the European conference on lean and agile systems development. Bio: Dr. David F. Rico has been a technical leader in support of NASA, DARPA, DISA, SPAWAR, USAF, AFMC, NAVAIR, CECOM, and MICOM for over 25 years. He has led, managed, or participated in over 20 organization change initiatives using Agile Methods, Lean Six Sigma, ISO 9001, CMMI, SW-CMM, Enterprise Architecture, Baldrige, and DoD 5000. He specializes in information technology (IT) investment analysis, IT project management, and IT-enabled change. He has been an international keynote speaker, presented at leading industry conferences, published numerous articles, and written or contributed to six textbooks. He’s a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and Certified Scrum Master (CSM). Dr. Rico teaches doctoral and master’s courses at three Washington, DC-area universities and has been in the field of information systems since 1983. 5:30 - Networking; 6:30 - Dinner; 7:30 - Presentation

September 25, Saturday
PMP Prep Training Course (Columbia, MD )
PMP Exam Prep Course
Presented by PMI Baltimore Chapter PMP Instructors
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Six Saturdays in a row, September 25, 2010 and ending October 30,2010. Time start 8:15 AM end 4:45 PM See additional information for details. Non Members $999.00. Discount for for PMI members $899.00 and additional discount for Chapter. members $799.00. Directions:TBD

September 27, Monday
Luncheon Meeting (Columbia, MD)
The Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence Framework
Presented by Steve Bonk, PMP
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The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award is the first and only Presidential Award for performance excellence. But the Baldrige criteria are also an integrated framework for managing an organization, and are used in thousands of organizations of all sizes. They can help an organization align resources; improve communication, productivity, and effectiveness; and achieve strategic goals. The presentation will cover the proven improvement and innovation framework for an organization in an integrated approach to management areas: leadership; strategic planning; customer focus; measurement, analysis, and knowledge management; workforce focus; process management; and results. This helps organizations evaluate performance, assess where improvements and innovation are most needed, and get results to effectively meet their missions and achieve their visions. The variations of the criteria for the health care industry and education will also be discussed as well as the State of Maryland Quality Award programs. Steve Bonk has over 30 years experience in IT program management and engineering and is a principal consultant with BAE Systems conducting technology modernization in the Department of Homeland Security. He holds a BS and MS in Electrical Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University and the University of Massachusetts Lowell, an MBA from Virginia Tech, and a Post Masters Graduate Certificate in IT and Telecommunications from Johns Hopkins. He is a Project Management Professional (PMP), Stanford Certified Project Manager (SCPM), and is a Registered Professional Engineer (P.E.). He contributed to the current and prior editions of the: Project Management Body Of Knowledge (PMBOK), the Organizational Project Management Maturity Model (OPM3), the Standard for Program Management, the Standard for Portfolio Management, and the upcoming Standard for Project Estimation. He is a senior examiner for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, served multiple years as a member of the board of examiners for the U.S. Senate Productivity Award, and the Maryland State Quality Awards. He is a member of the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) external cost expert advisory group. He has taught college courses in project, acquisition, and risk management at Columbia Union College.