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ISSUE 6 June 2015 VOLUME 5

The Mechanics of Job Search

Back by popular demand. Rick will teach you to secure your career - present the value you

bring - learn to compete effectively!

Job search expert and author, Rick Gillis will present a special full-day job search workshop on Saturday July 25th.

Our last workshop sold out so we’ve asked Rick to do a repeat in response to our members request. This workshop is

open to the public and registration for this workshop is limited to only 100, so register early!

Summer job search can be hard with so many decision makers on vacation. Come join us this summer and be prepared

for fall hiring season. This full-day workshop is for you if you are currently seeking employment, considering new

opportunities, or would like to learn how to “secure your career” and enhance professional options.

Rick Gillis will teach you how to speak to and present the value you bring to an organization. How to prepare for

interviewing and to communicate your value to an employer, but a rich component of this workshop is your being

exposed to the “Mechanics of Job Search.”

The bottom line is Rick will teach you how to compete!

You Will Learn How To:

Create the most powerful resume you have ever written Create a professional and personal achievements inventory Master the software that is the job search ‘black hole’ Master the job search social media that matters Minimize age-discrimination issues Gain job search confidence Conduct deep research on target companies Ace the interview—salary negotiation included Follow up to the interview “Secure Your Career”—how to keep your job once hired Prepare yourself to compete at the highest level

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FRONTLINE: MECHANICS OF JOB SEARCH

COMING IN JUNE: MEETING SCHEDULE.…...2, 3 TRAINING & PROGRAMS...4 MEETINGS…………....….5 - 8

PROJECT MANAGEMENT TOASTMASTERS ......... ……………..13 CLASSIFIEDS…………………….…....14 SPONSOR COMMUNICATION…............15 - 16

SPONSORS…....................................17

PUZZLE….........................................18

MESSAGE CENTER: PMI HOUSTON ANNUAL CONFERENCE AN

OUTSTANDING SUCCESS...…….……….9 THOUGHT LEADERSHIP IN PROJECT

MANAGEMENT...………….…….……..10 NEW PDU CATEGORIES…..….…..…..11

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PMI® Houston Meetings - Venues and Standard Times

Venue Time Description

North Venue Peli Peli

110 Vintage Park Blvd (back of Vintage complex) - Private

Room Houston, TX 77070

Events

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 Tuesday Time: 6:00 to 7:00 PM

Presentation with guest speaker. This meeting is free to attend. *Newest PMI Houston meeting venue.

Downtown CenterPoint Energy Plaza

1111 Louisiana 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.

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PMI® Houston Toastmaster Club Meetings Times and Locations

Toastmaster Club Name Location Time

Houston Galleria Project Management Toastmasters

Houston Baptist University

Atwood 2 Building, Room 215

7502 Fondren Rd. Houston, TX 77074

First, Third, and Fifth Wednesday

6:30 to 8:00PM

North Houston Project Management Toastmasters

Denny's Restaurant 12697 N Gessner Dr

Houston, Texas, 77064

First, Third, and Fifth Tuesday 6:15 to 8:00PM

Southwest Project Management Toastmasters

210 Schlumberger Drive Sugarland,

Texas 77478

Second and Fourth Wednesday

6:30 to 8:00PM

Woodlands PM Toastmasters

Sam Houston State University Center

3380 College Park Drive, 4th Floor

The Woodlands, TX 77384

2nd & 4th Tuesdays of the month. 6:15pm to 8:00pm

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.

Brazos Valley College Station, TX

Every other month.

Presentation with guest speaker. This meeting is free to attend.

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Upcoming Professional Development Opportunities

Date Class Location Cost Register

July 27, 2015

8:30 AM to 4:30 PM

PMP & CAPM Prep Course - July

Tri Tech Surveying Company

10401 Westoffice Drive Houston, TX 77042

Houston Chapter Member

Earlybird: $ 1400.00 (ends two weeks before the course)

Regular: $ 1500.00

Non-Member

Earlybird: $ 1600.00 (ends two weeks before the course)

Regular: $ 1700.00

Register

August 17, 2015

8:30 AM to 4:30 PM

PMP & CAPM Prep Course - August

Tri Tech Surveying Company

10401 Westoffice Drive Houston, TX 77042

Houston Chapter Member

Earlybird: $ 1400.00 (ends two weeks before the course)

Regular: $ 1500.00

Non-Member

Earlybird: $ 1600.00 (ends two weeks before the course)

Regular: $ 1700.00

Register

September 9, 2015

8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)

Prep Course - September

Tri Tech Surveying Company

10401 Westoffice Drive Houston, TX 77042

Houston Chapter Member

Earlybird: $ 1025.00 (ends two weeks before the course)

Regular: $ 1125.00

Non-Member

Earlybird: $ 1225.00 (ends two weeks before the course)

Regular: $ 1325.00

Register

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North and Galleria Dinner Meeting

New Location for the North Meeting

North Meeting: 110 Vintage Park Blvd, Houston, TX 77070 (back of Vintage complex) - Private Room

Meeting Agenda 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm Pre-dinner Speaker Presentation 6:30 pm to 7:00 pm Networking, Dinner Opens, and Chapter Announcements 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm Dinner Speaker Presentation

Dinner Presentation:

To see the BIG CLEAR picture, turn it UPSIDE DOWN

Amy Malkan will be using various art techniques to encourage each person to step outside of their comfort zone and discover their strengths in their personal and professional life.

Dinner Meeting Speaker:

North Meeting - Register Now

Galleria Meeting - Register Now

Speaker: Amy Malkan

Amy Malkan is a native Houstonian and through her professional, educational and cultural experiences over the years she naturally stepped into her life calling and purpose, a motivational artist and leadership development expert. Through her passion of art and inspiring people to recognize their own potential. she married the two concepts together. Her workshops are experiential and through art clients are able to discover the best version of themselves.

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Southwest Meeting

Location: Schlumberger Sugar Land Campus Forum Cafe 210 Schlumberger Drive From 5:30-6:30 pm

Presentation: Communicating through an Agile Project People make or break the success of your project. Everyone has heard the story of the impressively complex software solution that none of the stakeholders cared to use. Covering the human side of projects can really drive the deliverables. This discussion will cover:

Developing communication plans by defining methods and timing with the team and the business

Proactive communication – staging the message

Clear indicators of communication gone wrong

Why Agile cannot ignore planning communication

Speaker:

Southwest Meeting - Register Now

Speaker: Abi Godfrey

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Woodlands Meeting

Location: The Sam Houston State University Woodlands Center 3380 College Park Drive, 4th Floor The Woodlands, TX 77384

Presentation: Necessary Bridges: Public Speaking and Storytelling for Project Managers and Engineers Rashid N. Kapadia, a marine engineer and project manager for decades, discovered the transformational power of public speaking, storytelling and oratory after joining a Project Management Institute (Houston) sponsored Toastmasters club He also discovered, to his surprise and dismay, that too many project managers, I.T. professionals, engineers and other “technical experts” seriously underappreciate—even shun—these transformative skills. In this talk Rashid will:

1. Evangelize public speaking and storytelling (PS&ST) 2. Persuade the audience to upgrade their commitment to PS&ST expertise. 3. Argue that PS&ST expertise foreshadows communication and leadership prowess. 4. Discuss glossophobia (fear of public speaking) its origins and how to manage it. He will also debunk some myths

associated with it. 5. Propose that PS&ST is a “connection” enabler

The world of project management and engineering is too disassociated from the world of PS&ST. Having always seen himself as an ambassador for his storied and challenging professions, Rashid N. Kapadia has made it a life mission to bridge these two estranged worlds. President Eisenhower observed Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. Rashid inadvertently discovered that PS&ST expertise is part of the neurobiological code powering this essential leadership art. Rashid N. Kapadia is the author of Necessary Bridges: Public Speaking and Storytelling for Project Managers and Engineers.

Speaker:

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Speaker: Rashid N. Kapadia, PMP

Rashid N. Kapadia, PMP, is an author, speaker, project manager and engineer. He started his career in the merchant navy, where over 17 years he progressed from a shipyard marine engineering apprentice to becoming a licensed & degreed chief engineer in charge of engine rooms of all kinds of ships. Born & raised in India, Rashid moved to the US in 1995 pursuing a Masters degree in Marine Management and other advanced marine commercial certification in Chartering and Agency. In the US, Rashid has worked for 3 organizations providing leadership and managerial roles in commercial merchant shipping, chartering & operations, marine and offshore engineering and repair operations, project management, and business development. Rashid is an avid (non-fiction) reader and constantly comes across material in these books than can be used to help in the challenging world of project management. www.NecessaryBridges.com

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Downtown Meeting

Location: CenterPoint Energy Tower 1111 Louisiana Street - 13th Floor Room 1360/65 Houston, TX 77002 Meeting Agenda 5:00 pm to 5:30 pm Networking 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm Program

Presentation: A Year and Counting: A Day in the Life of a New PMP YESSSSSSSSS! I PASSED MY EXAM! NOW WHAT? In a society where reputation is EVERYTHING, what do I do to utilize the skills I just proved I had on the exam? Many people talked to me about the exam; no one really talked about what to do after gaining the credential. I am going to talk about my journey up to TODAY and offer ideas on what to do to build a relevant PM reputation, help the PMI organization grow stronger and sustain an active and productive PM career, in my opinion. Objectives/Focus:

Obstacles, Motivation and Passion to be a Project Manager

Professional and Organizational (Employer) support for a Rookie PMP

Networking and gaining experience in PM

Sustaining an active role in the PM community

Speaker:

Downtown Meeting - Register Now

Speaker: Mitchell Crocker

Mitchell Crocker, PMP has over 10 years of experience in the Telecommunications and SCADA fields of the Electric Utility industry. He has had his PMP certification for a year, passing his exam July, 2014, on the first attempt. He serves as the Project Manager and President for the Community Development division of his church’s nonprofit, GSCEC, where they are working to improve Economic Development in Southeast Houston. He is a PMI Houston Ambassador and Toastmaster member in the Southwest PM Toastmasters Club. He is a volunteer for the 2015 PMI Houston Conference & Expo and PMI Houston Professional Development team.

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PMI Houston Annual Conference an Outstanding Success

With more than 530 attendees including key executives and professionals in the project management field, the Project Management Institute (PMI) Houston conference held June 8-10, 2015 at the NRG Center was an overwhelming success. The 3-day annual event featured a vendor expo, 80 breakout sessions, seven full-day workshops and a job fair. Dynamic speaker Shari Harley kicked off the conference early Monday morning with a breakfast keynote speech about “How to Say Anything to Anyone.” Harley discussed establishing trust and setting clear expectations to create powerful working relationships. Breakout sessions on Monday and Tuesday featured eight different tracks related to technology and agile practices, change management, project management, leadership and personal development. Attendees enjoyed the variety, relevant content and interesting presenters. After a morning full of activity, conference participants were motivated to put their project management skills to work by A BILLION + Representative, Georgia Gillette. Gillette invited attendees to take part in a half-day service event focusing on literacy, which will be held on October 18, 2015. Click HERE to learn more about the “Ready for Reading: A Project Management Day of Service,” and register today. Following this presentation, speaker Cecilia Rose taught attendees how to remove negative thoughts, eliminate internal roadblocks and turn obstacles into opportunities.

The NRG Center’s spacious expo area offered the perfect opportunity for sponsors and vendors to connect with attendees. PMI Houston thanks its sponsors and vendors for their continued and enthusiastic support. PMI Houston would also like to thank the dozens of volunteers who made this year’s conference a success. Breakout Session Speaker Sheila Darby noted, “The PMI Houston conference was great! It’s impressive to know that it is entirely run by volunteers. Everything ran smoothly.” PMI Houston Senior VP of External Operations Sharon Greiff was enthusiastic about the quality of the event. “For any Project Manager, the ultimate goal is to complete the project on time and on budget and keep both the project stakeholders and staff happy. After speaking to many attendees, speakers, vendors and volunteers, I know that we have achieved this goal; PMI Houston continues to deliver a professional conference that is

both rewarding and valuable to all that attend.” Thanks to all of the organizers, volunteers, attendees, sponsors and vendors for making the 2015 conference a phenomenal success. See you in 2016!

PMI Houston would like to thank HP for continued technology support at the 2015 Conference & Expo!

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Thought Leadership in Project Management

This month’s article is based on the study of the authors Michael G. Kaiser, Fedi El Arbi and Frederik Ahlemann about

Successful project portfolio management beyond project selection techniques: Understanding the role of structural alignment. First,

the authors study the effect of the project selection and evaluation criteria on the company’s structure and its organizational

transformation. Afterward, the structural alignment is shown to be an important approach for successful project portfolio

management (PPM). The analysis performed by the authors resulted in a theory that associates PPM, strategy and the

organizational alignment driven by the strategic PPM implementation. Based on literature, the authors state the idea that particularly

in project-based businesses there is a bidirectional effect between strategic management and PPM. An effective strategic

management process is a prerequisite for strategy and project portfolio alignment. Likewise, PPM is crucial for the implementation

of formulated strategies.

To develop a theory of structural alignment to strategic PPM implementation, the authors used a qualitative research

method and a multi-case study approach. The study was focused on publicly traded large construction companies and the analysis

was based on their strategies, PPM and organizational structures.

As the authors state, the organization’s limited resources set a constant demand for the project portfolio to have the right

projects in an optimal financial and strategic condition. In a portfolio, the projects do not need to have the same goal, but they

compete for the same resources. Usually, the project portfolio actions include the gathering of potential projects, their prioritization

and selection, taking into account existing resources. Also, PPM continuously evaluates existing projects to determine the

appropriateness of their execution. This primary and continuous evaluation of the projects gathered in the portfolio demands high-

quality, up-to-date internal and external information that generates organizational pressure.

The authors found out that PPM implementation shapes the organizational structure, additional to defining the project

selection techniques. This course of action starts with a strategic management process that is the foundation for the development

of an organizational strategy with particular goals, which constitute the input for defining the strategic selection criteria for projects

and project portfolio goals. As proposed by the authors, the implementation of PPM will require the alignment of the organization’s

structure with the information requirements generated by the project selection criteria. Then, depending on the information

demands, the organization undergoes structural changes to establish the information flows between different centralized

departments of the organization (e.g. risk information from risk management, resource information from resource management and

HR management, scheduling information from PMO). This alignment relates to processes, systems and organizational units to

transmit the information needed by the project selection criteria. The authors propose that an adequate structural alignment will

foster successful PPM in terms of acceptance, decision-making quality and strategy implementation.

In conclusion, the model developed by the authors explains the structural changes that take place in project-based

organizations when strategy implementation is carried out using project portfolio management. The authors propose the idea that

the design of PPM by means of strategic information requirements will allow organizations to establish a close connection between

the strategy and the PPM processes, which at the same time will promote the successful implementation of the strategies.

Featured Column by Carmen Pascente, PMP carmenpascente@gmail.com

Reference: Kaiser, M. G., El Arbi, F., Ahlemann, F. (2015). Successful project portfolio management beyond project selection techniques: Understanding the role of structural alignment. International Journal of Project Management, 33, 126-139.

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The New PDU Categories

PMI’s PDU Category Structure and Policies is now updated with the changes in PDU Categories

The new Categories have been refined down to 6 categories:

A – Courses offered by PMI’s R.E.P.s or Chapters and Communities

B – Continuing Education

C – Self-Directed Learning

D – Creating new Project Management Knowledge

E – Volunteer Service

The new maximum PDUs per categories are:

30 PDUs Maximum in Category C total if you hold the PMP or PgMP credentials.

15 PDUs Maximum in Category C total if you hold the PMI-SP, PMI-RMP or PMI-ACP credentials.

45 PDUs Maximum in Categories D, E, and F total if you hold the PMP or PgMP credentials.

20 PDUs Maximum in Categories D, E, and F total if you hold the PMI-SP, PMI-RMP or PMI-ACP credentials.

15 PDUs maximum in Category F

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Project Management Toastmasters Clubs

THE NEW WOODLANDS PROJECT MANAGEMENT TOASTMASTERS CLUB STARTED IN MAY

The PMI-Houston Board of Directors has approved the sponsorship and funding for a new Project Management Toastmasters club that will meet in the Woodlands. The Woodlands Project Management Toastmasters club’s meetings will align with the Woodland’s monthly PMI-H venue. The club will begin having meetings in May and will meet twice monthly on the 2nd & 4th Tuesday evenings of each month, starting at 6:15pm for networking and 6:30pm meeting start time. Meeting location is tentatively planned to be in the same meeting room where the monthly PMI meetings are held - Sam Houston State University – Woodlands campus. Project Management Toastmasters clubs are open to all, but members are predominately professional project managers. The clubs welcome people from all backgrounds and professions. Houston Area Project Management Toastmasters Clubs are sponsored by PMI Houston and aligned with the goals of PMI International. Certified PMPs receive Professional Development Units (PDU’s) for participation. As a member of a Project Management Toastmasters club, you can learn to:

Excel at job interviews

Give powerful business presentations

Effectively teach classes or training sessions

Lead successful meetings or seminars

Present persuasive arguments, summations or brainstorming

Southwest Houston Project Management Toastmasters

Schlumberger Sugar Land Campus

The Forum

210 Schlumberger Dr Sugar Land, TX 77478

2nd & 4th Wednesdays

6:15pm – Networking 6:30pm – Meeting Starts

North Houston Project Management Toastmasters Denny’s Restaurant 12697 Gessner Rd Houston, TX 77064 South of FM 1960 off FM249 1st, 3rd & 5th Tuesdays 6:00pm – Networking 6:30pm – Meeting Starts

Houston Galleria Project Management Toastmasters Houston Baptist University Atwood 2 Bldg, Rm 202 7502 Fondren Rd Houston, TX 77074 1st, 3rd & 5th Wednesdays 6:00pm – Networking 6:30pm – Meeting Starts

Visit a meeting to discover the benefits of membership!

Woodlands Project Management Toastmasters

Sam Houston State University Center

3380 College Park Drive, 4th Floor The Woodlands, TX 77384

2nd & 4th Tuesday

6:15pm – 8:00pm

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Classifieds

Project Management Professional Operational Sustainability LLC Job Posting Jul. 3, 2015

IT Business Analyst (Sr Applications Analyst) Memorial Hermann Job Posting Jul. 3, 2015

Project Manager – Construction; Environmental Remediation Project Navigator, Ltd Job Posting Jun. 25, 2015

Automation Project Manager Lyneer Search Group Job Posting Jun. 19, 2015

Sr. Sourcing Specialist – Inventory Management Darby Consulting Job Posting Jun. 18, 2015

PMP Instructor http://projectmanagementacademy.net Job Posting Jun. 18, 2015

Visit http://www.pmihouston.org/classifieds.php for all job listings. If you have a job opening that you would like to promote through the PMI Houston Chapter, please email the following information to director.comm@pmihouston.org.

Title

Company

Ad Expiration Date

Detailed Job Description

Your ad will be posted on the PMI Houston Chapter website and featured in weekly and monthly newsletter communications.

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